A New Take On The #Audible Controversy!

“If we want to make a difference here, we need the consumers to care in the millions. We literally need millions of consumers to care and change their behavior...”

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Soon this model will be used for all authors and I can see credit sales continuing to be devalued. The future looks pretty grim for indie authors using ACX.
Most of my audiobooks are sold wide now and I won't be adding any new titles direct with ACX.

Audible marketing for their new royalty model 'once you enroll your title you can connect with a whole new potential fanbase'

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And while I've seen a little sell through to the next titles in the series', ALOP sales decreased, meaning listeners didn't buy more than their monthly credit. They binged free audiobooks instead.

Audible's new royalty model saying that authors will earn 50% for exclusive titles.

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The increase in unit sales 'look' good. But it's yet more smoke and mirrors.
Audible crows about 'more income streams, more sales,' however, Audible is the only winner here because they use our audiobooks to keep subscribers addicted to their ecosystem.