Audio & Podcasting

Audiobook Narration Business

Get Paid to Narrate Audiobooks From a Closet

12 lessons4 modules9h 0m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

Audiobook narration is one of the few voice careers a beginner can start from a closet with a USB microphone and grow into full-time income. This course walks you through the entire business — finding and winning the right titles on ACX and Findaway Voices, recording broadcast-clean audio that passes retail quality control, performing with believable character and steady pacing, and deciding between royalty share and flat per-finished-hour fees. Every lesson uses named tools, the exact technical specs distributors require, and worked numbers so you can price your time, protect your rate, and build a catalog that pays you for years.

Curriculum

Module 1: The Home Booth and Retail-Ready Sound3 lessons

Building a Quiet Booth That Passes QCPreview45m
Microphone, Interface, and Software Chain🔒45m
The Retail Spec: Peak, RMS, and Noise Floor🔒45m

Module 2: Recording, Editing, and Mastering a Chapter3 lessons

Recording With Punch-and-Roll🔒45m
Editing Out the Distractions🔒45m
Mastering to Pass on the First Try🔒45m

Module 3: Performance, Character, and Pacing3 lessons

Pacing and Sustained Energy🔒45m
Differentiating Characters Believably🔒45m
Prepping a Script Before You Record🔒45m

Module 4: Auditions, Deals, and the Income Stream3 lessons

Winning Auditions on ACX and Findaway Voices🔒45m
Royalty Share Versus Per-Finished-Hour🔒45m
Building a Catalog and an Income Stream🔒45m