Great views! I'm editing my audiobook … not a task for wimps, let me tell you. Totally agree about Amazon. A year ago, I was touting them as being the Indie Publisher's best friend. Now, I'm watching them out of the corner of my eye with suspicion.
I found Findaway Voices out of pure frustration with Amazon. I did my narration, submitted the work, then for the last 6 months I've been going back and forth editing with them. I was sooooo upset because to hire a narrator costs thousands! I was just about to say F it and start all over with my narration. Then I googled other ways to publish audiobooks without Amazon and boom found Findaway. Within only a couple of days they were done and it's ready to go. Now just waiting for the distribution to happen. I have written 4 books, and working on my 5th. I just want to get my work out there. Thanks for the video. New subscriber. :)
Congrats and welcome!!! If you want a few more tips you can get our Gameplan for selling 1000 books with less than $100 is a great way to start planning your book marketing. You can download that for free at www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan Hope to see you again soon!
Hi Crystal, so, are you saying that every time you submitted your work, they found something wrong? Because I just got rejected by Amazon because my cover did not have my title and author name. I just fixed it, but now I'm wondering if they will find other "issues". The back-and-forth stuff is what I'm not planning on doing.
@@RandaWise Yes that's what happened to me but hopefully that won't be an issue for you and possibly since the last 2 years they have upgraded and worked out any kinks. But now my audiobook is on Audible. So issues there. I did the recording myself but I HIGHLY recommend having someone else voice for you unless of course its a autobiography or memoir. Good Luck!!
@@CrystalHickerson Thanks for the tips, Crystal. My audiobook has many character dialogue and I use a plug in for Garageband that can do different voices. It's a highly dramatic novel full of sound fx. I've had a focus group sample listen, and nobody realized I was all those characters. 😀 No way am I putting all my eggs in the ACX basket.
Thank you!! :) I'm about to release a video on how to prepare for reading an audiobook ... but I am curious what you would say is the most important thing you do to prepare to narrate a book?
That's a great question :). For professional narrators, probably the most important thing is to read the book completely, so that we know every word, name, pronunciation and character. When we read, we don't want to stop the flow to figure out what's up with some new character, or how to pronounce the name of a river--we want to concentrate on telling the story.
@@BookLaunchers thanks for the tip and I enjoyed the Spotify video update too. I went to add my book on ACX directly but of course being an Aussie I can't... only US and UK authors can! Ahh the monster. So I will use Findaway as my access point for Audible (for now). Great to see Spotify there now that you tipped me to look!!!
Happy to help! I started my latest book on ACX and then put it on Findaway afterwards ... so far we have not seen many sales outside of audible despite attempts to promote it ... so it may be our standing recommendation that you stick with ACX.
Thanks for this video! I'm finishing up an audiobook. Everything I've read just assumes going exclusive with ACX. Amazon doesn't need to rule the world and have everything on lock down
THANK YOU! :) Well you're in the running because you commented the DAY A VIDEO IS RELEASED. My parents are visiting and I'll send one home with them ... in expectation of your soon to be victory. Much cheaper than shipping it up there from here. :p
For what it's worth, I chose to go wide on Findaway with all 6 of my audiobooks (that had previously been on ACX) and my total sales went up, even though my royalty percentage went down. So best of both worlds to go wide, imo
@@parrislanesanfrancisco by "go down" I mean my percent that I got to keep from ACX is less, because it's now non-exclusive, and shared with Findaway, but the sum total has been more.
@@lawyeroutlaw Thank you so very much.. I've been selling my book on my e-commerce site but have to stretch out.. So I think I will go with Findaway.. and sign non-exclusive with ACX. I am both the author and narrator... in addition to that I've included original music. Not sure how that will work. I have to find a platform due to specific guidelines for a contest. I wish there were more competitors with better percentage rates.
I have been working on fiction in Microsoft word for sometime and I just subscribed to your channel the instant I saw it! I have been thinking about the different ways to produce books whether it be like a formatted design or audio, and I have really good audio program called Ableton available to me I was hoping you could make a UA-cam video explaining the different ways to produce your own audio and how to get it in the right format for uploading. And the difference between what some of the distribution companies use to format audio and what is available to individual authors. Thanks, and keep making great videos😅
Hello and welcome!! :) I don't know if I have quite the detailed video or the ability to shoot the detailed video you are looking for. Here's a few: How to record your audiobook: ua-cam.com/video/wSIxx7URLB0/v-deo.html How to get it on Spotify: ua-cam.com/video/cBPVP8n68BM/v-deo.html Narration Tips: ua-cam.com/video/UtPNDbODePI/v-deo.html And then I filmed me recording my last audiobook ... playlist is here: ua-cam.com/video/lpEPb9B1ZZE/v-deo.htmlsi=VpecLhTRMSyMZoUr Hope those help you out.
