Narrator Joe Arden’s solo authorial debut, The Chameleon Effect Creativity is contagious. It’s one of the best things about the indie creator community—how it empowers artists to try new mediums, following what inspires them. The roles here aren’t restrictive, nobody has to “stay in their lane,” and once you get the storytelling bug, there’s no limit to the ways you can go about telling yours. Meet Joe Arden—one of the industry’s most prolific narrators of romance & erotica. He’s won every major industry award for his smoky baritone voice and this week, he adds romance writer to his impres ..read more

If you’re a writer, there’s a good chance that at some point you’ve been given the advice to write what you know – and why not? What stories could you tell more credibly, what characters could you represent more authentically than those you pull from your own experiences? Some of the most compelling stories come from writing what you know – it’s why memoir is such a popular genre. But what if you want to paint a richer landscape – one that explores a fuller spectrum of human experience? How do you ensure you’re doing justice to characters with challenges and triumphs different from your own? A ..read more

The journey of a thousand audiobooks begins with a single page. A scant few narrators have hit this prestigious milestone, and as of this week, that shortlist includes industry powerhouse Tanya Eby. Her 20+ year audiobook journey has seen an Audie award (and three nominations), along with Earphones & SOVAS awards and multiple original content productions. Join us as we go back in time to the beginning of her story to see how she got to where she is today.   Multi-Hyphenate Storyteller Tanya Eby ACX: Tanya, congratulations! 1,000 audiobooks Recorded is a significant achievement, and it ..read more

Break out your pens and pencils, students of sound—ACX University is back in session and we’ve got an all-new slate of fresh, essential programming for your continuing audiobook education. Whether you’re an author, producer, narrator, or director, this syllabus will have you playing, imagining, experimenting, connecting with your community, and springing into action. This season’s all-star roster of instructors includes: Khristine Hvam PJ Ochlan Jorjeana Marie Eboni Flowers Tyrrell Harrell (of TYDEF Studios) Jocqueline Protho (of The Audio Flow) Eric Jason Martin Erika Ishii Matthew Mercer ..read more

“Work-life balance.” “Self-care.” “Unplugging.” “Boundaries.” These buzzwords have been popping up more than ever the last couple years. Working from home, modified schedules, and career transitions have blurred the lines between work and not-work, and you’ve probably seen more than a handful of articles on leaving time for yourself and not letting your job absorb your personal life. But if you work for yourself, this concept of work-life balance can be a good deal trickier. For independent creators, the work you do for yourself may be exactly what recharges you or gives your life meaning, so ..read more

Have you met Audio Analysis? In case you haven’t been acquainted, we launched this tool (and its partner, Audio Lab) last year to give you instant feedback on your audio files, allowing you to identify and correct technical issues before you submit them to our QA team. Audio Lab can be used to check any audio for important metrics like peak value and RMS. That means you can upload your auditions, your profile samples, examples of your production audio, etc. for our robot review. And if you don’t take that step beforehand, Audio Analysis checks your production audio files within each of your ..read more

It’s that time of year again—friends and family are front of mind, holiday music wafts from windows, and ACX holiday deadlines are nigh! If you’re looking to get new content on-sale for the 2021 holiday season, make sure your projects are uploaded to ACX and approved by your production partner for our review by December 6th. Our QA team will have in them available in stores by December 17th. Wondering how to harness the power of the season for your marketing efforts? We’ve got ideas! Suggest listening to an audiobook together as a cozy activity for winter days—it can be a nice break from Scr ..read more

Today, we’re excited to share that audiobooks which meet our Submission Requirements will be made available for sale within 10 business days. In the past year, ACX has received more audiobook submissions than in any other period, and together, we shared this record-breaking number of titles with eager listeners across the globe. This success also brought challenges to our processing timeline, and we thank you for your patience and feedback as we worked to enhance our workflow. Once the Rights Holder approves and submits the final project, the production will be checked by our Quality Assuranc ..read more

The true story of ACX’s 10th anniversary is told in the journeys of the impressive indie creators who have written their own career narratives via ACX. Read the latest entry from Audible Approved Producer Joe Hempel, below, then catch up on the rest of the series here. Where have you taken your career since we last spoke? My career has taken so many different twists and turns. It’s really been a wild ride! When we last spoke, I was working mainly on ACX, with one or maybe two publishers at the time. Now, I do a lot of work for a lot of different publishers, and I’ve even started my own p ..read more

It’s ACX’s 10th anniversary this spring, and we’re celebrating by sharing career journeys from some of the impressive indie creators who have used ACX to share their stories with the world over the last decade. Read this blog series from the beginning, or read on to hear from our next celebrated storyteller—narrator and producer, James Romick. How did you become a professional audiobook narrator/producer? The first project that I auditioned for and won on ACX was in 2014. Before that, I had never considered narrating audiobooks. I’d listened to them for years—all of them n ..read more