![]() In addition to quantity, listen to the quality of the recordings that they have done. This can be a good indication that the work they do is good enough to get repeat business. What are some of the criteria you should take into consideration when determining a) which rate (PFH vs Royalty Share/+, the most common options available via ACX) and b) how much to pay? ExperienceĪs mentioned above, this can be a bit subjective, but the more books a narrator has produced, the more experience they have.Ī brand-new narrator will likely not be demanding $150 PFH (or, at least, they shouldn’t unless they are supremely talented, skilled, or have had loads of training prior), just as someone who has narrated 45 epic fantasy books will not look at rates less than $150 PFH in most cases.Īlso look to see, if they are looking for a higher rate, that in addition to the number of books they have completed if there repeat clients (they’ve narrated a series). This is a hybrid approach that ACX released in 2019 where in addition to paying the normal share (50%) of your royalties to the narrator, you would also agree to either a flat rate (one-time payment) or a PFH rate to them to produce the book for you. Royalty rates can vary from 25%-40% of the retail price depending on the way you distribute the audiobook: on a $10 book, you as the rights-holder would get anywhere from $2.50-$4.00 per sale under normal circumstances, and with Royalty Share, half of your royalties would go to the narrator/producer. When the book publishes on Audible, rather than you collecting all royalties as the rights-holder, 50% of the royalties will go to your narrator. ![]() In Royalty Share, you wouldn’t pay the narrator anything up front. This is a payment method seen on ACX(Audible Creators Exchange, the site that many independent rights-holders and narrators use to connect), though you may see it on other sites as well. This may not include editing and production, so you would simply have raw audio, and would need to pay someone additional monies to complete the project. In this case, you would pay $2,000 for the studio fee. Generally, this is not a common way audiobook narrators get paid, and you will likely not run into this, but it’s important that you understand the difference.įor instance, if the narrator’s studio rate is $200/hour, and you have a 10 hour book, it may take the narrator 15 hours to record it. You are basically paying them for every minute they are in front of the microphone. ![]() This is where you pay a narrator for how long it takes them to record the book.
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