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Your book, read by a real person.
Post your book free. Real narrators audition for it. You listen and choose the voice that fits.
- Free to post. No card needed.
- Hear auditions before you pay anything.
- You own your audiobook.
- 791audiobooks since 2023
- 326narrators
- ~50stores, libraries and apps
- $0to post your book
Meet the voices
Real people who could read your book.
Every Academy Voices narrator is a real, vetted person. Tap a face to hear them. When you post your book, narrators like these audition for it, and you choose.
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. 791 audiobooks since 2023, every one read by a real person. Press play on any of these.
18+
Spellbound: The Paranormal Seduction of Today's Kids
By MCOI Publishing
Narrated by Judd Bonham
ChristianWhat it costs
Two ways to pay. You own your audiobook either way.
Option 1
Pay per finished hour
$350 + from $50/hourOne-time production fee, plus the narrator's rate, which you set.
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.
When we distribute it, you keep 80% of royalties and 20% goes to Academy Voices.
Option 2
Share royalties
$350 onlyOne-time production fee. No narrator bill.
You 40%Narrator 40%AV 20%
For 10 years, then the narrator's share comes to you: 80% yours.
✓ Nothing is due until your narrator signs
✓ Posting and auditions are free
Recording a series? Later books with the same narrator: $250
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.
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Apple Books 
Spotify 
Google Play 
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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
The things authors ask us most.
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.
About 4 to 6 weeks after you approve the sample, for books under 50,000 words. Longer books get a timeline agreed up front.
Yes. Every Academy Voices audiobook is performed by a real, vetted narrator. Certified Human Voice™.
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