Your readers want audio. You can't afford it.
Pay thousands upfront. Give up half your earnings for years. Or tell your readers no. Your story deserves better options.
Coming November 2026Indie publishingisupside down.
If you care what's inside a book, you've felt it. The people who write the stories, the voices who bring them to life, and the people who love them carry all the cost, and someone in the middle keeps all the say.
How it works today
Sound familiar?
For Authors
You write clean. You get buried.
The loudest books get the spotlight. Yours gets overlooked. Writing for readers who share your values shouldn't mean fighting to be seen.
For Readers
Another credit. Another regret.
Six chapters in, you hit content nobody warned you about. You've spent your money on a book you won't finish. Again.
Your money. Someone else's choices.
You fund the catalog. You don't choose what gets made. You want to back stories you believe in, not settle for what's handed to you.
For Narrators
No credits. No chance.
You've got the voice, the gear, and the training. But you need experience to get hired, and a job to get experience. Talent isn't the problem. Getting a chance is.
Real work. Maybe a paycheck.
Hours of recording, editing, and mastering. A royalty share that might never pay. You carry the risk before you earn a cent.
Audiobook listeners and a reader's say
157M
Americans have listened to an audiobook. Readers are moving to audio, and most indie authors can't follow them there.
0
Votes you've had on which stories get made. Not one.
Listener figure: Audio Publishers Association, 2026 consumer survey.
We're about to turn it right side up.
Put the people who care most back in charge of the stories they care about. That's all we'll say for now.
BookRata: The Guild flips it.
Launching November 2026.
Reader, author or narrator, create your free BookRata account now. Members hear first the moment it flips.
Create your free accountYour vote. Your books. Your values
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