> It's a gamble for everyone except Audible. The gamble is this: you will spend thousands of dollars producing an audiobook. In exchange you will get distribution on the biggest audiobook marketplaces in the world: Audible, Amazon, iTunes.
Audible and Amazon are the same thing.
iTunes: Can't everyone get his/her audiobook on iTunes?
I don't think producing content and then getting 13% of the proceeds is appealing. Neither are 25% or even 40%.
But then again i stay awayfrom Audible because of the DRM.
I'm acutely aware of this having worked there. They're the same thing to you, but not to most authors. Seeing their [audio]book come up in an Amazon search is distinctly different, even if it all leads you to the same place.
> iTunes: Can't everyone get his/her audiobook on iTunes?
No. At least not when I worked there. Audible was the only way to get into the audiobooks section of iTunes. That may have changed.
Audible and Amazon are the same thing.
iTunes: Can't everyone get his/her audiobook on iTunes?
I don't think producing content and then getting 13% of the proceeds is appealing. Neither are 25% or even 40%.
But then again i stay awayfrom Audible because of the DRM.