# Spotify for Authors

Spotify for Authors is Spotify's free, non-exclusive audiobook publishing portal for self-published authors that puts audiobooks on Spotify and can pass them to Voices by INaudio.

- Canonical page: https://kdp123.com/t/spotify-for-authors/
- Official site: https://authors.spotify.com
- Categories: Audiobooks
- Price: Free (Free to upload. 50% of suggested retail price on a la carte sales; Premium listening paid from a shared pool with no published rate.)
- Platforms: web
- Outputs KDP-ready files: Not stated
- Touches your KDP account: No
- Official Amazon product: No
- Last checked: 2026-11-09

## Summary

Spotify for Authors lets self-published authors upload audiobooks directly to Spotify, non-exclusively; Findaway Voices' wide distribution is now Voices by INaudio (findawayvoices.com redirects there), which you can opt into from the same dashboard. Royalties are 50% of your suggested retail price on a la carte sales plus a pro-rata share of a Premium listening pool. It accepts AI-narrated audiobooks for Spotify only, including from its free ElevenLabs-based creation tools. An ACX audiobook enrolled in KDP Select needs exclusive Audible rights, so it cannot also be distributed here.

## Pros

- Non-exclusive, and you set the a la carte price
- Free AI audiobook creation for up to 5 books (US, English)

## Cons

- Premium pool rate is not published
- Reaches Spotify only unless you also send the book to Voices by INaudio

## Alternatives

- [Author's Republic](https://kdp123.com/t/authors-republic/)
- [ElevenLabs](https://kdp123.com/t/elevenlabs/)
- [Kobo Writing Life](https://kdp123.com/t/kobo-writing-life/)

## Sources

- https://authors.spotify.com/self-published-authors
- https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/spotify-for-authors-opt-in-distribution-terms/
- https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GD9PMU58BV24QFZ7