I’ve recorded and produced a total of 45 audio books through both the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) and publishers such as Random House. Those titles have all been produced for Audible. And when comparing ACX/Audible with SoundWise, the latter is a no-brainer.

Audible collects 80% of the sale proceeds, sets the price for a production, and only says that a unit was sold. It surely doesn’t tell you to whom it sold, or provide the purchaser’s e-mail! SoundWise, on the other hand, takes 10% of the sale (on the lowest tier membership level), let’s the production owner set the price, and then provides an e-mail so you can follow up when you have additional productions that might interest existing purchasers.

I believe SoundWise will prove to be a great place to distribute audio books, especially those produced as derivative works from the thousands of excellent public domain books that are available as source material. It’s obviously a successful and productive platform for online courses; it will be an excellent alternative to the 800-pound gorilla in the audiobook marketplace called Audible!