🏅 Founding Author Program · First 500 Only

Your Audiobook Is the Asset.
Start Keeping 100% of It.

Owned Audio turns your finished manuscript into a selling audiobook, on your page, at your price, with every dollar going to you. Founders lock in $97/month for life.

See Founder Pricing
Founding spots are limited to 500. When they fill, the rate is $177.

Why Most Indie Authors Never Publish in Audio

$2,500+

Narration Costs

A professional narrator for one novel costs more than most indie books earn in a year. So the audiobook never gets made.

60%

Platform Cuts

Even when you do publish, the dominant platform keeps up to 60% of every sale and owns your customer relationship.

6 mo

Production Time

Auditions, recording, retakes, review queues. Half a year between finished manuscript and first audio sale.

The Founder Math

One $20 audiobook, 50 sales a month. Not a bestseller. Just a book with readers.

Your Monthly Picture on Owned Audio

50 sales × $20$1,000
Owned Audio commission$0
Card processing (approx. 3%)–$30
Founder membership–$97
You keep$873 / month

The same 50 sales on a 40% royalty: $400. Your membership pays for itself with five sales a month. Illustrative figures; your sales depend on your book and your marketing.

Everything a Founding Author Gets

Your Own Sales Page & Player

A branded product page and a mobile audio player your readers use instantly after purchase. Chapters, speed control, bookmarks.

One-Form Submission

Create your book, attach your manuscript, pick your narrator, hit submit. Our system splits your chapters automatically and confirms the count on the spot.

Professional Narration, Handled

Choose your narrator from our roster and hear a sample of each voice first. We produce the complete narration of your book for a flat $497 per book, and you approve the result.

Guided Author Portal

Log in, create your book, drop in your cover and manuscript, hit submit. No tech skills, no audio files, nothing to install.

Human Review on Every Book

The founder personally reviews each submission with written feedback. Your book sits in a store that stays premium.

100% of Every Sale, Forever

Not an introductory rate. Not a tier perk. The core promise of the platform, in writing.

Pick Your Path

Every plan keeps 100% of your sales and covers up to 10 books per author. Contact us for more than 10 books. On every plan, production is done for you: a flat $497 per book covers professional narration in the voice you choose from our roster, with samples you can hear before you decide. The only question is how fast you want to move.

Not ready to publish? Join free and get the marketing guide, the narrator roster with voice samples, and author training today. No credit card. Upgrade only when you are ready to sell.
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Standard

$177/month
Not available during the Founder phase
  • Up to 10 audiobooks per author
  • 100% of every sale
  • Sales page + player for each book
  • Narrator roster with voice samples
This is the rate at spot 501. Lock in $97 instead ↑

Annual

$970/year
Two months free
  • Everything in Founder
  • One payment, twelve months
  • Best for authors all-in on audio
Go Annual — $970/yr
Secure PayPal checkout. Then create your author account with the same email.

Book Production · $497 Per Book

This is how every book on Owned Audio gets made. Send us your manuscript and pick your narrator from the roster. We prep it, narrate it, build your chapters, and load your book ready to sell, with all generation costs included. You approve the voice sample, and one round of pronunciation and correction fixes is included. One flat fee of $497 per book, no surprises.

$497/book
Start My Book — $497 Per Book

Not sure yet? Hear your book first.

Upload your manuscript and we will narrate your entire first chapter with a premium AI voice, free. No credit card, no membership. Decide after you hear it.

Get My First Chapter Free

Who This Is Built For

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Authors with a backlist

Every finished book you own is an audiobook waiting to exist. Flat membership means book two, three, and six cost nothing extra to publish.

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Speakers, coaches, experts

Your book sells you. Put the audiobook link in your emails, your bio, your slides, and keep every dollar it brings in.

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First-time audio publishers

No studio, no gear, no experience. If you can attach a file to an email, you can publish an audiobook here.

Illustrative examples of the authors Owned Audio serves, not customer endorsements.

Straight Answers

What is the catch on "keep 100%"?
There is none. The membership is the business model. We never touch your sales revenue. Card processors charge their standard ~3%, which is true everywhere.
What does narration actually cost me?
A flat $497 per book, and that covers everything: professional narration in the voice you chose from our roster, chapter production, and loading your book ready to sell. You approve a sample first, and one round of corrections is included. That is a fraction of the $2,500+ a human narrator charges.
How long until my book is live?
Submitting takes about five minutes: one form, your manuscript, your narrator. Production and review typically run a few business days. Most authors go from manuscript to selling inside two weeks.
Can I cancel?
Anytime, directly in PayPal or by emailing us. Your Founder rate is only guaranteed while your membership stays active.
Who reviews my book?
Marc Golden, the founder. Every single title, personally, with written feedback if anything needs fixing. Quality review is the product.

500 Founder Spots. Then the Door Closes.

Lock in $97/month for life, publish up to 10 audiobooks, and keep every dollar you earn. The rate at spot 501 is $177 and it never comes back down.

Claim My Founder Spot — $97/mo

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