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Audiobook narration services

Real narrators for your audiobook. You choose the voice.

Academy Voices offers audiobook narration services performed entirely by real people. Post your book free, hear auditions from professional audiobook narrators, and pick the one who sounds like your story. We handle production, quality checks and distribution.

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  • 810audiobooks since 2023
  • 346narrators
  • ~50stores, libraries and apps
  • $0to post your book
Meet the voices

346 audiobook narrators, all real people.

Every narrator on Academy Voices is a person with their own studio and demos, approved by Anthony Pica before they can be cast. Tap a face to hear them. When you post your book, narrators like these audition for it, and you choose.

346 narrators and counting.

Post your book free
How it works

From manuscript to finished audiobook

  1. 1

    Post your book

    Tell us about it and add a short audition script. Posting is free.

  2. 2

    Hear auditions

    Narrators who fit your book record your script, so you hear your own words in their voice.

  3. 3

    Choose your narrator

    Pick the voice you love and sign the contract on the site.

  4. 4

    Approve a sample

    You hear the first 15 minutes before the full recording goes ahead.

  5. 5

    Approve the audiobook

    Our team checks every file against retailer specs before it's published.

  6. 6

    It goes on sale

    On nearly 50 retailers, libraries and streaming services, and in our own store.

Browse all 346 audiobook narrators →

Voice over for audiobooks

Voice over for audiobooks is its own craft

Audiobook narration isn't a commercial read. A narrator holds a listener for six, ten, twenty hours: steady pacing, clear characters, the right emotion on every page, and clean audio from start to finish. That's what our narrators do.

Every finished file meets the technical rules retailers require, from levels to room tone to noise floor, and we check it before your book is published, so it isn't turned away after release.

Every audiobook carries our Certified Human Voice™ promise: performed by a real person, in their own voice, with their consent.

The Coven

By Corvina Sweeney

Narrated by Eric A Grimes, Myra Shiraz

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Your options

Ways to get your audiobook narrated

Academy VoicesHire a narrator yourselfACX royalty share
Finding the narratorNarrators audition with your scriptYou search and contact themYou post and hope narrators audition
Narrator cost up frontNone with royalty share, or a rate you setUsually paid per finished hourNone
Checking and fixing filesWe check every file before releaseUp to youUp to you; rejected files come back to you
Where it's soldNearly 50 stores and libraries, plus our storeWherever you publish itAudible only, for 7 years
Every narrator a real personYes, Certified Human Voice™Up to you to checkNot promised

It costs a one-time $350 production fee, plus the narrator's rate per finished hour (from $50) or a royalty share instead. See the three ways to pay →

In their words

What authors say

Spellbound: The Paranormal Seduction of Today's Kids cover
“Academy Voices made creating the audiobook easy. The website was easy to understand. Anthony Pica was available to answer questions. He clearly told potential narrators what we were looking for, and we had several candidates to listen to and choose from. The narrator we chose was Judd Bonham, and he was entirely professional and the right fit for this project. I highly recommend Academy Voices!”
L.L. Veinot Jr., President, MCOI Publishing, LLCSpellbound: The Paranormal Seduction of Today's Kids
The Coven cover
“Working with Academy Voices has been an incredibly fun and easy experience. In fact, I enjoyed working with them on The Coven so much that I came right back to have them bring Gravemoor Radio to life! Academy Voices made the entire audiobook production process seamless from start to finish, allowing me to focus on the creative side without the usual headaches of production. I especially appreciated the opportunity to work closely with the voice actors and be hands-on throughout the creative process. Their professionalism, dedication, and genuine enthusiasm for their craft made both productions an absolute pleasure. Hearing my characters come alive through such talented voices has been incredibly rewarding and I couldn't be happier with the results. I highly recommend Academy Voices to any author looking for a talented, dedicated, professional team that truly cares about bringing stories to life.”
Corvina Sweeney, author of The Coven and Gravemoor RadioThe Coven

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Everywhere people listen

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

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

Academy Voices Store Listeners buy direct on our own website and app.
Audible Audible
Amazon Amazon
Apple Books Apple Books
Spotify Spotify
Google Play Google Play
Kobo Kobo
Hoopla
Chirp
Nook
YouTube Music YouTube Music
Deezer Deezer
Napster Napster
Plus 35 more, including OverDrive, Storytel, Everand, Libro.fm and Bibliotheca.See every partner

Stores

Libro.fm · Audiobooks.com · Downpour · The Audiobook Store · Audiobooks Now · Books-A-Million · Rahva Raamat

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

Calm Radio

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

Questions

Audiobook narration: common questions

The things authors ask us most.

Still wondering about something? Email me directly. apica@academyvoices.com Anthony Pica, founder
A $350 production fee, plus the narrator's per-finished-hour rate you set (from $50), or nothing more if you share royalties instead. A 60,000-word book is about 6.5 finished hours.
About 4 to 6 weeks after you approve the sample, for books under 50,000 words. Longer books get a timeline agreed up front.
Post your book and let narrators audition with your own script. You can also browse our narrators, listen to their demos, and send one a direct offer.
Yes. You own your audiobook whichever way you pay.
Nearly 50 retailers, libraries and streaming services, including Audible, Apple Books, Spotify and Libby, plus our own store.
Yes. Choose narration only: a real narrator records your audiobook and you keep every file.
Yes. Every Academy Voices audiobook is performed by a real, vetted narrator. Certified Human Voice™.

Hear your book in a real voice

Posting is free, and you don't pay anything until you've chosen your narrator.

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