Subscription fees are $9.99/month for early sign up. Re: inclusivity: “we have many voices in this team who are diverse and inclusive.įirst round of submissions is starting in August 2022, soft open for app is Decemand official launch is January 1, 2023. They made mention of a morality clause in the contracts. Re: Willow Winters: she is a signed author on the platform, and they refuse to acknowledge the toxicity of her actions in the past. No details on royalties and/or what happens to pay when the files leave Verba for Amazon or the likes. FT employees will be under exclusive contracts and cannot work elsewhere during their tenure.
Narrators: there are going to be two types of narrators: full time employees and contract workers. Paid for content and included in profit share option. Tier 2: author submits the audio files and all other contract terms apply. If they do re-up it’s a full contract negotiation for another two years but the rate will change depending on how your book is doing. After the two years the author can take that audio file content wherever they want or they can re-up. They are paid a flat rate for a 2-year exclusive contract. There will be three tiers: tier 1: authors already have books published but couldn’t afford audio. There was a live stream on tiktok today at 5 pm central and I attended. I haven't read any of his comments, but I follow a creator who was sobbing in a video over his behavior.Īnyone else have any more intel on this? Their web presence is absolutely nothing. I'm also seeing comments that the main guy involved, Chance Terry, is being incredibly condescending toward female-presenting creators and commenters. Lastly, they're partnering with random tiktokers who are NOT professional audio narrators but simply are hot and have sexy deep voices. Not only is it similar to a failed service by Audible, but it's being backed and heavily promoted by Willow Winters, highly problematic author.
Overwhelmingly people are let down with this news. Their goal is to create a subscription-based service for audiobooks, specifically focusing on indie-creators of both audio work and books themselves. An email was sent out to a handful of people who wanted to know about this 'super secret' booktok endeavor with a bunch of popular TikTokers and authors. OK so Booktok is melting down over this topic and it's all kinds of messy.
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