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776audiobooks published
196narrators have voiced our books
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Why Academy Voices

More than a platform. Your creative partner.

We bring your story to life and connect it with listeners everywhere.

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    You choose your narratorHear custom auditions of your own pages before you decide.
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    You choose how to payA flat rate per finished hour, or share royalties instead.
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    You see every saleRoyalties paid quarterly, with reports on your dashboard.
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Every audiobook is performed by a real, vetted narrator. Never synthetic. No exceptions. Learn more →

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Denslow's Tom Thumb

W. W. Denslow · narrated by Claire Shadrawy
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Three steps to your audiobook

Take control of your audiobook production from start to finish.

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Create your author account

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2

Submit your project

Post your book and get auditions tailored to it.

3

Choose, approve, publish

Pick your narrator, approve the audio, and we distribute it worldwide.

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Facts about our authors, our narrators, our books and the history of listening.

Where creators thrive

Built for independent authors and rights holders.

A better way to produce and share your audiobook, with people who care about the story as much as you do.

  • Global distribution to millions of potential listeners.
  • A community of creators driven by storytelling and transparency.
  • Real people to talk to, from your first audition to your first royalty.
Everywhere people listen

Your audiobook, on nearly 50 retailers, libraries and streaming services.

Stores, subscription apps, library platforms and music services around the world.

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YouTube Music YouTube Music
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Plus 35 more, including OverDrive, Storytel, Everand, Libro.fm and Bibliotheca.See every partner

Stores

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Subscription apps

Storytel · Everand · BookBeat · Nextory · BookMate · Audioteka · 24Symbols · UBook · YouScribe · Anyplay · Speechify · Instaread · Kids.Radio · Behear · Bookwalker · Globook · Cliq Digital

Libraries

OverDrive · Bibliotheca · Follett · Mackin · Odilo · Wheelers · 3 Leaf Group · Ulverscroft · LibraryOne · Divibib

Music services

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Not every title qualifies for every platform; some have content, genre or age requirements.

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Every Academy Voices audiobook is performed by a real person. That is our Certified Human Voice promise. Here is what it means, what the new site does, and the questions we hear most.

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