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ACX (Audiobook Creation Exchange)
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Amazon's audiobook production and distribution marketplace: rights holders create a title themselves, pay a narrator, or split royalties, then distribute to Audible, Amazon and Apple Books on an exclusive or non-exclusive seven-year term.
PublishDrive
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A subscription-based, non-exclusive aggregator distributing ebooks, print-on-demand and audiobooks to 50+ stores and 240,000+ libraries. On paid plans it takes 0% commission: you pay a monthly fee and keep 100% of store royalties, setting your own prices.
Spotify for Authors
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Spotify's direct-upload portal for putting an audiobook on Spotify without an aggregator. Free, non-exclusive, author-set pricing: 50% of your set retail price on a la carte sales plus a pro-rata share of Premium listening. Optional AI narration via ElevenLabs.
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