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Audiobook Production

Audiobook ProductionThat Sounds Credible From The First Sentence.

Casting, recording, editing, mastering, and delivery planning for authors who need an audiobook that feels commercially ready, not improvised.

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£350
per finished hour
Files
production ready
Casting
to mastered delivery
ACX
delivery standard

Package overview

6 finished hours

Typical for many business books, memoirs, and shorter novels.

£2,100
3 finished hours
£1,050
Professional narration • Editing and mastering
6 finished hours
£2,100
Voice casting support • Professional narration
10 finished hours
£3,500
Long-form narration planning • Editing and mastering
What this route fixes
Narration quality changes how the book is judged

The voice, pacing, and engineering shape whether listeners trust the production immediately or feel like they are hearing an amateur cut.

Casting should match the book’s market, not just the manuscript

The right narrator is not only technically capable. They also need to sound believable for the genre, the reader promise, and the type of listener you want to retain.

Production quality protects launch momentum

When the files are mastered and checked properly, you avoid preventable platform friction, resubmission delays, and a weaker first impression on Audible or retail previews.

Delivery rhythm
4 coordinated stages

Audiobook channels

Mastered files prepared for the main audiobook routes, including Audible/ACX, Apple Books, and Google Play distribution.

Audible
ACX
Apple Books
Google Play

Package rationale

Voice of Your Story

Audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment in publishing. Don't miss out. We produce broadcast-quality audiobooks with professional narrators.

Professional voice actors

ACX/Audible compliant

Sound engineering included

Distribution assistance

Included

The publishing stack is coordinated from the start.

Casting assistance
Recording studio time
Editing and mastering
Retail-ready files
Narration quality changes how the book is judged

The voice, pacing, and engineering shape whether listeners trust the production immediately or feel like they are hearing an amateur cut.

Casting should match the book’s market, not just the manuscript

The right narrator is not only technically capable. They also need to sound believable for the genre, the reader promise, and the type of listener you want to retain.

Production quality protects launch momentum

When the files are mastered and checked properly, you avoid preventable platform friction, resubmission delays, and a weaker first impression on Audible or retail previews.

Simple pricing

Audiobook pricing is £350 per finished hour.

That keeps the pricing easy to understand. You are paying for the final mastered runtime, not the raw recording session. The quote includes production-ready files built for real platform delivery.

Finished hour means the final edited and mastered runtime
Production-ready files are included in the quoted price
Longer manuscripts simply scale by finished-hour count

Worked examples

Around 30,000 words
About 3 finished hours
Estimated production fee: £1,050
Around 60,000 words
About 6 to 7 finished hours
Estimated production fee: £2,100 to £2,450
Around 90,000 words
About 9 to 10 finished hours
Estimated production fee: £3,150 to £3,500

Voice casting

The narrator has to sound like the book belongs in its market.

Audiobook listeners decide fast whether the production feels trustworthy. Casting is not just about a pleasant voice. It is about genre fit, authority, pacing, and whether the listener can stay with that performance for hours.

Shortlist voices by genre promise, not just vocal quality
Check pacing, tone, and listener stamina in the audition stage
Align the narrator choice with the author brand and commercial goal

What the production brief should settle early

Whether the tone should feel warm, urgent, authoritative, or cinematic
How character work or emphasis should be handled across the manuscript
Whether the author is narrating or a professional narrator is the stronger choice
How the audio needs to perform on Audible, retail previews, and launch assets

Investment

Audiobook pricing

£350 per finished hour with production-ready files

Package tier

3 finished hours

£1,050

Typical for shorter books, lead magnets, or compact non-fiction.

  • Professional narration
  • Editing and mastering
  • Production-ready files
  • ACX-ready delivery
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Most popular

6 finished hours

£2,100

Typical for many business books, memoirs, and shorter novels.

  • Voice casting support
  • Professional narration
  • Editing and mastering
  • Production-ready files
  • ACX-ready delivery
Request quote
Package tier

10 finished hours

£3,500

Typical for longer fiction and full-length non-fiction audiobooks.

  • Long-form narration planning
  • Editing and mastering
  • Production-ready files
  • ACX-ready delivery
  • Launch-ready handoff
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Process

Production Steps

Step 1
1. Casting

Audition narrators to find the perfect voice.

Step 2
2. Recording

Professional recording of the full manuscript.

Step 3
3. Post-Production

Editing out breaths, noises, and mastering.

Step 4
4. Delivery

Files ready for upload to Audible/ACX.

Audiobook Production process

Managed delivery

One coordinated workflow replaces the vendor handoffs, duplicated feedback, and platform admin that usually slow a book launch down.

Production flow

The audiobook is stronger when casting, engineering, and launch planning are connected.

Recording alone is not the deliverable. The production has to move from manuscript to final mastered files in a way that protects performance quality, technical compliance, and launch readiness at the same time.

Cast the voice before scheduling the full recording workload
Treat pickups and corrections as part of the real production process
Master to platform-ready standards before upload and review
Plan the audiobook as part of the wider publishing catalogue

Narrator fit

Shortlist voices that feel commercially right for the genre, tone, and listener expectation before moving into the full recording schedule.

Best use

Best when the voice needs to sell the category immediately.

Technical polish

Editing, mastering, room-noise cleanup, and level consistency make the production feel finished instead of merely recorded.

Best use

Best when platform approval and listener retention both matter.

Release readiness

Treat the audiobook as a launch asset with packaging, metadata, and platform submission support, not just a folder of audio files.

Best use

Best when the audiobook should support a wider author ecosystem.

FAQ

Questions authors usually ask before they commit.

Clear answers on timeline, scope, rights, revisions, and what happens after checkout.

How is audiobook pricing usually calculated?

Most audiobook production is scoped by finished hours, because the real workload includes narration, pickups, editing, mastering, and compliance checks after the raw recording is done.

Can I hear narrator auditions before choosing a voice?

Yes. The casting process should narrow the field down to voices that fit the genre, tone, and audience expectations of the book before recording starts.

What if I want to narrate the book myself?

That can work, but the production still needs engineering, editing, mastering, and technical cleanup if the final files are going to feel professional and pass platform requirements cleanly.

Will the final files be ready for Audible and ACX?

That is the goal. The production should be delivered to platform-ready technical standards so upload, review, and launch are not delayed by preventable audio issues.

Next step

Turn the manuscript into an audiobook listeners actually finish.

If you know the approximate manuscript length, we can map it into finished hours and quote the production cleanly at £350 per finished hour.

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