Independent publisher · Lake City, Colorado Est. 1996

Your book, read aloud properly

Studio narration, direction, mastering to retail spec, and delivery to Audible, Apple Books, Spotify and Google Play through ACX. You approve the voice before a single chapter is recorded.

All services
3–5
Narrators audition
10+
Books minimum per narrator
ACX
Mastered to pass first time
Distributed to ACX Audible Apple Books Spotify Google Play
What is included

Everything between the page and the ear

One producer stays with the book from script prep to release, so pronunciation and pacing hold across every session.

Casting and auditions

Three to five narrators audition with a passage from your book. You choose the voice.

Directed recording

A producer sits in on every session for pronunciation, pacing and consistency.

Mastering to retail spec

Noise floor, RMS and peak levels mastered to pass ACX and Apple checks first time.

Retail distribution

Uploaded, tagged and listed on Audible, Apple Books, Spotify and Google Play.

Manuscript to Audible in five steps

Step 1
Script prep

We mark up the manuscript for pronunciation, names and pacing.

Step 2
Auditions

You hear your own pages in three to five voices and pick one.

Step 3
Recording

Directed sessions, with the first chapter sent for approval.

Step 4
Edit and master

Breaths, retakes and levels handled to retail specification.

Step 5
Release

Distribution, metadata, cover crop and a launch clip for social.

The voices

Pick a narrator, then hear your own pages

Every narrator on our roster has recorded at least ten full-length books. Auditions use a passage you choose.

Warm baritone

Memoir, history, non-fiction. Unhurried, weathered, trustworthy.

Bright alto

Literary fiction and essay. Precise, dry, quick on dialogue.

Character range

Children’s and middle grade. Full character voices and songs.

Read by the author

Your own voice, coached and directed across the sessions.

Already have the book?

Let’s record it

Send the manuscript and we will come back with a narrator shortlist, a runtime estimate and a quote. Runtime is the number that drives the cost, and it is roughly 9,300 finished words per hour.

Audiobook FAQ

Can I narrate it myself?
Yes, and many authors should, particularly for memoir. We coach and direct the sessions, and we will tell you honestly after a test read whether it is serving the book.
Who owns the recording?
You do. The master is yours, the ACX account is in your name, and royalties are paid to you directly.
How long does it take?
Six to ten weeks for a typical trade book, driven mostly by runtime and narrator availability rather than by our queue.
What if the first chapter is wrong?
That is exactly why it is sent for approval before the rest is recorded. Recasting at that point costs you nothing.
Do you handle pronunciation of unusual names?
Script prep exists for this. You supply the pronunciations, or record them yourself, and they are marked into the script before session one.