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0%- What Changed: Spotify's Creator Tools and Catalog Growth
- How Do the Major Platforms Actually Compare?
- What Does This Mean for Self-Published Authors?
- 1. The exclusivity calculus is weakening
- 2. Production costs no longer gatekeep audio editions
- 3. Metadata and discoverability are the new battlegrounds
- Where Does KDP's Audiobook Beta Fit?
- What About Multilingual Editions?
- Bottom Line: Action Items for June 2026


