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Follow these steps to get started on ACX:
  1. Sign Up for an ACX profile.
  2. Confirm you have the audio rights for your book.
  3. Add your book to your ACX account and create a title profile.
  4. Review Auditions.
  5. Make an Offer.
  6. Record and upload a 15-minute checkpoint.
  7. Approve the Final Product.
  8. Distribute your Audiobook.
  9. Promote your Audiobook.
  10. Earn Royalties.
For more information, visit our ACX Help Center.
Getting started as a Narrator or Studio on ACX is simple. Follow these steps:
  1. Sign Up for an ACX profile.
  2. Upload samples of your work.
  3. Select your contract type.
  4. Search for books for which you wish to audition.
  5. Accept or decline the offer.
  6. Record, edit, and upload the 15-minute checkpoint of the audiobook.
  7. Work with other studio professionals.
  8. Finish the recording.
  9. Get Paid.
  10. Apply to be an Audible Approved Producer.
For more information, visit our ACX Help Center.
To begin a project on ACX, you must have the eBook listed on Amazon.com. If you do not have a version of your book available as an eBook in Kindle on the Amazon.com Book Section, visit www.kdp.com, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), to learn how to publish and sell your eBook on Amazon.com. Once your eBook is published via KDP, you’ll be able to claim or register it on ACX using the ASIN that was assigned to you, to begin the audiobook creation process.
For more information on how to claim your eBook title, visit our ACX Help Center.
To upload audio samples and audio for the final audiobook, follow these instructions:
  1. Select My Projects on ACX.com. You may be asked to sign in.
  2. Select the In production tab.
  3. Locate the title you are working on and select the name of the title in blue. From the In production tab, you will see the options to upload the audio files.
Retail samples can also be uploaded using the above steps. When selecting a retail sample, the sample is chosen by the Rights Holder but uploaded by the Producer, so it is beneficial to work together on the selection.
For more information, visit our ACX Help Center.
Audiobooks uploaded to ACX must adhere to the ACX Audiobook Requirements. These requirements help ensure customers get a great listen.
Titles that meet our Audio Submission Requirements and that are submitted with retail-ready cover art and product information will be posted for retail on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes, which can take up to 10 business days after they are submitted to ACX.
For more information, visit our ACX Help Center.
To upload a written manuscript for your audiobook project on ACX, follow these steps:
  1. Click My Projects on ACX.com. You may be asked to sign in.
  2. Select the In Production tab.
  3. Locate the title you are working on and click the name of the title in blue.
From the In production tab, you will see the option to upload the manuscript.
For more information, visit our ACX Help Center.
You can update your cover art at any time from within your ACX account or by following these steps:
  1. Sign in to your ACX account and select My Projects.
  2. Select the Completed tab.
  3. Select the title from your list of projects, and click Change My Audiobook. This will unlock your production, and you will be able to make changes to your cover art.
For more information, visit our ACX Help Center.
At this time, we only change categories for the Audible website. Typically a title will be listed in the same category on the Amazon website if it is offered.
If the Audible category is not available on the Amazon website, then it will be placed in a similar category at the retailer's discretion. You can check the categories available on our Audible site.
Please indicate in your email which categories from the list above you would like to add/remove.
We can add a single PDF to accompany your audiobook. At this time we are only able to accept PDF files that are no larger than 99MB.
If you'd like to include a PDF that meets the size requirement, please send it as an attachment using the email channel below. Please confirm if you'd like the PDF to be available on the publisher's summary before purchase or in a customer's library after purchase.
To terminate a production agreement before the audiobook has been published for sale, all parties must mutually agree to the end the agreement. Each party would have to send a request to end production by contacting us by email.
To remove your audiobook project from the ACX website, please visit please follow these steps:
  1. Select My Projects on ACX.com. You may be asked to sign in.
  2. Select the Open for Auditions tab and select the name of your book in blue.
  3. Select Stop receiving auditions.
  4. When prompted, select Yes to remove the book. This will put your title into Rights Not Posted and will no longer be publicly viewable.
Please visit our article on how to remove your title from Audible if you want to permanently remove your audiobook. For more information, visit our ACX Help Center.
You can change the distribution rights to your audiobook by visiting the steps on our ACX Help Center.
Please note, if the Audiobook is in a royalty share deal, the agreement cannot be changed. For more information, please refer to the Book Posting Agreement.
To request changes to your distribution agreement, please email us using the Contact Us option below. Please ensure you're using the email address associated with your ACX Account.
For more information, visit our ACX Help Center.
In order to transition the title to a new Rights Holder, we will need them to have an ACX account registered as a Rights Holder (author, publisher, or agent), with tax information validated on the account. You can then submit following information via the email option found below:
Title of Book(s):
Original Rights Holder Name:
Original Rights Holder Email Address for ACX Account:
New Rights Holder Name:
New Rights Holder Email Address for ACX Account:
Request:
We also accept a rights reversion notice that you can provide in lieu of the above information. Please ensure that you are using the email address associated with your ACX Account.
Once received by both parties, our teams will begin the process of moving the titles to the new account. Please understand that this change requires significant work on our end. Although we don't have an estimated timeline available for its resolution, we will work to make the changes as quickly as possible.
For more information, visit our ACX Help Center.
In order to receive monthly payments from Audible, you will need to submit valid local taxpayer identification from the US, UK, Canada, or Ireland, as well as banking information for a bank in one of these countries.
Payments for your Audiobook earnings will be provided monthly by Audible.com with a statement of royalties, and will be delivered by direct deposit or a check in the US, or by direct deposit only in the UK, Canada, or Ireland. Bank or tax Information can be updated anytime from within your Account Settings.
For more information, visit our ACX Help Center.
Promo codes allow listeners to download your ACX audiobook for free from Audible. Promo codes are a benefit for Rights Holders of exclusively published audiobooks and Producers who accept projects under Royalty Share terms.
Promo codes can be accessed via the Promo Code tab of your Marketing Dashboard.
For more information, visit our ACX Help Center.
ACX requires all potential payees to provide valid taxpayer identification information via a tax information profile. The tax information profile collects the information needed to complete an IRS tax form (e.g. IRS Forms W-9 or W-8) which will be used to certify your US or non-US status, determine if your payments are subject to IRS reporting, and the rate of US tax withholding (if any) applicable to your payments. Please go to Account Settings to complete the tax profile.
For more information, visit our ACX Help Center.
For answers to most commonly asked questions, please visit our ACX Help Center or contact us using the channels below.

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