For authors
Your book, read by a real person.
Post your book free. Real narrators audition for it. You listen and choose the voice that fits.
- ~750audiobooks since 2023
- 190+narrators
- ~50stores, libraries and apps
- $0to post your book
How it works
From manuscript to audiobook
- 1
Post your book
Create a free account and tell us about your book. Signing up and posting cost nothing.
- 2
Hear auditions
Real narrators record a short audition from your book. Listen and pick the voice you love.
- 3
Approve and publish
Approve a sample first, then the full book. Not sold on the sample? Switch narrators at no cost.
Listen
Books by authors like you
Real books from our authors, read by our narrators. About 750 audiobooks since 2023, every one read by a real person. Press play on any of these.
What it costs
Two ways to pay. You own your audiobook either way.
Pay per finished hour
You set the narrator's rate, from $50 per finished hour, plus a one-time $350 production fee.
Example: a 60,000-word book is about 6.5 finished hours. At $100 an hour that's about $650 to your narrator, plus $350.
Share royalties
Pay only the $350 production fee. Royalties are shared 40% to you, 40% to your narrator and 20% to Academy Voices for 10 years, then the narrator's share comes to you.
The production fee is due once your narrator signs, not before. Posting your book and hearing auditions is free.
Everywhere people listen
Your audiobook, on nearly 50 retailers, libraries and streaming services.
Stores, subscription apps, library platforms and music services around the world.
Audible 
Amazon 
Apple Books 
Spotify 
Google Play 
Kobo 
YouTube Music 
Deezer 
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 RaamatSubscription apps
Storytel · Everand · BookBeat · Nextory · BookMate · Audioteka · 24Symbols · UBook · YouScribe · Anyplay · Speechify · Instaread · Kids.Radio · Behear · Bookwalker · Globook · Cliq DigitalLibraries
OverDrive · Bibliotheca · Follett · Mackin · Odilo · Wheelers · 3 Leaf Group · Ulverscroft · LibraryOne · DivibibMusic services
Calm RadioNot every title qualifies for every platform; some have content, genre or age requirements.
Questions
Before you start
You do. Whether you pay per finished hour or share royalties, the audiobook is yours.
You approve a short sample before the full book is recorded. If it isn't right, you can switch narrators at no cost before you approve.
We distribute to nearly 50 stores, libraries and streaming services, including Audible, Apple Books, Spotify and Libby.
Nothing. Signing up, posting your book and hearing auditions are free. You pay once your narrator signs.