Dear Authors,
Cheap, Easy, Quick - I get it. AI narration is cheap, easy, and quick. It's getting better, but those improvements come with intervention on your part. At some point, I guarantee a good narrator can achieve better characterization cheaper, easier, and faster than AI.
Narrators are expensive - Assuming you don't think you have a best-seller on your hands, paying $2000 to $3000 is a lot to swallow. This assumes you've found a narrator that is providing you a service, not partnering in your project.
Get a partner - This site is about finding a mutually committed author/narrator partnership to write, narrate, promote, and market your book. Revenue sharing can be negotiated depending on participation. You've committed a significant part of your life to this project without being paid. It is fair to ask some kind of commitment from a narrator in a similar manner.
Contact me to talk further about the possibilities. They're endless when you open your mind to them. Note: this is not just about me getting narration work. I'm flat out with only a few enthusiastic authors, and we're having fun! I'd like to see other authors and narrators pairing up.
Jim Patton
jim@handsdigpub.com