The Dark Side of Audiobook Production

The following Forbes article (written by Adam Rowe – link at the bottom of this page) spotlights my only rant with being an independent publisher—who is both an audiobook producer and narrator.

I did all the work, why should they get more of the reward?” 

Thank God for companies like Author’s Republic and Findaway Voices, who are trying to set the example of how to do the right thing with regards to royalty payments, but even their hands are tied when it comes to giving authors their just due.  So back to my rant… Why should any audiobook vendor (I won’t name them but if you listen to audiobooks, you know where you buy them) get a considerably larger slice of the pie than the guy who bought the ingredients, prepared and baked that delight in his own kitchen, using his own oven?

The “studio” where I produced the audiobook version of my flagship title. —Photo by Matt D. Talford

Have an opinion?  Leave it in the comments section below, or send a tweet to the author of the article that follows (Adam Rowe).

All the Best!
–MT

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamrowe1/2018/03/27/the-rising-popularity-of-audiobooks-highlights-the-industrys-backwards-payscale/#2d68fdae4723

 

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