Audiobook Production Services
Audiobooks are the fastest-growing format in publishing, and the production bar is technical: ACX rejects files for noise floor and peak levels most home recordings fail. We produce retail-ready audiobooks from $120 per finished hour.
A 60,000-word book becomes roughly a 6.5-hour audiobook, and every one of those hours is recorded, edited, mastered, and quality-checked against retail specifications. The choice that shapes everything is the narrator: listeners return audiobooks over a voice mismatch far more often than over the writing. So casting comes first, with auditions of your actual pages, not a generic demo reel.
We deliver masters that pass ACX (Audible/Amazon) and Findaway specifications, uploaded to accounts you own, keeping with the same ownership rule as everything else we do. Royalty-share narration deals are explained honestly too; sometimes that is the right call for a first book, and it costs us a sale to say so.
What you get
Curated auditions reading your pages, matched to genre and character demands.
Professional narration with pronunciation lists honored and character voices kept consistent.
Breath and noise cleanup, mastering to ACX loudness and noise-floor specs, and a full listen-through check.
Chapterized files plus opening/closing credits and retail sample, uploaded to your ACX or Findaway account.
Your book cover correctly adapted to the square audiobook format.
A typical 6-hour audiobook runs $720 to $1,200 all-in. Market rates for comparable production run $200 to $400 per finished hour.
Give your book a voice
Casting auditions from your actual pages within two weeks.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to make an audiobook?
Industry-standard production costs $200 to $400 per finished hour, so a 10-hour book runs $2,000 to $4,000. Scriters produces at $120 to $200 per finished hour, or $1,200 to $2,000 for the same 10-hour book, with retail-spec masters included.
How many finished hours will my book be?
Divide your word count by roughly 9,300: a 55,000-word book is about 6 finished hours. Your quote states the estimated hours and the per-hour rate, so the math is visible before you commit.
Can I narrate my own audiobook?
For memoir and personal nonfiction, author narration can genuinely outperform professional narration. We support it with remote direction, editing, and mastering of your raw recordings, priced per finished hour of output.
Where will my audiobook be sold?
Audible, Amazon, and Apple via ACX, or 40+ platforms including Spotify via Findaway Voices. We set up whichever account mix fits your strategy, owned by you, royalties direct to you.
Give your book a voice
Casting auditions from your actual pages within two weeks.
- • Written quote within 24 hours, no sales call required
- • Milestone payments, about 30% to start
- • Confidential: we sign an NDA before we read a word
- • See our work first: ask for a free sample assessment
- • You own 100% of the work, always