ACX allows both royalty-share and payment-upfront systems. If an author doesn’t feel the need to hire an established name (who comes with an established fan base) or simply can’t afford them, then they still can create an account on Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) and simply audition narrators for the job.ĪCX allows authors to put up a small passage of their text and wait for interested narrators to submit their voice samples reading that passage. He’s not only an award-winning audiobook narrator, but he’s also a great guy and very easy to work with. I was fortunate to have Greg Tremblay agree to be my narrator. What if only a couple of copies of the audiobook sold? That’s a lot of time and effort invested for little to no return. But a relative unknown would be a big gamble. If I were an audiobook narrator, I would kill to profit-share with Stephen King, for example. Many established narrators are not keen to do this unless a well-established author wants to make such an arrangement. There’s also the possibility of a royalty-share arrangement where the narrator makes half the royalties from the sales. In my area of romance, hiring one of the established names in audiobook narration is a hefty proposition - usually between $2,500 and $3,500. They’re expensive, and I was afraid I wouldn’t earn my money back. If any book was screaming to be read aloud, it was this one! Before this novel, I hadn’t seriously considered an audiobook. By Fairy Means or Foul is an odd mixture of epic fantasy with an urban fantasy feel, and then throw in some romance, a private investigator, and lots of humor. But I am gaining a steady appreciation for audiobooks and the different narrators who do them.īefore my latest release came out, I knew I wanted an audiobook to accompany it. I don’t do a lot of that since I still prefer to read my books instead of listening to them. I have a lot of friends who also listen to them at home while they’re cooking or cleaning or just relaxing. Audiobooks have been a great way to pass the time - especially during rush hour when traffic is practically at a standstill. Between ferrying my kids around to all their activities, and my own list of never-ending errands, I spend a lot of time in the car. I usually listen to audiobooks when I’m in the car.
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