THANK YOU! And just confirming that you are again entered to win for commenting the DAY A VIDEO IS RELEASED.. To find out if you've won you can either tune in at Facebook.com/BookLaunchers every other Tuesday at 2pm PST / 5pm EST when we do the draw live, or you can catch the replay on UA-cam later. Thanks Crystal.
Welcome Scott Milford! Thank you so much for joining the community and saying hello. If you have a specific question you want to be answered, you can ask at any time. I just might shoot a video to help you out. And, if you haven't already, I highly recommend you check out our free resources at BookLaunchers.com and grab our free guide to plan and write a great book www.booklaunchers.com/7steps or our Gameplan to help you sell books: www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan See you around!
What will happen if I simply don't care about exclusivity and go ahead and upload on Findaway Voices? ...ACX is a total rip off and they don't care at all about publishers at the moment with what's going on right now.
Excellent info.You are right, we need to consider that by going exclusive we are feeding the monster, not to mention that so much is changing that who knows what the market will look like in seven years. It was not that long ago that Sears and JcPenny seemed to big to fail. For years they were the go to place for many communities, and now they are fighting for their lives. With new companies coming onto the scene, who knows what things will look like seven months from now, never mind seven years.
Thank you so much for saying hello! If you’re just getting started with writing, I highly recommend our 7 steps to write a non-fiction book. You can get that at www.booklaunchers.com/7steps and if you’re ready to market a book our Gameplan for selling 1000 books with less than $100 is a great way to start planning your book marketing. You can download that for free at www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan
Are the production specs the same on ACX and Findaway so that I can produce it on either platform and use the same files on both? Can I get an ISBN # on either site to use on both? What is the best Bitrate (25-30?) to use and way to download a large (8 hr) file to customers who buy the book on my wordpress website? Is Findawayvoices owned by Findaway? Thanks so much for your clear and helpful video.
If you meet the ACX specs you'll be fine on Findaway. Use the same ISBN for both. Findaway Voices is now owned by Spotify. The bitrate question is out of my expertise.
First thumbsup! I'm thinking of asking to get a few removed from exclusive early. I won't make any major decisions until I finish my next book. Which reminds me, I should be writing! 😁 The links aren't in the description yet.
YEESSSS I should have prizes for first. It's not all about participation here .... there can be competitions where there are winners and losers. :) And yes, get back to writing.
THANK YOU! And, Thank you so much for saying hello! If you’re just getting started with writing, I highly recommend our 7 steps to write a non-fiction book. You can get that at www.booklaunchers.com/7steps and if you’re ready to market a book our Gameplan for selling 1000 books with less than $100 is a great way to start planning your book marketing. You can download that for free at www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan Hope to see you again soon!
Welcome RVNSGLCR! Thank you so much for joining the community and saying hello. If you have a specific question you want to be answered, you can ask at any time. I just might shoot a video to help you out. And, if you haven't already, I highly recommend you check out our free resources at BookLaunchers.com and grab our free guide to plan and write a great book www.booklaunchers.com/7steps
THANK YOU! And, in case you didn't already know, when you comment the DAY A VIDEO IS RELEASED you are entered to win some sweet Book Launchers swag. To find out if you've won you can either tune in at Facebook.com/BookLaunchers every other Tuesday at 2pm PST / 5pm EST when we do the draw live, or you can catch the replay on UA-cam later. The next live is April 30th.
Does Findaway have submission requirements. I tried to get my book on ACX, but they're so finnicky about requirements. I don't have time to be dealing with a company that's so tough on how we authors deliver our voices. Not fair. They remind me of Literary Agents back in the day.
If you have 2 accounts 1 to ACX and also findaway is that like a form of a loop hole to double up. And be exclusive as well as non exclusives with the same audiobook?
