This topsy turvy year has worked out quite well on the writing front. Never a dull moment for us busy children’s authors. Two new chapter books launched.
I wouldn’t be interested in setting up my own online store but have you thought about selecting a bunch of children’s authors to sell their books from your store too? Just a thought.
I am curious about why you used Findaway Voices and Overdrive instead of Audible. Was it for the library distribution? We used Audible, but it is not clear if this was the right choice. No problems so far except that they were very slow to publish our book....and of course, we are locked in for 7 years.
[We just launched a audio version of our MG/YA book (40K words). We hired an actress from a local university (Brown) and worked with her to produce the book. It was wonderful to get involved with the theater arts department at Brown and the actress did a great job (especially with amusing accents). But now we have this lovely performance and don't know how to market it]
Hey! I do some Audible, but they are SO incredibly slow and reject files that are easily accepted elsewhere for strange technical reasons that make no sense. I've just pivoted this year to start with Findaway and let them send to Audible. Much easier. And worth the extra %. So, administrative reasons mostly.
There was a stink this month also about Audible encouraging people to return audiobooks and check out a different one instead. After pressure, Audible agreed to pay royalties for audiobooks held at least seven days. But that's the problem with Amazon in general - they decide the rules and too bad if you don't like it. Just another example.
But also, I've never made much on Audible. I'm finding audiences on other platforms instead and am happy in general when I can bypass Amazon/Audible.
Instead, ask school librarians - where do you buy audiobooks? Then work to put your book with those distributors.
Hi Darcy,
Well done! You are so adventurous!
This topsy turvy year has worked out quite well on the writing front. Never a dull moment for us busy children’s authors. Two new chapter books launched.
I wouldn’t be interested in setting up my own online store but have you thought about selecting a bunch of children’s authors to sell their books from your store too? Just a thought.
Hi Darcy,
Thanks for another great post.
I am curious about why you used Findaway Voices and Overdrive instead of Audible. Was it for the library distribution? We used Audible, but it is not clear if this was the right choice. No problems so far except that they were very slow to publish our book....and of course, we are locked in for 7 years.
[We just launched a audio version of our MG/YA book (40K words). We hired an actress from a local university (Brown) and worked with her to produce the book. It was wonderful to get involved with the theater arts department at Brown and the actress did a great job (especially with amusing accents). But now we have this lovely performance and don't know how to market it]
Hey! I do some Audible, but they are SO incredibly slow and reject files that are easily accepted elsewhere for strange technical reasons that make no sense. I've just pivoted this year to start with Findaway and let them send to Audible. Much easier. And worth the extra %. So, administrative reasons mostly.
There was a stink this month also about Audible encouraging people to return audiobooks and check out a different one instead. After pressure, Audible agreed to pay royalties for audiobooks held at least seven days. But that's the problem with Amazon in general - they decide the rules and too bad if you don't like it. Just another example.
But also, I've never made much on Audible. I'm finding audiences on other platforms instead and am happy in general when I can bypass Amazon/Audible.
Instead, ask school librarians - where do you buy audiobooks? Then work to put your book with those distributors.