Spotify expands audiobook titles

NEW YORK — The expanding audio books market has a major new retailer: Spotify.

On Tuesday, the music streaming service announced an audiobook initiative, launching a store that includes more than 300,000 titles, including such popular works as Delia Owens’ “Where the Crawdads Sing,” Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” and Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends With Us.”

Spotify has previously offered audio books on a limited basis, including J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” and such public domain novels as Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and Jane Austen’s “Persuasion.”

Prices “will be competitive” with other audio sellers, Spotify said.