I hire an audiobook proofer to screen the audiobook files and make sure it’s true to the script. After you approve the “first 15 minutes” sample, I will go ahead and produce the rest of the audiobook.This is your chance to make changes or requests, before I produce the rest of the audiobook. The purpose of this is so we can check in with each other about how it sounds. I usually try to cover any main characters in the “first 15” sample, even if it ends up being longer than the first 15 minutes of the audiobook. I will read the full manuscript, make notes, and start on audiobook production! I will produce a sample of at least the first 15 minutes of the audiobook.You may want to get started on creating cover art.Send me the full, final version of the manuscript in Kindle, pdf, or word document format.We’ll both receive an email, and the book will appear in our “in production” tabs on ACX. Make me an offer to produce via ACX with the dates and payment terms we’ve discussed.If we have been communicating by email and I’ve agreed to narrate your book, please be sure to write in the description section in your title profile that you already have a narrator. Then, claim your title via ACX (basically, verifying that it’s yours and that you hold the audiobook rights.).It may take a few days for your bank account information to get approved (which you need in order to receive royalties!) If you already have a published Kindle version of your title, register an author/rights holder account on ACX.There is very little the author or audiobook rights holder needs to do. Royalty Share – more information…Ī: ACX makes the process of audiobook production easy for independent authors. Please inquire for a quote on your project. See cover art specs.įor short titles under 3 finished hours in length, a rate of $500 per finished hour may apply.įor textbooks, titles heavy on technical language, or for certain subject matter, eLearning rates may apply. If your book is going on Audible, you will need to have cover art produced according to Audible/ACX specs. *Please note that while I provide finished, ready to use audiobook files, I do not produce audiobook cover art. Payment must be completed before the audiobook is released. Please inquire to start a discussion about producing your audiobook.įor pay for production projects, I require a 50% deposit at the start of the project (calculated based on the estimated length of the audiobook.) The balance (calculated based on the actual finished length of the book) is payable after the audiobook is completed and approved by the rights holder/author. Titles are subject to my approval and availability. I offer production and delivery of a finished audiobook, formatted according to Audible/ACX specs, for $400 per finished hour. Typically between $50 – $150 per finished hour. Some producers may accept a royalty share project, but also ask the rights holder to pay a stipend to cover their production costs. These costs usually include outsourcing of audiobook proofing, editing and mastering services. Many producers have costs associated with audiobook production. Experienced producers will look for indicators of strong audiobook sales potential before accepting a royalty share project, such as: book reviews, Kindle sales statistics, and author’s marketing plan and social media. If the audiobook does not sell, they do not get compensated for their investment of work to produce the audiobook. However, audiobook narrators/producers assume all of the risk under a royalty share agreement. Royalty share can be an excellent way for independent authors to finance production of an audiobook, because they pay nothing up front. Audible/ACX administrates payments and automatically tracks sales, and pays out monthly. The remaining 40% is split equally between the rights holder/author and the audiobook producer/narrator, effectively earning each of them 20% of the price of each audiobook sold. Under the terms of an ACX royalty share agreement, 60% of the sale price of an audiobook goes to Audible/ACX. The audiobook producer (typically, the narrator) is compensated from the sales of the book.Ī royalty share agreement can be easily entered into via ACX, the audiobook creation exchange (a division of ). Under a royalty share agreement, the audiobook rights holder (usually the author or publisher of a book) pays nothing up front for the production of an audiobook.
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