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Ep. 308 - Royalty Share or Per Finished Hour? How Audiobook Narrators Actually Get Paid
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Your first audiobook offer will make you choose how you get paid. In this episode I go through the three ways narrators actually get paid, what a finished hour really takes, and when royalty share is worth it and when it isn't.
(02:02) Per finished hour. You're paid a set rate for every hour a listener hears. A six-hour book at $150 per finished hour is $900, sometimes with a part paid up front and the rest when you finish. You're paid either way, but you have no stake in the book after that.
(04:00) Royalty share. Nothing up front, and you split the royalties with the…
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