Bottom Line: The typical rate for professional -
quality audiobook production is $ 295 - $ 325 per finished hour.
«After carefully inspecting hundreds of
quality audiobook productions, we are excited to present our top picks from this year,» said Chair Emily Farmer.
Not exact matches
Audiobook production studios offer full - service
production, meaning the cost should include casting and hiring a narrator, engineering, editing,
quality control, and mastering.
This makes the standard rate for professional
quality independent
audiobook production somewhere around $ 295 - $ 325 per finished hour.
So remember to download your actual audio file from ACX to get the full feel for the
audiobook production before asking your narrator / producer why the audio
quality isn't as crisp as you might expect.
eStories is a
audiobook retailer and Matt Downing, Chief Marketing Officer projects that in 2017 «I expect to see more classic books being reimagined and reproduced with celebrity narrators and higher
production quality.
Audiobooks tend to have previews that can you listen to online and these are designed to give you a taste of the
quality of the
production and a sense of how the narration is conducted.
«Our team of expert judges debating the winner of the
Audiobook of the Year award must choose a single audio that combines the very best in narration and
production quality with significant sales impact and marketing outreach to be the standard bearer of excellence for the format and audio publishing industry.
ACX has a structure in place of reviews and approvals so that you, the author, have complete control over the
quality of the
audiobook throughout its
production.
If you decide to publish an
audiobook, remember:
quality is key (in terms of editing, narration and
production values).
Audiobook Publishers are not known for their consistent
quality production.