How to Make an Audiobook: ACX, Narrators, and Audiobook Production Explained

This episode explains how to make an audiobook, focusing on production, narration, and distribution using platforms like ACX. You’ll learn how to find and work with narrators, understand royalty split and paid contracts, and turn your book into a professional audiobook, with insights from audiobook producer and voice actor Ethan Fifield. Ideal for authors who want to expand their reach, create audiobooks cost-effectively, and build additional income streams from their writing.

In this episode, I'm joined by voice-over artist and audiobook producer, Ethan Fifield, for an explainer on how to make an audiobook.

Ethan offers a fantastic insight into the process of making audiobooks, explaining what it's like to be a producer and what it's like to work with publishers and authors.

Ethan also offers practical advice on how to make an audiobook, using platforms like ACX to create projects that narrators can pitch for. He also explains how different contracts can be arranged, like royalty splits, meaning you can make an audiobook with the help of a narrator today without paying a penny!

If you're keen to learn more about audiobooks, this episode is guaranteed to help.

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