@plumone- Yeah, I'd rather pay a one-time payment and not be tangled up with someone else forever on it. Amazon calculated my book (50,000 words) to take 5.4 hours for the finished project, or $270 at $50 an hour. So that's what I'm offering, as a flat fee. Also, it sounds like the usual split is 40/60 so if I did it by percentage, they'd get 40% of every audio sold, and that's after Amazon takes their cut. So in the end, they'd be getting more for reading the audio version than I would for writing it.
However, I can see it being a good deal if someone doesn't have or doesn't want to spend the cash. At least it gets out there, right? Also, some of the audio people have their own following and can bring in more customers.
@Revan, I believe Amazon just provides a place for the authors and narrators to meet up with each other, so it's whatever equipment whoever you make a deal with has.
Someone answered me and says he'll be sending me a sample by tomorrow. I really like his voice but like I said, I already listened to audio samples anyway. I'm having people audition instead of just offering one of them the job mainly to get an idea of how they are to work with. Which is a good thing because I messaged a few people whose voices I liked and who list that they accept the deal I'm offering, but he's the only one who's answered so far.