I don't know how I missed your channel before. I find ACX difficult to deal with. I heard some horror stories about Findaway though that kept me from them. It's interesting to hear your take even if I'm not a nonfiction author. Thank you.
You're welcome! My experience with Authors Republic was good but we've been very happy working with Findaway for clients :) ACX is not fun. Good luck (and nice to connect with you!! We have lots of fiction authors that hang around here and find value from the tips I give!)
Hi, I published half of my ACX books to Findaway on July, just manage to earn $40 from 30 units sold. Most of the sales coming from Bibliotheca and Scribd. Concerned about putting other half on findaway. Anyway non of the titles are not listed in Hoopla.
I have a question please. If I have a two hour audiobook that involves big-name celebrities and I decide to sell it through find away voices at 15.99, if I allow them to distribute through Audible, will the price automatically be changed by audible because it is under a three hour recording? I cannot seem to find this answer anywhere. I would be so grateful if you see this or if anyone else sees it and can answer. Thank you so much.
I'm excited to find this just at the moment I'm hovering my cursor between Exclusive and Non-Exclusive on the ACX site! Question, when you say upload the files to ACX and do the rest, for example, through Findaway Voices as you recommendation (which of course I believe I will take!) - what exactly is "the rest"? I'm assuming you mean do the nonexclusive agreement and upload onto the ACX site and then additionally upload onto Findaway Voices? This is my first audio book, self-narrated and completely rights-owned worldwide by myself, the audio version of my "hard" book "The Spiritual Slob" available on Amazon. It's pretty fakkin' rockin' and I have verbal agreements to split proceeds with my friends who recorded/mixed, and composed/soundscaped it. I want it to be global so it was important to hear what you had to say about chucking it all into one ring. Is adding it therefore to BOTH the Findaway Voices AND Authors Republic sites redundant? Is there any other advice you might give? Thank you!
Hi Gregg - good question. What I mean is publish to ACX for audible (non-exclusive) to maximize your income there and then use Findaway Voices to publish to Overdrive, Hoopla, Apple, and beyond in order to get the maximum distribution. Hope that helps?
@@BookLaunchers Gotcha! That's what I thought and after chewing and chomping for ages on it all then seeing your cast that's what I'll do - thank you so much for the guidance, it really is brilliant that you are doing what you're doing, much appreciated.
Who does Findaway Voices distribute to? If you don't want to go exclusive, what are some other distributors to use to reach as wide of an audience as you can?
The list is here: findawayvoices.com/selling-audiobooks/ Findaway Voices has the best distribution options I have seen ... covers everything Authors Republic does.
Can I use the same files of my audiobooks narrated by my narrator from ACX and go on Author's Republic for example? I paid my narrators pfh and the contract with acx is not exclusive. My question is: in order to publish my audiobook in another platform I need to get them narrated again from a different narrator?
Woot I'm becoming a consistent early responder! You talk about audiobooks a lot. There are a lot of steps to self publishing. But I'm confused about priorities and best chronological order. Do you have checklists for after the book is written or mostly written? A visual list would help me
Hmmm we have a timeline we give to our clients but it's a BEAST! I'll see about simplifying it for general consumption. Essentially we have our clients start their audiobooks when the book is done proofread or after the second copy edit. It's best to do it before the book is 'locked down' in design because when you read it out loud you will find things you want to change or catch small errors that somehow snuck through.
@@BookLaunchers that makes sense. I try to read my writing out loud to make sure it has a euphonic feel. Oooh synethsisia! What a great word. I'm sure several others would appreciate a visual guide/timeline to associate with the advice in your videos. Thanks
What is the advantage (if any) of having the book upload to ACX on top of FindAway voices? Or should we go only with FIndAway if we want wider distribution?
You make more money with the books sold via Audible uploading to ACX + Findaway. Findaway takes a cut on top of the cut that ACX takes. You already make so little money on an audiobook that I think it's better to maximize. But, for simplicity, you can just use Findaway.
@@BookLaunchers So Audible is the only venue where it pays off to sell through ACX direct, basically? Do you know the royalties, exactly for each, for Audible?
Tough for me to talk about something that doesn't apply to me, but Dale Roberts Self Publishing channel talks more about doing things on a tight budget so that might be helpful for you.
Hi! I am from Greece. I would like to ask if there is a way to create an audiobook(ACX) in amazon from my country. I have watched several videos but I am not sure about what is finally the right to do. Thank you in advance!
