I use Audacity and an AT2020 USB Microphone on a MacBook Pro, but your mileage may vary.

Suffice to say for now that you need a silent, sound-dampened environment to work in, since it's virtually impossible to scrub sound artifacts from a recording without sacrificing quality. I'll write another post once my sound studio is finished that discusses sound attenuation for audio recording. That said, this post is technical in nature and only covers that portion of the process. Authors who register receive $1 for each audiobook sold.I need to write this entry for my wiki anyway, so I thought I'd make it a blog post as well in the hope it might help other people getting started with Audible ACX narration. In April 2013, ACX announced 'Audible Author Services' which is an incentive program to distribute profits to audiobook authors. DIY allows users who own the audio rights to already completed audiobooks to upload them individually through ACX and have them distributed through Audible's sales channels. In February 2012, ACX launched 'DIY workflow'. Rights holders include anyone who owns the audio rights to a book: authors, narrators, literary agents, publishers, etc.

This group includes recording studios, narrators, audio engineers and audiobook editors. On ACX, a producer is anyone who can deliver or help deliver a retail ready audiobook. On ACX, the customer signs in as either a producer of an audiobook or as someone who owns the rights to create an audiobook. All titles produced through ACX are made available for sale on, and iTunes. ACX was launched by Audible on May 12, 2011.ĪCX is owned and operated by Audible Inc., an Amazon company. JSTOR ( April 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īudiobook Creation Exchange ( ACX) is a marketplace for professional narrators, authors, agents, publishers and rights holders to connect and create audiobooks.

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