Audiobook Creation Exchange
{{Short description|Audible.com audiobook service}}{{Infobox organization
| name = Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX)
| formation = 2011-5-12
| logo = ACX LOGO.jpg
| owner = Audible
| website = https://www.acx.com
}}
Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) is a marketplace for professional narrators, authors, agents, publishers and rights holders to connect and create audiobooks.Paul Guliani, [http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/pageviews/2013/01/amazons-audiblecom-sees-ten-fold-increase-in-audiobook-production Amazon's Audible.com sees ten-fold increase in audiobook production], NY Daily News, January 31, 2013Max Humphreys, [http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2013/02/04/audibles-audiobook-creation-exchange-reports-big-growth-in-2012/ Audible's Audiobook Creation Exchange Reports Big Growth In 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106204531/http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2013/02/04/audibles-audiobook-creation-exchange-reports-big-growth-in-2012/ |date=2014-01-06 }}, NextAdvisor, February 4, 2013{{Cite web |last=Publishing Trends |title=Keeping Up With the New Demand for Audiobooks - Publishing Trends |url=https://publishingtrends.com/2011/08/keeping-up-with-the-new-demand-for-audiobooks-2/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=publishingtrends.com}} ACX was launched by Audible on May 12, 2011 by Don Katz and run by Jason Ojalvo. At the time of launching, Ojalvo reported the ACX had roughly 1000 titles.{{Cite web |last=Maughan {{!}} |first=Shannon |title=Audible’s DIY Audiobook Platform Turns Three |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/audio-books/article/61830-audible-s-diy-audiobook-platform-turns-three.html |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}
Overview
ACX is owned and operated by Audible Inc., an Amazon company. All titles produced through ACX are made available for sale on Audible.com, Amazon.com and iTunes.{{Cite web |last=Katz |first=Donald |date=2014-04-09 |title=The Audio Self-publishing Revolution Beckons Entrepreneurial UK Authors |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2014/04/the-audio-self-publishing-revolution-beckons-entrepreneurial-uk-authors/ |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Publishing Perspectives |language=en-US}}
On ACX, the customer signs in as either a producer of an audiobook or as someone who owns the rights to create an audiobook. On ACX, a producer is anyone who can deliver or help deliver a retail ready audiobook. This group includes recording studios, narrators, audio engineers and audiobook editors. Rights holders include anyone who owns the audio rights to a book: authors, narrators, literary agents, publishers, etc.{{Cite web |last=Noblit |first=Clayton |date=2021-06-28 |title=How to Create and Publish an Audiobook with ACX |url=https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-to-create-and-publish-an-audiobook-with-acx/ |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Written Word Media |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=ACX |title=Earn Money With Audiobooks |url=https://help.acx.com/s/article/earn-money-with-audiobooks |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=help.acx.com}}{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Zoe |date=2021-04-19 |title=How To Make An Audiobook On ACX.com {{!}} BrightRay Publishing |url=https://brightray.com/how-to-make-an-audiobook-on-acx-com/ |access-date=2023-12-02 |language=en-US}}
History
In February 2012, ACX launched "DIY workflow". DIY allows users who own the audio rights to already completed audiobooks to upload them individually through ACX and have them distributed through Audible's sales channels.
In April 2013, ACX announced "Audible Author Services" which is an incentive program to distribute profits to audiobook authors. Authors who register receive $1 for each audiobook sold.Nate Hoffelder, [http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/04/13/amazon-now-going-after-audiobook-authors/#.UjMeKz_px8F Amazon Now Going After Audiobook Authors], The Digital Reader, April 13th, 2012Mary Burkey, [http://audiobooker.booklistonline.com/2012/04/14/amazon-now-going-after-audiobook-authors/ Amazon Now Going After Audiobook Authors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815112721/http://audiobooker.booklistonline.com/2012/04/14/amazon-now-going-after-audiobook-authors/ |date=2014-08-15 }}, Booklist, April 14, 2013
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.acx.com ACX], official website
Category:Internet properties established in 2011
Category:2011 establishments in the United States