Very interesting ... thank you! If you are making an audiobook of a book already published on Amazon/KDP, can you still link the two if you publish the audiobook through Findaway?
I originally went nonexclusive with ACX...well, I started to produce it with ACX but have changed my mind. I am going to go with Findaway Voices. :) Thanks for this info! BTW this is Nathan Branim.
I'm going to do the same thing. It seems ACX makes it hard to get through to get published anyway because they're so nit-picky. I was about to revise my cover for the "issues" they stated in my rejection email. But I'm just going to head over to Findaway and forget about Amazon. My kindle book is already on Amazon. I'm gonna see if I can change it to non-exclusive.
Hey do you know how to hire a narrator in find away voices? I am even interested in the deals they offer with the narrator, but I can't find any options about the narrator in the site.
I uploaded my first audiobook in Findaway thanks to you and your video, but ,i am not sure about apple distribution. With the same audiobook i am non-exclusive inACX, and went on Findaway too, but i would like to use apple 45 % royalty (findaway) instead of apple 25%(Acx), i can select and deselect what i want in Findaway , but not in ACX... ...how do you stop distributing apple in ACX ?
There *should* be a way to unselect it. I know it's the default but I am pretty sure it can be done. I'll have to check with our Client Care Manager for the exact process. Contact Findaway Voices and ask them!
I am searching for ACX alternatives. ACX is taking long time to approve books and cutting out promo codes. I can see there are two sites as findaway.com and findawayvoice.com what is the difference ? Which one I should signup?
We are finding issues with all of the services through Amazon right now ... print delays and distribution delays abound! booklaunchers.com/findaway will get you to the right spot.
Soon, I will be using Findaway voices to create my audiobook. One question tho! Does it have a royalty share? It should cost me around 1500$ but since I don't have that much money as a student, the only way for me to get an audiobook done is royalty share.
Thank you for this. I discovered in Spain I can't use ACX for some reason so using Findaway
Great views! I'm editing my audiobook … not a task for wimps, let me tell you.
Totally agree about Amazon. A year ago, I was touting them as being the Indie Publisher's best friend. Now, I'm watching them out of the corner of my eye with suspicion.
Ha! It is not a task for wimps ... that is forsure.
I am also suspect ,
I found Findaway Voices out of pure frustration with Amazon. I did my narration, submitted the work, then for the last 6 months I've been going back and forth editing with them. I was sooooo upset because to hire a narrator costs thousands! I was just about to say F it and start all over with my narration. Then I googled other ways to publish audiobooks without Amazon and boom found Findaway. Within only a couple of days they were done and it's ready to go. Now just waiting for the distribution to happen. I have written 4 books, and working on my 5th. I just want to get my work out there. Thanks for the video. New subscriber. :)
Congrats and welcome!!! If you want a few more tips you can get our Gameplan for selling 1000 books with less than $100 is a great way to start planning your book marketing. You can download that for free at www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan
Hope to see you again soon!
Hi Crystal, so, are you saying that every time you submitted your work, they found something wrong? Because I just got rejected by Amazon because my cover did not have my title and author name. I just fixed it, but now I'm wondering if they will find other "issues". The back-and-forth stuff is what I'm not planning on doing.
@@RandaWise Yes that's what happened to me but hopefully that won't be an issue for you and possibly since the last 2 years they have upgraded and worked out any kinks. But now my audiobook is on Audible. So issues there. I did the recording myself but I HIGHLY recommend having someone else voice for you unless of course its a autobiography or memoir. Good Luck!!
@@CrystalHickerson Thanks for the tips, Crystal. My audiobook has many character dialogue and I use a plug in for Garageband that can do different voices. It's a highly dramatic novel full of sound fx. I've had a focus group sample listen, and nobody realized I was all those characters. 😀 No way am I putting all my eggs in the ACX basket.
@@RandaWise Wow I will have to check that out!
Oh my gosh what a great personality you have! And such content! I'm a narrator on both ACX and Findaway, and just love this. Thank you!
Thank you!! :) I'm about to release a video on how to prepare for reading an audiobook ... but I am curious what you would say is the most important thing you do to prepare to narrate a book?
That's a great question :). For professional narrators, probably the most important thing is to read the book completely, so that we know every word, name, pronunciation and character. When we read, we don't want to stop the flow to figure out what's up with some new character, or how to pronounce the name of a river--we want to concentrate on telling the story.
