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It gets a bit pricier if the author wants to use one of the professional narrators Dog Ear sources from the Indianapolis area: the rate can be north of $4,600 depending on the length of the book.ĮBookIt’s initial foray into audiobook production simply meant running a book through a text-to-speech offering. It also provides the editing and mastering services in-house as well as the ISBN and distribution services. Dog Ear provides a recorder and direction over the telephone. For $1,600, the author can read her own work. The same can be said for the company’s audiobook production arm, which Nelson concedes is still a small part of Dog Ear’s overall business. “We take the approach that we’re the high-end boutique guys.” “ Dog Ear is a small business,” says Miles Nelson, cofounder of the Indianapolis-based company. Deyan Audio-which was cofounded by Debra Deyan and her late husband, Bob Deyan-offers complete audiobook production at $500 per finished hour (i.e., an hour of fully produced audio) and offers over 1,800 actors.įor authors who simply need help with editing and mastering, Deyan Audio charges $100 per finished hour for editing and $25 per finished hour for mastering. The name Deyan is legendary in audiobook circles. And while it’s true that ACX is still the go-to for indie authors interested in creating audiobooks, many e-book publishers have developed audio production services. “Of course, the ACX site is the prevailing way for a self-published author to hire a narrator,” says Debra Deyan, cofounder of the Deyan Institute, a school to train audiobook narrators, and head of the production company Deyan Audio Services.ĪCX connects authors to three tremendous buying platforms: Amazon, Audible, and Apple’s iTunes. Certainly the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), hosted by Amazon-owned Audible, is the go-to marketplace for finding talent to help narrate, produce, and distribute self-published audiobooks. Whatever you decide to do-whether to let a single company produce and distribute your audiobook or to enlist the talent and expertise à la carte-depends on your needs, your budget, and sometimes even the genre of your book. There are many companies and individuals that offer some or all the services needed to self-publish an audiobook.
They think: I don’t need expertise, and if I have someone helping me, I’m getting scammed.” “People get into their own heads really quickly. “It’s more than setting up a mike and doing a podcast,” he says. Cornell’s background in the music and literary industries gives him familiarity with the worlds of publishing and audio production. “It’s a big endeavor,” says Tyson Cornell, the founder of the small press Rare Bird Books and the boutique marketing and promotions shop Rare Bird Lit.
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