These days, he concentrates
on audiobook production, voice - acting for video games, and writing science thrillers.
When the narrator has uploaded the
entire audiobook production and clicked the «I'm Done» button, you have the chance for a final review.
I therefore thought it would be good to write an article this week about 3 financial aspects of
audiobook production so authors can have realistic expectations.
If you feel overwhelmed
about audiobook production, you may want to cut to the chase and hire an experienced narrator and producer.
Becoming an audiobook listener made me enthusiastic about pursuing that platform and set me up for the next steps
of audiobook production — picking the platform I would use.
You can remove a title you post on ACX any time before you enter into an
ACX Audiobook Production Agreement with a Producer.
Another episode
considers audiobook production, distribution and sales, featuring J. Daniel Sawyer who wrote Making Tracks: A Writer's Guide to Audiobooks.
Book Buddy offers a full range of publisher services including the most affordable
professional audiobook production in the U.S. Book Buddy produced over 1,000 market - ready audiobooks in 2016 for a variety of authors and publishers.
As opposed to
other audiobook production companies like Amazon's ACX that offer the option for authors to split the royalties with the narrators rather than to pay a set fee up front, narrators with Findaway Voices are paid hourly for their services, and all charge a different freelance rate based on experience and other factors.
«In five short years, ACX has literally turned the audiobook industry on its ear by
making audiobook production available to those who may never have considered it,» said Audible's EVP and publisher, Beth Anderson.
If you are an indie author thinking of narrating your own audiobook or if you are a diligent young scholar considering a career in
audiobook production check out the free ACX Education Portal.
With independent work, such as producing via ACX, the narrator is also accountable for all the necessary editing, proofing, and engineering that goes into a
finished audiobook production.
For decades, audiobook narrators have been paid on a per finished hour rate, which means they get paid in accordance to how long the
final audiobook production is.
This is the
first Audiobook Production Company in Dallas, and I am honored to have been cast to narrate FAILED: What the «Experts» Got Wrong About the Global Economy.
Both of you have generously and candidly shared valuable information about the FULL story
behind audiobook production and the pricing challenges that exist in the VO biz.