@@kaemarievop1923 Awesome. Thanks.
Love the monster analogy! Super video - tips much appreciated.
Findaway voices gets you on Spotify now too ... ua-cam.com/video/cBPVP8n68BM/v-deo.html
@@BookLaunchers thanks for the tip and I enjoyed the Spotify video update too. I went to add my book on ACX directly but of course being an Aussie I can't... only US and UK authors can! Ahh the monster. So I will use Findaway as my access point for Audible (for now). Great to see Spotify there now that you tipped me to look!!!
Thank you for helping me understand better. I am using your company!
Happy to help! I started my latest book on ACX and then put it on Findaway afterwards ... so far we have not seen many sales outside of audible despite attempts to promote it ... so it may be our standing recommendation that you stick with ACX.
Thanks for this video! I'm finishing up an audiobook. Everything I've read just assumes going exclusive with ACX. Amazon doesn't need to rule the world and have everything on lock down
I guess it's quite randomly asking but do anybody know of a good website to stream newly released movies online?
@Maddux Camden flixportal :)
@Marc Tripp Thanks, I went there and it seems like a nice service :) I appreciate it !!
@Maddux Camden you are welcome :D
I agree...UA-cam besties beats swag. ..but I still want that mug!
THANK YOU! :) Well you're in the running because you commented the DAY A VIDEO IS RELEASED. My parents are visiting and I'll send one home with them ... in expectation of your soon to be victory. Much cheaper than shipping it up there from here. :p
@@BookLaunchers Julie, are your parents still living in Nanaimo? My sister could pick it up sometime! I LOVE cheaper!,
For what it's worth, I chose to go wide on Findaway with all 6 of my audiobooks (that had previously been on ACX) and my total sales went up, even though my royalty percentage went down. So best of both worlds to go wide, imo
How is it in comparison to Author's Republic? How did your royalty percentage go down?
@@parrislanesanfrancisco by "go down" I mean my percent that I got to keep from ACX is less, because it's now non-exclusive, and shared with Findaway, but the sum total has been more.
That's great to know thank you!
I did a comparison here: ua-cam.com/video/dN0QOjP6hrk/v-deo.html
@@lawyeroutlaw Thank you so very much.. I've been selling my book on my e-commerce site but have to stretch out.. So I think I will go with Findaway.. and sign non-exclusive with ACX. I am both the author and narrator... in addition to that I've included original music. Not sure how that will work. I have to find a platform due to specific guidelines for a contest. I wish there were more competitors with better percentage rates.
Thank goodness you have done videos on audiobooks as I will be recording my own very soon. So very helpful!!
I have been working on fiction in Microsoft word for sometime and I just subscribed to your channel the instant I saw it!
I have been thinking about the different ways to produce books whether it be like a formatted design or audio, and I have really good audio program called Ableton available to me
I was hoping you could make a UA-cam video explaining the different ways to produce your own audio and how to get it in the right format for uploading. And the difference between what some of the distribution companies use to format audio and what is available to individual authors.
Thanks, and keep making great videos😅
Hello and welcome!! :)
I don't know if I have quite the detailed video or the ability to shoot the detailed video you are looking for. Here's a few:
How to record your audiobook: ua-cam.com/video/wSIxx7URLB0/v-deo.html
How to get it on Spotify: ua-cam.com/video/cBPVP8n68BM/v-deo.html
Narration Tips: ua-cam.com/video/UtPNDbODePI/v-deo.html
And then I filmed me recording my last audiobook ... playlist is here: ua-cam.com/video/lpEPb9B1ZZE/v-deo.htmlsi=VpecLhTRMSyMZoUr
Hope those help you out.
I'm so late but I did it today!!! I hope you see this comment!!!
Thank you! :)
Thank you for this video to help us understand a complicated market.
Why is it 40% that's so low, do Amazon make 60% of your hard earned work ffs.
That's what I was wondering. I was gobsmacked at this revelation. This is okay? 😶
Thank you as always......doing my audiobook now...
OOOOH I can't wait!
@@BookLaunchers 😁😁😁🌟🌟🌟😁😁😁🙏
I needed this info because I want to put some of my books as audiobooks
THANK YOU!
