Not exact matches
Bottom Line: The typical rate for professional - quality
audiobook production is $ 295 - $ 325 per
finished hour.
This makes the standard rate for professional quality independent
audiobook production somewhere around $ 295 - $ 325 per
finished hour.
I just
finished the
production of my 27th
audiobook Heart of Gold, which has been a breeze, but it wasn't always this easy.
Do you want to pay them for their efforts upon completion of the
audiobook (a fee per
finished hour, as part of a Pay For
Production deal) or do you prefer to split your royalties with them fifty - fifty (as part of a Royalty Share deal)?
While I love the sound of the
finished product and agree that having both genders makes the
production so much more interesting, it's a very time - consuming and tedious process to create an
audiobook this way.
* Note: If you're a Rights Holders with an already -
finished audiobook that you want to make available for distribution through ACX — or if you want to produce your
audiobook independent of ACX and then make it available for distribution through ACX — you can deliver the completed
audiobook to Audible through ACX by following the instructions in the
Production tab of your ACX title profile.
If Audible does not commence selling the
Audiobook within 3 months after its receipt of your written notice, (a) this Agreement will automatically terminate and all rights in the Book and the
Audiobook granted to Audible in this Agreement will revert to you and (b) if you agreed to the royalty share payment option with the Producer for
production of the
Audiobook, Audible will pay the Producer a termination fee of $ 100 times the actual number of
finished hours (in 10 minute increments) in the deal confirmation page; up to a maximum of $ 2,500 as full payment for the Producer's services in creating the
Audiobook.
BraveHeart
Audiobooks is an independent
audiobook production company, however the majority of our contracts are made using ACX.com, through whom we are able to offer a shared royalty option, as well as our standard per
finished hour fees.
The expense of
audiobook production is usually computed Per
Finished Hour (PFH).