Audiobook Authors Program
Your first chapter, free. Every accepted author gets the credits to produce chapter one and hear it before paying anything — and the first 25 founding authors get their entire first audiobook produced free.
25 founding seats · applications reviewed within 24 hours
How it works
No pitch deck, no production calendar to negotiate. Apply, listen, publish.
Tell us the book, the genre, and where you plan to publish. We review every application within 24 hours.
Accepted authors get the credits to produce chapter one — narrate it, listen to it, and decide before paying anything.
Finish the book and export ACX-spec masters plus presets for ACX, Spotify, Apple, and Google. Distribute wherever you're eligible, and keep 100% of your royalties.
The offer
One is open to every accepted author. The other is limited, and we say exactly how limited.
Every accepted author
We grant the credits to produce chapter one of your book. Narrate it, listen to it, share it with your readers — then decide whether to produce the rest only after you have heard how it sounds. No card, no commitment to continue.
First 25 accepted applications
Your entire first audiobook produced free — not just the opening chapter. In exchange we ask for a testimonial and permission to feature your book as a case study in our demo library. You still own every file and keep 100% of the royalties.
25 founding seats · applications reviewed within 24 hours
Hear it for yourself
Real output from the Audiobook Studio, produced from public-domain text.
A Scandal in Bohemia — Ch. 1
Arthur Conan Doyle
Single narrator, full chapter — the shape of a straight-read audiobook.
Pride & Prejudice — dramatized scene
Jane Austen
Multi-voice: narrator and two characters, cast across distinct voices.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Ch. 1
Lewis Carroll
Narrated by Pippa — a bright, playful read of Down the Rabbit-Hole. 11 minutes.
Frankenstein — Ch. 1
Mary Shelley
Narrated by Edward — classic gravitas for a gothic opening. 11 minutes.
Cognitive Sovereignty — Ch. 1
R. Roushan
Narrated by Naomi — modern non-fiction, straight from a Markdown manuscript. 14 minutes.
The Modern Stoic's Compass — Ch. 1
R. Roushan
Narrated by Jonah — a wise, steady non-fiction read. 32 minutes.
How it compares
Several platforms will narrate your book for nothing. The difference is what happens to the files and the royalties afterwards.
Who owns the files
Royalties
Where you can sell
Spec-compliant export
Availability
Competitor terms are summarized from each platform's published program pages and change over time — check their current terms before you decide.
Questions
Apply
Applications are reviewed within 24 hours. 25 founding seats are available.