![]() ![]() Go for aīook that is doing well in the Amazon sales categories, even in a You need a combination of research and luck. Formerly recorded exclusively under the AFTRA Sound Recordings Code, today there are also more than 25 separate SAG-AFTRA agreements with audiobook publishers and producers. Those minimum rates are between $150 and $400+ PFH. What are the union audiobook narration rates?Ī. Better, if I pay an editor $50 PFH (but the bestĮditors cost more) and focus on recording, I make $89.50 per hour. Master one finished hour, and my rate is $279 PFH, then I’m making ![]() If it takes me about two hours to record and three hours to edit and Generally, narrators are paid forĮvery hour of finished recording, rather than the good old days when What does Per Finished Hour (PFH) mean?Ī.“Per Finished Hour” is the way payment is usuallyĬalculated in the audiobook industry. Per 1,000 words, Per Finished Hour (PFH) at 9,300 words per hour read rate How much you will make from this simpler rate. Vary, but I’ve included a chart below if you want to see approximately Words, I would make $279 per finished hour (9.3 x 30). I read at an average rate of 9,300 words per hour. If the book is 40,000 words long, the audiobook version will cost the author $1,200. Why not price audiobooks that way?įor a fully narrated, edited, and produced ACX-ready audiobook: They pay for editing services by word count. I polled my fellow authors who are members of Author U in Denver, and they unanimously agreed they had no idea how any of the above pricing worked – except Option 7, which they thought narrator’s prices might really be. What do you tell authors when they ask how much you would charge to produce their audiobook? ![]()
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