Comments on: The war over audiobooks is about to heat up! https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/audiobooks-market-is-heating-up/ ARC Book Reviews and Author Services Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:13:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hidden Gems https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/audiobooks-market-is-heating-up/#comment-307664 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:28:25 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8436615#comment-307664 In reply to Isabel Jolie.

Hard to say, there are a lot of issues with songs that differ from books. Musicians are paid per song that is listened to, and while they are paid very tiny amounts for each, it only takes a listener a couple mins to listen to a song and they may listen over and over. For a book, it’s not like they can just charge per chapter, they would need to really charge per book and people aren’t listening to most books over and over, and it takes a lot longer to listen to an entire audiobook (or even a chapter) than a single song. So they would really have to pay a lot more. And as with KU, I’m sure it would be up to each author to enroll and agree to the terms so if it isn’t favorable, they can just pass on it. But we’ll have to wait and see how it all plays out.

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By: Isabel Jolie https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/audiobooks-market-is-heating-up/#comment-307535 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 02:23:27 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8436615#comment-307535 Is there any concern that Spotify entering the market is bad news for authors? Spotify hasn’t been a windfall for musicians, has it?

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By: Hidden Gems https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/audiobooks-market-is-heating-up/#comment-307057 Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:29:29 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8436615#comment-307057 In reply to Amy Soakes.

Awesome, thanks for sharing that Amy! We’ll keep an eye on that site as it sounds like another great option for authors.

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By: Amy Soakes https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/audiobooks-market-is-heating-up/#comment-307054 Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:25:52 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8436615#comment-307054 Audiobooks Unleashed (run by narrator Sarah Sampino) is another alternative to ACX that offers much better returns than Authors Republic (with AU, you get 80 to 90 percent of royalties, instead of 70 percent) plus they offer flexible contracts including royalty share in any percentage agreed upon (and between as many people as you wish – making dual and duet narration royalty share possible), or deferred payment (where the narrator receives all royalties until their normal fee is paid, then the rights holder receives all the royalties). They also mean rights holders outside the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK have access to royalty share, plus Audiobooks Unleashed do “wide” or ACX-exclusive. So they’re a new avenue that’s becoming very popular.

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