Audiobook Services
Service Provided
Perhaps you've already published a book, or perhaps you wish to release an audiobook with your current project.
Sea Fortress Publishing provides audiobook production. The manuscript to be read and recorded must be in its final, print-ready state. An album of MP3 files will be created. The default is to create a new track for each chapter, but other arrangements may be made as requested.
This recording will be of someone reading the manuscript as a narrator and (if desired) using voices for different characters. The author may request whether a male or female voice is desired. The default for narration is one voice actor to complete the full audiobook. If an author desires multiple voice actors, they will be charged the applicable amount from the Price Table multiplied by the number of voice actors as well as a $100 scheduling fee to cover the cost of gathering voice actors and compiling recordings.
Regular pricing will be applied based on page count, rounded to the nearest ten. Text will be set to 12-point Calibri font, 1-inch margins, and 1.5 line spacing to calculate the number of pages. (See Price Table for more details)
Pricing for Audiobook Production
All page counts will be rounded to the nearest ten to calculate pricing.
Page is defined: 8.5x11, 12 pt. Calibri font, 1.5 spacing
Pricing for page counts larger than shown here will be charged at $5.00 per page, rounded to the nearest ten pages
A recording with Additional Voices will be charged according to standard pricing multiplied by the number of voices used.
A request for Expedited Completion may be charged up to an additional 10% in service charges
Timeframes for Service*
It takes one day to record about twenty pages. This is roughly one day per chapter in a manuscript.
A 200 page manuscript will take about ten days to record.
Editing of recordings takes about one week per 100 pages.
*Time frames are an estimate and may be shorter or longer depending on workload and scheduling. Sea Fortress Publishing will keep authors informed if timeframes change for any reason.