Produce Your Audiobook 4 in Steps – what are they?
I covered this six years ago (!!!) in this blog post: 4 Steps in Producing Zombie Turkeys Audiobook. Since then, I’ve created eight audiobooks using six different voice actors.
You can see them all, except my eighth book, which is in production, right here on my Audible author page.
Find out all that I’ve learned in six years and make your own audiobook starting today!
Produce Your Audiobook – Step 1
Step 1 is join ACX as an author. Create your ACX audiobook account and connect it to your published book.
An example of your Audible sign up page.
Produce Your Audiobook – Step 2
I then published the audition script for the book, selecting the best sections to show the reader’s capabilities. You want the reader to voice your major characters. Be sure to provide voice directions about the age and personality of the characters and any accents you desire. Then I put the book out to for audition on ACX.
My most recent audiobook, now in production, is Secret Supers in Space.
Here’s the page where you upload your script for audition.
Step Three: Sending the Script
After selecting a voice actor, Khai Lannor, I submitted a contract for the audiobook, and he agreed. ACX has pre-made contracts to offer to voice actors and producers.
Here’s Khai’s profile on ACX
- Khai Lannor
- Narrator
- Full-time; versatile male audiobook narrator with a standard American accent. I’ve produced 600+ titles in many genres. Royalty share or PFH works for me; depending on the project. I can give you an exact price after seeing the manuscript or auditioning. Thanks for your interest, feel free to send me a message with any questions!
- Gender: Male
- Location: Hawaii, United States
- Website: freebooksforpeople.neocities.org
- Available for: Royalty Share,Royalty Share Plus or Unspecified
Royalty share, Royalty Share Plus are alternative contracts you can offer.
Royalty Share means you split the audiobook royalties 50-50.
Finally, Royalty Share Plus means you split the audiobook royalties and pay the voice actor/producer a fee.
Produce Your Audiobook: Step Four
Approving the Audiobook
Khai sent me a fifteen-minute sample. After I approved that, he finished the book. That leads us to the final step of the process.
Along the way, I also send him directions on how I want the characters voiced: their accent, tone, and age.
I have nine main characters in Secret Supers in Space, all with different voices
Here’s one, Jeremy Gentle. He’s 12 going on 13, with cerebral palsy. He’s in an electric wheelchair most of the time–except when he’s using his telekinesis power.
And here’s another, Aubrey Wilcowski. She’s 13, loves softball, and lost two legs in an auto accident. She got 3D-printed prosthetic legs, along with super strength through the Secret Supers.
The Final Step: Selling the Secret Supers in Space Audiobook
Here is where you come in: would you want to buy the Secret Supers in Space audiobook? Reply to this post, or contact me, Andy Zach, right here. (Click here)
The audiobook will be for sale on Amazon, Audible, ACX, and Apple Books.
You can get my audiobooks for free by clicking here. I offer free audiobook codes to all my newsletter subscribers, as long as the codes last.
Let’s close this post with the latest review of Secret Supers in Space
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Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2022
I love this story, a great continuation of the first book. The Super Secrets have one heck of an adventure, and I was happy to be along for the ride.
