Audiobooks on Draft2Digital through Findaway Voices

About this video

Dale reports two Draft2Digital announcements for authors considering alternatives to Kindle publishing. First, he says Draft2Digital added two more subscription-based services alongside existing distribution to retailers such as Barnes & Noble, Apple iBooks and Kobo and to subscription services such as Scribd and 24Symbols. He contrasts subscription distribution through Draft2Digital, where he says there is zero exclusivity, with KDP Select, which he says requires exclusivity. Second, and more exciting to him, he reports an email announcing a partnership with Findaway Voices, an audiobook creation and distribution service, allowing authors to start audiobook production from Draft2Digital, choose a production budget and narrator, and distribute to a wider audiobook network. He contrasts this with ACX, criticising its royalty structure as the creator describes it, and welcomes competition, while noting questions remain unanswered.

Key takeaways

• Dale says Draft2Digital expanded subscription distribution while keeping zero exclusivity, unlike KDP Select as he describes it
• The headline news is a Draft2Digital partnership with Findaway Voices to create and distribute audiobooks from the Draft2Digital dashboard
• Authors are described as able to set a production budget, choose a narrator, and get support from the Findaway Voices team
• Dale criticises ACX royalties as he presents them — 40%, falling to 20% on a 50/50 narrator split — despite complementary codes
• He frames new competition to ACX as good for self-publishers, while acknowledging unanswered questions remain

Episode details: published July 9, 2017 · 4:17 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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