And just confirming that you are again entered to win for commenting the DAY A VIDEO IS RELEASED..
To find out if you've won you can either tune in at Facebook.com/BookLaunchers every other Tuesday at 2pm PST / 5pm EST when we do the draw live, or you can catch the replay on UA-cam later. Thanks Crystal.
You’re welcome
Just found this channel yesterday, love it! :)
Welcome Scott Milford! Thank you so much for joining the community and saying hello. If you have a specific question you want to be answered, you can ask at any time. I just might shoot a video to help you out. And, if you haven't already, I highly recommend you check out our free resources at BookLaunchers.com and grab our free guide to plan and write a great book www.booklaunchers.com/7steps or our Gameplan to help you sell books: www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan
See you around!
What will happen if I simply don't care about exclusivity and go ahead and upload on Findaway Voices? ...ACX is a total rip off and they don't care at all about publishers at the moment with what's going on right now.
Great video! Glad I saw this video today. Just finished Proof reading the 2nd book in my book series. Something to think about.
Sounds great! And congrats!
Excellent info.You are right, we need to consider that by going exclusive we are feeding the monster, not to mention that so much is changing that who knows what the market will look like in seven years. It was not that long ago that Sears and JcPenny seemed to big to fail. For years they were the go to place for many communities, and now they are fighting for their lives. With new companies coming onto the scene, who knows what things will look like seven months from now, never mind seven years.
As I said, you can get out of that 7 year contract much sooner but ... there are many reasons besides money to spread your talent around. :)
Thanks for this video!!!
Thank you so much for saying hello! If you’re just getting started with writing, I highly recommend our 7 steps to write a non-fiction book. You can get that at www.booklaunchers.com/7steps and if you’re ready to market a book our Gameplan for selling 1000 books with less than $100 is a great way to start planning your book marketing. You can download that for free at www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan
Christ !!! - This woman's voice !!!!!!
Please feel free to find a different channel or turn the sound off and read the captions. It's really not necessary to be so rude.
Are the production specs the same on ACX and Findaway so that I can produce it on either platform and use the same files on both? Can I get an ISBN # on either site to use on both? What is the best Bitrate (25-30?) to use and way to download a large (8 hr) file to customers who buy the book on my wordpress website? Is Findawayvoices owned by Findaway? Thanks so much for your clear and helpful video.
If you meet the ACX specs you'll be fine on Findaway. Use the same ISBN for both.
Findaway Voices is now owned by Spotify. The bitrate question is out of my expertise.
First thumbsup! I'm thinking of asking to get a few removed from exclusive early. I won't make any major decisions until I finish my next book. Which reminds me, I should be writing! 😁
The links aren't in the description yet.
YEESSSS I should have prizes for first. It's not all about participation here .... there can be competitions where there are winners and losers. :) And yes, get back to writing.
Very helpful! Thanks for doing this video
Glad it was helpful!
Grand Rising....Love it
hahahaha Dave slays me!
So even if you are NOT exclusive to ACX they still determine your list price?
Yes they do for Audible. You can't set the price for Audible.
thank you
dude great information! thanks! and youre funny too :) love the way you engage with the audience! and the monster lol
THANK YOU! And, Thank you so much for saying hello! If you’re just getting started with writing, I highly recommend our 7 steps to write a non-fiction book. You can get that at www.booklaunchers.com/7steps and if you’re ready to market a book our Gameplan for selling 1000 books with less than $100 is a great way to start planning your book marketing. You can download that for free at www.booklaunchers.com/gameplan
Hope to see you again soon!
Very helpful information. Thank you.
You are welcome!
Fantastic content.
Welcome RVNSGLCR! Thank you so much for joining the community and saying hello. If you have a specific question you want to be answered, you can ask at any time. I just might shoot a video to help you out. And, if you haven't already, I highly recommend you check out our free resources at BookLaunchers.com and grab our free guide to plan and write a great book www.booklaunchers.com/7steps
Who needs swag...UA-cam besties is worth way more! 😂
:) Now that is the sweetest thing anyone has said to me on UA-cam ... well except maybe the marriage proposal I got. haha
Ha! You crack me up!
It truly is ❤💯❤
5:18, is the video done?
I followed your comment but seems she didn't respond, useless dead channel, plus her voice is weird anyway so y bother, just google it I guess
Great information as always dear
THANK YOU!
