ACX Promo Codes: How to Get Book Reviews for Your Audiobook

About this video

Dale explains how ACX (Audiobook Creation Exchange) promo codes work and warns about changes to the system. Promo codes are available for titles with exclusive distribution to Audible, Amazon and iTunes: authors get up to 25 codes for the US and 25 for the UK per title (up to 100 total), hand them to listeners, newsletter subscribers, friends, business associates or services such as Audiobook Boom, and recipients redeem them for a free copy in hopes of leaving an honest review. Under the current system the codes live in the sales dashboard’s promo codes tab, authors can request more after 10 codes on a title have been redeemed, and they can track which codes were generated, redeemed or still available — a big improvement on the old request-and-chase process. He notes the exclusive-distribution royalty is 40%. Two urgent warnings close the video: codes generated before May 7, 2019 expire by November 7, 2019, so old codes should be distributed immediately, and all previously generated UK codes are null and void — only UK codes generated in the new dashboard are valid.

Key takeaways

• ACX promo codes exist to generate Audible reviews: give free copies to listeners, subscribers or services like Audiobook Boom in exchange for honest reviews
• Authors can get up to 25 US and 25 UK promo codes per exclusively distributed title, up to 100 total, and can request more once 10 have been redeemed
• The sales dashboard now tracks generated, redeemed and available codes, so unredeemed codes can be followed up or revoked instead of lost
• Codes generated before May 7, 2019 expire by November 7, 2019 — distribute any stockpiled old codes right away
• All pre-change UK promo codes are void; only UK codes generated in the new dashboard system work

Episode details: published May 21, 2019 · 7:21 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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