ACX Review: The Pros and Cons of Audiobook Creation Exchange

About this video

Dale reviews Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), the platform for distributing audiobooks to Audible, Amazon and iTunes. Citing ACX figures as of August 8, 2017 stated in the video — 1,674 titles open for auditions, 49,271 producers, and 90,962 audiobooks on sale — he notes availability was limited to self-publishers in the US and UK. He explains three production routes: narrate it yourself (not recommended unless trained), bring your own finished narration, or hire an ACX narrator via a 50/50 royalty split, a per-finished-hour fee, or a combination of both. A highlight he names is the Bounty Program: a $50 bonus when a buyer of your audiobook signs up for an Audible membership. Pros are a simple upload interface, access to narrators willing to share risk for 50% of royalties, and the bounty. Cons are the 40% royalty — only 20% to the author on a royalty split, and 25% total if not exclusive — and the US/UK-only availability. He recommends ACX for US/UK authors but suggests weighing alternatives such as Findaway Voices via Draft2Digital before putting an entire catalog on it.

Key takeaways

• ACX distributes audiobooks to Audible, Amazon and iTunes, but at the time covered was only available to self-publishers in the US and UK
• Production options are self-narration, bringing your own narrator/finished audio, or hiring an ACX narrator
• Hiring can be structured as a 50/50 royalty split, a per-finished-hour fee, or a combination of both
• The Bounty Program pays a $50 bonus, as stated in the video, when a buyer signs up for Audible membership through your audiobook
• Royalties are a key con: 40% standard, halved to 20% for the author on a split, and 25% total if you decline exclusivity

Episode details: published August 16, 2017 · 5:03 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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