As a voice talent, he learned from some of the best in theīusiness by directing on an almost daily basis. Produced thousands of radio commercials for clients all over theĬountry. As a founder of Radio Works, he has written and Has led a dual career for most of his adult life: advertising executiveĪnd voice talent. In 2013, he produced Voice Over Virtual, a major online industry conference. The Voice Over Legalguide, and an ever-growing online resource center of articles and links. Aįormer print publishing executive and magazine editorial director, heįounded VoiceOverXtra in 2007, which today offers the voice overĬommunity industry news, how-to features, online and workshop training, The voice over industry's online news, training and resource center. John Florian is a voice actor and publisher of VoiceOverXtra, Please click here now for James Conlan's 'Beyond the Numbers' analysis of the data and comments - and what the trends indicate for narrator income.Īlso See Report 3: How Satisfied Are Audiobook Narrators About Income? Good news! Four survey respondents earn more than $100,000 annually for their audiobook narrations - which could include narrating, engineering and mastering.Īnd 10% earn between $50,000 and $100,000 for their efforts.īut far more common: nearly two-thirds report earning under $10,000 annually for their audiobook narration work.Īnother 13.5% take home from $10,000 to $19,999 annually, and 12% earn from $20,000 to $49,999 for audiobook narrations. Nearly two-thirds of respondents report using this method, and one-third earn with a stipend plus royalty.įlat fees are commanded by nearly 29%, and a flat fee plus royalty by nearly 8%.Īlso, for those receiving royalties, more than half receive 10% to 20% of the book's retail sales.Īnd for those receiving a fee per finished hour, slightly more than half typically charge $201 to $300 per hour. It could take many additional hours to create that finished hour, of course.Īlso very often used for compensation is royalty share - where payment is received only for royalties earned on sales of the audiobook. Three quarters of them charge a fee per finished hour - at least sometimes - meaning per-hour of recording that is edited to the specs of the agreement with the publisher. And about one-third frequently outsource the editing - including 16.5% who almost always outsource the tech.Ī variety of compensation methods is reported by respondents, and many employ more than one type.
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