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Self-Publishing News: Audible Has a New Royalty Model

“More opportunities for authors and publishers.” That’s how Audible describes its new royalty model in the headline of its press release. I have seen authors variously offer a cautious welcome for a model that claims to have arisen from discussions with ours and be part of a “creator-centric ethos” and scratch their heads to try and figure out what it actually means in practice. Before I get to that detail, I will say that the emphasis placed in the release on transparency is welcome.

Self-Publishing News: KDP Launches Artificial Audiobook Narration in Invitation-Only Beta

Last week Amazon announced the launch of virtual voice narration. The tool will enable authors to turn ebooks into audiobooks using a variety of artificially generated voices.

November 7, 2023
Dan Holloway
News
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TwitterChat: Will Spotify shake up the world of audiobooks?

On the ALLi Twitter chat (#indieAuthorChat) this week we asked questions about Will Spotify shake up the world of audiobooks?

October 6, 2022
Timothy Lewis
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
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Audiblegate Updates Campaign Updates Series: Part Two

This post marks the first in what will be a series of update post combining the most important news and information as the campaign progresses.

Audiobook Publishing Alternatives to ACX: A Comparison

ALLi's Watchdog Desk contrasts ACX and Audible with six rival audiobook distribution services — Author's Republic, Findaway Voices, Kobo Writing Life, Lantern, PublishDrive, and Soundwise — to explore options for authors who wish to reach a wider audience beyond Amazon's walls.

Self-publishing News: Findaway Voices Reaches out to Disgruntled ACX Authors

Findaway Voices offers royalty bonus to authors leaving ACX exclusivity and Draft2Digital offers royalty splitting.

February 10, 2021
Dan Holloway
News
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How Audiobook Authors and Narrators are Paid by Audible-ACX. We think.

This is the second in a series of posts about the campaign known to self-publishing authors as #AudibleGate. ALLi would like to extend thanks to Colleen Cross for this post and for her work with the Fair Deal for Rights Holders and Narrators pressure group.If you haven't already, please sign the #Audiblegate petition here . We will keep you posted as the campaign develops. Now over to Colleen, to explain how audiobook authors and narrators are paid.

Self-publishing News: Rise of Social Reading

Social reading apps continue to expand as Literati raises $40m. Writers & writers' groups respond to Audible's new terms.

February 3, 2021
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: The Sale of Wattpad

The sale of Wattpad to Naver, Audible's small movement on returns policy, and Rolling Stone's vanity publishing

January 27, 2021
Dan Holloway
News
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Calling Out Amazon on Audible Refund Policy: Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy

ALLi is calling out Amazon on their Audible refund policy, which is resulting in unknown numbers of audiobook authors and narrators around the world being deprived of income. Bookshop.org suffers a glitch, confusing some indie authors, and the end of an era with the end of Book Expo America.