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Does Findaway have submission requirements. I tried to get my book on ACX, but they're so finnicky about requirements. I don't have time to be dealing with a company that's so tough on how we authors deliver our voices. Not fair. They remind me of Literary Agents back in the day.
If you have 2 accounts 1 to ACX and also findaway is that like a form of a loop hole to double up. And be exclusive as well as non exclusives with the same audiobook?
No - they have bots that will find it and you will be in violation of your contract.
I don't know how I missed your channel before. I find ACX difficult to deal with. I heard some horror stories about Findaway though that kept me from them. It's interesting to hear your take even if I'm not a nonfiction author. Thank you.
You're welcome! My experience with Authors Republic was good but we've been very happy working with Findaway for clients :) ACX is not fun. Good luck (and nice to connect with you!! We have lots of fiction authors that hang around here and find value from the tips I give!)
Hi, I published half of my ACX books to Findaway on July, just manage to earn $40 from 30 units sold. Most of the sales coming from Bibliotheca and Scribd. Concerned about putting other half on findaway. Anyway non of the titles are not listed in Hoopla.
I have a question please. If I have a two hour audiobook that involves big-name celebrities and I decide to sell it through find away voices at 15.99, if I allow them to distribute through Audible, will the price automatically be changed by audible because it is under a three hour recording? I cannot seem to find this answer anywhere. I would be so grateful if you see this or if anyone else sees it and can answer. Thank you so much.
Audible controls your price - the length is part of how they determine the price not the names of celebrities.
I'm excited to find this just at the moment I'm hovering my cursor between Exclusive and Non-Exclusive on the ACX site! Question, when you say upload the files to ACX and do the rest, for example, through Findaway Voices as you recommendation (which of course I believe I will take!) - what exactly is "the rest"? I'm assuming you mean do the nonexclusive agreement and upload onto the ACX site and then additionally upload onto Findaway Voices? This is my first audio book, self-narrated and completely rights-owned worldwide by myself, the audio version of my "hard" book "The Spiritual Slob" available on Amazon. It's pretty fakkin' rockin' and I have verbal agreements to split proceeds with my friends who recorded/mixed, and composed/soundscaped it. I want it to be global so it was important to hear what you had to say about chucking it all into one ring. Is adding it therefore to BOTH the Findaway Voices AND Authors Republic sites redundant? Is there any other advice you might give? Thank you!
Hi Gregg - good question. What I mean is publish to ACX for audible (non-exclusive) to maximize your income there and then use Findaway Voices to publish to Overdrive, Hoopla, Apple, and beyond in order to get the maximum distribution. Hope that helps?
@@BookLaunchers Gotcha! That's what I thought and after chewing and chomping for ages on it all then seeing your cast that's what I'll do - thank you so much for the guidance, it really is brilliant that you are doing what you're doing, much appreciated.
don't see the list of partners for findaway distribution.
findawayvoices.com/selling-audiobooks/
Does Findaway let you use robot voices?
Not yet.
Who does Findaway Voices distribute to? If you don't want to go exclusive, what are some other distributors to use to reach as wide of an audience as you can?
The list is here: findawayvoices.com/selling-audiobooks/
Findaway Voices has the best distribution options I have seen ... covers everything Authors Republic does.
Hello, can I work on more than one book at the same time in Find Away Voice
Yes!
Can I use the same files of my audiobooks narrated by my narrator from ACX and go on Author's Republic for example?
I paid my narrators pfh and the contract with acx is not exclusive. My question is: in order to publish my audiobook in another platform I need to get them narrated again from a different narrator?
You'll have to review your contract with ACX. I would think, if you went non-exclusive you are ok, but review your contract.
Can you have an exclusive agreement for your audiobook with ACX and sell a physical or PDF version of your book on your own platform?
The exclusive agreement is just for the audio version.
Hello. When I register in Find Away Voice, will the acceptance be within how many days?
I don't know. Contact Findaway Voices for that answer.
Woot I'm becoming a consistent early responder! You talk about audiobooks a lot. There are a lot of steps to self publishing. But I'm confused about priorities and best chronological order. Do you have checklists for after the book is written or mostly written? A visual list would help me
Hmmm we have a timeline we give to our clients but it's a BEAST!
