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ACX is where most indie authors begin their audiobook journey—connecting with professional narrators, producing finished audiobooks, and distributing to Audible and Amazon. This guide covers the full ACX workflow, the exclusive vs. non-exclusive royalty math, and how ACX fits into a wide audio strategy.

Author's Republic distributes audiobooks to 50+ retail, streaming, and library platforms—including Audible, Apple, Spotify, Hoopla, and OverDrive—with no exclusivity and no monthly fees. This guide covers how Author's Republic works, how it compares to Findaway Voices, and how to use it as part of a professional wide audio strategy.

The audiobook market is growing rapidly and Amazon's Audible/ACX ecosystem is not the whole picture. This guide covers wide audiobook distribution through Findaway Voices, Spotify, and other non-exclusive platforms—and how to build an audiobook business that doesn't depend on Amazon.

Bibliotheca's cloudLibrary is the third major digital library platform alongside OverDrive and hoopla, reaching over 3,000 library systems globally. For wide authors, understanding how it differs from the other two — and why that difference matters — is what makes library distribution work as a whole.

hoopla is the only major U.S. library platform that lets patrons borrow instantly without waitlists, and it pays authors per checkout rather than per licensed copy. For wide authors targeting library readers, that combination makes it worth understanding.

Your ebook cover is portrait. Your audiobook cover must be square. That single dimension difference requires a fundamentally different design — and the square cover is displayed at thumbnail size on Audible, Spotify, and Apple Books, where it must be readable at 60 pixels wide. This guide covers everything from platform specs to what actually works in the format.

Serialization keeps listeners coming back week after week — creating the kind of habitual engagement that a single audiobook launch cannot sustain. This guide covers why audio serialization works, which platforms handle it best, how to structure a serialization strategy that builds income alongside audience, and how to track your serialized audio performance.

Direct audiobook sales generate several times the per-unit income of Audible or Spotify — and give you the listener's email address, which no platform will share. This guide covers the complete direct audio sales setup: platform choices, delivery tools, EU VAT compliance, pricing, and connecting your direct income to ScribeCount.

Library audiobook distribution through OverDrive and Hoopla reaches listeners who are passionate about books but not necessarily paying Audible subscribers — and for nonfiction, self-help, and literary fiction authors, libraries represent a meaningful and often overlooked revenue stream. This guide covers how it works and how to make sure your audiobook is reaching library listeners.