I use ACX alongside Findaway Voices for my audiobooks so those are the companies I’ll focus on here. Your choices will depend on where you are in the world as not all services are available globally. There are a number of companies you can use to independently publish your audiobook. In this article, I'll explain how to self-publish an audiobook. There is clearly a growing demand for audio in all kinds of formats and as creators, we are well placed to take advantage of this shift in consumer behavior. Time spent listening to online audio reached a record high in 2019, with weekly online audio listeners reporting an average of nearly 17 hours of listening in the last week, according to the Edison Infinite Dial Report.

The Independent reports that audiobook sales are predicted to overtake ebook sales in the UK in 2020.The Audio Publishers Association reports seven years of double-digit revenue growth for audiobooks in the USA.The advent of mobile and streaming internet speeds alongside cheap technology for creation and consumption have exploded the potential for audio in the last decade and it just keeps getting better. At the same time, people are listening to more podcasts and audiobooks, making time for consumption in their busy lives while doing other things. There are more books published every day alongside many thousands of articles and many millions of social media updates. The written word is an increasingly crowded marketplace.

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