[Other] Bookmark audio books and separate them from music

[murpsel]

Please implement bookmarks for audio books and separate them from music.

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There was an idea for bookmarks in audio books. Sadly it was closed, because one half of the idea (save the position in podcasts) has been implemented, even though nearly all of the 30 pages was about people wanting this for audio books.

As the moderator posted "If you'd like to see the same behaviour for audio books, we'd recommend making a new Community Idea for this.", so this is it.

There are many other audio book bookmarks requests, but they were all closed as duplicates because of the now closed idea. 

As an additional aspect to this, please ensure a separate handling / tagging of audio books and music. When alternating between listening to audio books and music the Spotify engine starts putting book chapters in your recommendation playlists, which doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

01/2023: It's astonishing that Spotify keeps steadfast in ignoring this simple and annoying issue. Getting a best of 2022 list with chapters of audio books still isn't a good idea. 

[Audiobrooke]

So when you listen to audio books on Spotify and you wanna get back to it later, you either have to remember the chapter or just guess we're you left off. 

But with podcasts, the app save where you left off, so it's save to say that would be possible for audiobooks as well.

[nemecsek]

Let me be blunt: I believe Spotify's people don't give a f..k about our
complains.

[Matti279]

Since 6 years I am waiting for this. What's the problem for this? Its possible to start/stop at the last position in Podcasts – so why not in Albums labeled as Books? 
Also add bookmark-function, pleeeease.

[#5]

This helps to directly JUMP Back to the Position where one left of in the audiobook. Curenntly you jump to the title and the following titles are in wrong Order.

[Bg0p]

Lack of this functionality means that Spotify is inferior to a 15-years old mp3 player. 

[LiteraryJessica]

Please add this, I like to mark various places to come back to. I can't imagine it's that hard and it has a pretty significant user experience impact. Thx!

[S_Boy]

My kids like the audio book option in Spotify Premium, but I have to search everytime where they have stopped listen. Is it possible, just like in the podcasts, when you select a book you would see where you left?

The books my kids listen are already cut in 3min chapters, but still I have to ask them which chapter (if they know).

This would be nice.

[Taterdragon]

Sometimes there's a specific place in a book you know you will likley want to come back to. With an audiobook, especially a long one, it can be very difficult to find a specific paragraph again.

I suggest allowing users to place their own custom bookmarks throughout audiobooks and maybe even podcasts. For example, if I am reading a book about medicine and come across an interesting/useful passage on vitamin D, I'd like to be able to set a bookmark to that specific time in that specific chapter and name it "vitamin D". Ideally I'd be able to access these bookmarks from a screen after opening the book/podcast. This would allow me to very easily go back to points in the audiobook that are of specific interest to me and listen again.