I'll see about simplifying it for general consumption. Essentially we have our clients start their audiobooks when the book is done proofread or after the second copy edit. It's best to do it before the book is 'locked down' in design because when you read it out loud you will find things you want to change or catch small errors that somehow snuck through.
@@BookLaunchers that makes sense. I try to read my writing out loud to make sure it has a euphonic feel. Oooh synethsisia! What a great word. I'm sure several others would appreciate a visual guide/timeline to associate with the advice in your videos. Thanks
Oh boy, this is going to take some investigation..
What is the advantage (if any) of having the book upload to ACX on top of FindAway voices? Or should we go only with FIndAway if we want wider distribution?
You make more money with the books sold via Audible uploading to ACX + Findaway. Findaway takes a cut on top of the cut that ACX takes. You already make so little money on an audiobook that I think it's better to maximize. But, for simplicity, you can just use Findaway.
@@BookLaunchers So Audible is the only venue where it pays off to sell through ACX direct, basically? Do you know the royalties, exactly for each, for Audible?
Great video but nowadays in December are findawayvoices growed up (as customers demand) since April when this video was recorded?
Yes
Will you do a video on self publishing when you're a older person on a fixed income. Thanks
Tough for me to talk about something that doesn't apply to me, but Dale Roberts Self Publishing channel talks more about doing things on a tight budget so that might be helpful for you.
Hi! I am from Greece. I would like to ask if there is a way to create an audiobook(ACX) in amazon from my country. I have watched several videos but I am not sure about what is finally the right to do. Thank you in advance!
Check with Findaway Voices or Authors Republic
@@BookLaunchers Thank you very much!
Very interesting ... thank you! If you are making an audiobook of a book already published on Amazon/KDP, can you still link the two if you publish the audiobook through Findaway?
Yes if you have an ISBN for the audiobook itself.
@@BookLaunchers Thank you for taking the trouble to reply :-)
I originally went nonexclusive with ACX...well, I started to produce it with ACX but have changed my mind. I am going to go with Findaway Voices. :) Thanks for this info! BTW this is Nathan Branim.
Oh!! Hey Nathan - awesome. The people at Findaway are great. All the best!!
I'm going to do the same thing. It seems ACX makes it hard to get through to get published anyway because they're so nit-picky. I was about to revise my cover for the "issues" they stated in my rejection email. But I'm just going to head over to Findaway and forget about Amazon. My kindle book is already on Amazon. I'm gonna see if I can change it to non-exclusive.
Hi, I don't see the link to where books are available on find a way...
Did I miss something?
OOOPS! Thanks for that. I have to edit the description: www.booklaunchers.com/findaway
@@jeffmcneill You can't access the information without signing up anymore ... :(
Hey do you know how to hire a narrator in find away voices? I am even interested in the deals they offer with the narrator, but I can't find any options about the narrator in the site.
findawayvoices.com/creating-audiobooks/ - Voice Share on the bottom left.
I uploaded my first audiobook in Findaway thanks to you and your video, but ,i am not sure about apple distribution. With the same audiobook i am non-exclusive inACX, and went on Findaway too, but i would like to use apple 45 % royalty (findaway) instead of apple 25%(Acx), i can select and deselect what i want in Findaway , but not in ACX... ...how do you stop distributing apple in ACX ?
There *should* be a way to unselect it. I know it's the default but I am pretty sure it can be done. I'll have to check with our Client Care Manager for the exact process. Contact Findaway Voices and ask them!
@@BookLaunchersyes Findaway has a way to deselect...it's ACX that doesn't.
I am searching for ACX alternatives. ACX is taking long time to approve books and cutting out promo codes.
I can see there are two sites as findaway.com and findawayvoice.com what is the difference ? Which one I should signup?
We are finding issues with all of the services through Amazon right now ... print delays and distribution delays abound! booklaunchers.com/findaway will get you to the right spot.
@@BookLaunchers Subscribed and following. Hope aggregators will challenge amazon soon.
There's a new one called listenupindie.pub, Did you check?
Soon, I will be using Findaway voices to create my audiobook. One question tho! Does it have a royalty share? It should cost me around 1500$ but since I don't have that much money as a student, the only way for me to get an audiobook done is royalty share.
They do have a narrator split option - you can investigate that.
@@BookLaunchers Thank you so much for a reply!
Audible sucks.
Go elsewhere.
Check offshore companies.
You talk fast. I had to watch twice.