I got an email today from ACX (the audiobook production platform) to say they are unilaterally changing the contract terms for how royalties are paid.

Authors need to opt into the new plan by the end of the year. Or else they will not receive any further payments. And neither will their narrators.

Surely this stretches the meaning of opt in.

They suggest that if narrators want to continue to be paid for their work, we should harass our authors to sign up for the new plan.

Que sera, sera. I'm not playing cop for ACX. (The books earn pennies at best anyway.)

When I say that I am no longer actively narrating audiobookx because the industry is a trashfire... *gestures at everything*

*Before some reply guy shows up to say, "You should sue!"... hahah, no I should not.

If you're an audiobook listener: support your narrators while you can.

If you're an author who has used ACX in the past, make sure to update your contract.

If you're a narrator, good luck.

If you want to buy my books while I'm still getting paid, you can find them here:

https://adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f

@audiofiction @bookstodon

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Beyond the Ice: The Best Audiobooks for Fans of Heated Rivalry

Newcomers to the Heated Rivalry universe might not realize that the book series it’s based on (Game Changers by Rachel Reid) is just one in a plethora of hockey romances—or that hockey romance itself is a subsection of the massive genre that is sports romance. How lucky for new fans, who have an entire world […]
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https://blog.libro.fm/audiobooks-like-heated-rivalry/

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Indie authors: if you've created an audio book of your novel, I'd love to hear more about your experience: what you did yourself, what you hired out, and how it impacted sales.

#AmWriting #audiobooknarrators #IndieAuthors #audiobook

With the news that Amazon/Audible is now offering an ai narrator conversion beta for books in KDP Select...but that the resulting audiobooks will be offered in an all-you-can-eat Audible Plus subscription model, means that author royalties will likely take another dive (just like musicians have experienced with streaming on Spotify). That's not even taking into account the effect on narrators. More in my blog.

https://annafeatherstone.com/author-earnings-the-publishing-industry-and-chokepoint-capitalism/

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Paging my fellow Audiobook Narrators, Voice Artists & Voice Actors! I'd love to hear your lovely voices.

What's one piece of work you especially enjoyed or are particularly proud of?

Please tell me why that one stands out & share a link where we can hear a sample of it. 💋

#AudiobookNarrator #AudiobookNarrators #VoiceArtist #VO #VoiceActor #Audiobook #Audiobooks #Audio @audiobooks

Speaking of the importance of human audiobook narrators, @Smutty_Guy once set up a narration contest between me & TTS apps! You can listen to the results in this interview.

Let me know how you think I stack up against the machines. 💋

https://medium.com/@smutty_guy/adult-content-creators-corner-the-many-voices-of-adara-astin-f85a22ffb625

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