Findaway Voices Archives

Self-Publishing News: Findaway Voices Terms – What’s Really Changed?

On Friday of last week, Findaway Voices by Spotify announced new terms and conditions that some have commented as being “rights grab”. Here is an update on Findaway Voices terms from ALLi's Watchdog Desk.

February 20, 2024
Dan Holloway
News
4 Comments

Self-publishing News: Spotify Launches Audiobooks. Join in through Findaway Voices

Cover designers and others speak out about the use of and training for AI-generated art on platforms like Midjourney.

September 21, 2022
Dan Holloway
News
0 Comments

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.

Findaway Voices Steps in for Indies in Wake of Audiblegate: Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy

Today, we're going to talk about Findaway Voices, an audiobook service that's an alternative to Audible, which is causing headaches for indie authors after the Audiblegate controversy. We'll also talk about something called social reading. And we'll look back on the legacy of Jeff Bezos at Amazon.

February 25, 2021
Howard Lovy
Podcast
1 Comment

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
1 Comment

International Insights: Indie Friendly Aggregators

For this week’s edition of the Alliance of Independent Authors International Insights hosted by Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard, we’re moving on to indie friendly aggregators.

October 24, 2020
Mark Williams
Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
2 Comments

Self-publishing News: 2019 in Indieland

A look back at 2019's self-publishing news: libraries, audiobooks, global markets, and an existential question: what is reading?

December 24, 2019
Dan Holloway
News
0 Comments

Self-publishing News: Publish Audiobooks via Kobo Writing Life

It's now possible to publish audiobooks direct through your Kobo Writing Life dashboard, and Wattpad launch new opportunities in Brazil.

October 1, 2019
Dan Holloway
News
0 Comments

Why Indie Authors Should Publish Audiobooks – and How To Do It

Wondering whether it's worth the time and hassle to self-publish audiobooks? Let Amy Shojai, an ALLi professional member, persuade you, drawing on her own success story. She also shares top tips on routes into audio.

March 28, 2019
Amy Shojai
Business & Planning, Process 3 & 4: Production & Distribution
9 Comments

Self-publishing News: Finding Your Voice

Smashwords partners with Findaway Voices, more than a million ebooks have now been borrowed through Overdrive, and we meet the best ebook coders.

March 27, 2018
Dan Holloway
News
1 Comment

Self-publishing News: a Tale of Three Platforms

This week's top self-publishing news stories for indie authors, including Amazon's crackdown on fraud, Kobo's new audio service & falling ebooks sales.

September 12, 2017
Dan Holloway
News
4 Comments

Self-publishing News: The Whole Picture

It's less than a month until what will be my third 100 kilometre ultramarathon. I have had a terrible year…