Owned Audio is the audiobook platform where independent authors keep 100% of every sale. No commissions. No gatekeepers. One flat membership. Create it. Sell it. Own the customer. Keep the revenue.
Sell a $20 audiobook 100 times a month. Here is what lands in your pocket.
| Audible (exclusive) | Owned Audio | |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty on each sale | 50% at best (40% before 2026) | 100% |
| You keep (100 sales × $20) | $1,000 at best | $2,000 minus membership |
| AI narration allowed | Restricted | Welcome and encouraged |
| Customer relationship | Theirs | Yours |
| Sets your price | They do | You do |
See the full ACX vs. Owned Audio breakdown, including Audible's 2026 royalty change →
No studio. No $3,000 narrator invoice. No six-month wait.
Create your book in the author portal and attach your manuscript. Word, PDF, or EPUB. Our system splits your chapters automatically and confirms the count on the spot. No formatting tricks, no audio files, no tech.
Pick from our roster of professional narrator voices and hear a sample of each before you decide. The flat $499 production fee covers the complete narration and production of your book in the voice you chose.
We produce it, publish it in your own streaming player, and you paste in your checkout link. Every dollar of every sale goes to you. Forever.
Upload your manuscript and we will narrate your entire first chapter with a premium AI voice, free. No credit card, no formatting work. Hear exactly what your readers will hear before you spend a dime.
Create a free author account and get the tools today. Publish whenever you are ready. No credit card. Free forever.
Six novels earning royalties in ebook, but never before in audio because narration quotes started at $2,500 per book. With Owned Audio narration and the ability to keep 100% of her sales, her entire backlist goes to audio in one season.
His book is a very effective business card. He sells it from the stage and in every email. Now his Owned Audio audiobook link will go in the same places, at his price, with every dollar staying home.
One finished novel, no audio experience, no tech background. She created her free account on a Saturday, submitted her manuscript that afternoon, and picked her narrator before dinner. She plans to use her own voice for her next book. The good news is that our program makes that easy: when the time comes, she will provide us with a 3 minute reading sample in her own voice and we will take care of the rest.
The authors above are illustrative examples of who Owned Audio is built for, not customer endorsements.
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"I published my own audiobooks and watched the platforms keep more of my money than I did. So I built the platform I wanted to exist."
Dr. Myron Golden is an author and entrepreneur, and a founding author on Owned Audio. Several of the founding titles on this page are his. Real human eyes personally review every book submitted to the platform before it goes live. That is not a bottleneck, it is the brand promise: real books, real quality, and authors who keep what they earn.