Other big players are moving into the market. You can reach them through other distributors, who offer better terms. Apple, a major player in the audiobook market, is no longer exclusive to ACX. For authors distributing exclusively through ACX, that could mean money left on the table.

Despite the size of these venues, a majority of the world's audiobook sales takes place outside these Big Three. We also encourage you to consider publishing direct, supplying audiobooks (and ebooks) on your own website.ĪCX distributes to Amazon, Audible, and Apple, collectively the world's largest audiobook venues. We hope this post will help you to choose your best option for reaching more readers and selling more books. All of these services are recommended Partner Members of ALLi. The purpose of this post is to provide a comparison of terms between ACX/Audible and six rival audiobook distribution services - Author's Republic, Findaway Voices, Kobo Writing Life, Lantern (formerly ListenUp Audio), PublishDrive, and Soundwise. By paying attention to marketing methods, a publisher can soon build a presence on these platforms and a profit base that exceeds what's paid out on ACX. When you do, you'll find there are a number of alternative services available to you, all of whom supply ACX but also many other outlets and territories to which Amazon does not have access. But in line with ALLi's policy of non-exclusivity, we recommend that authors move from exclusivity to non-exclusivity with ACX, asap, even though that means a lower payment rate. Given the size and dominance of Amazon, can audiobook authors afford to shun the corporate giant completely? The short answer is no. You can find out more about ALLi's stance on that campaign here.

Since October last, ALLi has been supporting an author campaign to reverse these wrongs and compensate authors. Some of the practices used by Audible-ACX to achieve this dominant position have been questionable and authors have suffered. By some estimates, Audible dominates over 40% of the 1.3-billion dollar audiobook market.

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