On Amazon, the hardcover edition has a list price of $36 (currently on sale for $22). At the time of this writing, the best-selling book of 2023 so far is Spare by Prince Harry. Collecting Physical Books Would Be More Expensive Yulia Grigoryeva/Īnother thing to consider is that audiobooks actually cost less than their physical counterparts, despite the added manpower that goes into creating an audiobook. So, Audible is actually a better deal for audiobooks than Amazon Prime is for movies and TV shows. In addition to everything on Prime Video, you also get to choose any movie Amazon offers to keep forever for free (regardless of how much the movie listed for on Amazon). This would be the equivalent of buying an Amazon Prime Video Subscription for $14.95 a month. Not only do you get access to the Audible Plus Catalog with 11K+ audiobook titles to listen to, but also a credit (or two) per month that you can use to purchase any book that Audible sells al-a-carte. But that moinker falls apart when you upgrade to Audible Premium Plus. I mentioned earlier that Audible Plus is the “Netflix of Audiobooks,” and that’s true. Think About How Much You Get With a Monthly Subscription Add all this together, and the production costs could rival that of a small feature film to produce an audiobook for a best-selling title. Other times Audiobooks will feature big voice casts for maximum immersion in a tale. Big publishers often hire producers, sound engineers, and musicians to make their titles into audiobooks. Then the raw recordings need to be edited together, requiring hiring a sound editor. Properly recording an audiobook can take days or even weeks, depending on the narrator and the length of the book. Even the best narrators can’t read a 10-hour book in one sitting with no mistakes. Plus, you need to consider the overhead of recording an audiobook. This increases the cost of making audiobooks-especially good ones. Some audiobook narrators will take a flat fee to read a book upfront, while others (especially celebrities) want royalties from every audiobook sold. And hiring a quality narrator isn’t cheap, especially if you want one with a track record of reading audiobooks in a way that grips the listener. Authors often read their own manuscripts, but others prefer to hire a professional to read their books for them. The costs of recording an audiobook shouldn’t be discounted either.
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