It's a mixed bag because the ACX Royalty Share[0] system is a horrible, horrible business case for narrators. The math just doesn't work. My guess that all thos

It's a mixed bag because the ACX Royalty Share[0] system is a horrible, horrible business case for narrators. The math just doesn't work. My guess that all those poor narrations are royalty share gigs. Most novice narrators have no idea how bad the proposition is, and by the end just don't care if it's good or not, because it was so much work just to get to the end and pass the technical checks. So once the mp3s pass the technical checks, they're done. I think many times the narrator realizes by the end that they'll never get paid for the effort. And it's clear the authors rarely check the work. We saw on HN this week that the numbers don't work for authors [1], and considering that audiobook sales are a fraction of print sales, the business case for narrators is far worse. [0] https://help.acx.com/s/article/what-royalty-is-paid-on-acx https://help.acx.com/s/article/what-royalty-is-paid-on-acx [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27106055 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27106055