How on earth can you hope to get you audio book distributed across all the major and boutique outlets?
Well, I’m glad you asked me! Online retailing has made it much easier for distributors to distribute for other distributors. Have a look at the Authors Republic and Findaway Voices websites and see if you can spot the absence of any publisher or on line retailer.
Listings with multiple outlets has never been easier, and the increasingly hungry appetites for audio would seem to guarantee a shortage of audio book product. Besides, it makes good business sense to distribute widely and author’s are likely to gain from the upward pressure on royalty percentages as supply pressure increases for the large retailers. Here are some thoughts on the market trend towards enabling the entry of self published authors. Here are some market competition thoughts…