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Audible pays authors 25% royalties on audiobooks, or 40% for those who agree to an exclusivity contract. That's well below the industry standard of 70% for other digital products like games or apps.

“There are no true competitors to Audible. Sure, there are other companies that can buy your book — but they all just list on Audible, and then take a percentage on top of what Audible is taking… Audible runs this town, and they set the rates. For everyone. Everywhere.” Sanderson wrote in his annual "Audible pays authors 25% royalties on audiobooks, or 40% for those who agree to an exclusivity contract.

“For a frame of reference, most brick-and-mortar stores take around 50% on a retail product. Audible pays indie authorsHe told Axios industry insiders are well aware of the disconnect: “Everyone knows the margins on audiobooks are just ludicrously high.”Speechify offered Sanderson 70% royalties. His deal with Spotify is behind an NDA, but Sanderson said they treated him well.

“I don’t personally think that Audible sees Google or Apple as serious competitors in their business right now. I believe that they see Spotify as one. And it comes down to the fact that Spotify’s main business is distributing audio products.” he told Axios.that Spotify was committed to its push into audiobooks and would not stop investing in the venture.

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