Once your audiobook is edited and ACX-compliant, the next decision is where to publish it. Each platform has different exclusivity terms, royalty structures, and reach.

ACX: exclusive vs. non-exclusive

ACX is Amazon’s platform and the primary gateway to Audible, still the largest audiobook retailer by volume. ACX offers an exclusive deal with a higher royalty rate, or a non-exclusive deal that lets you distribute elsewhere simultaneously at a lower rate.

Findaway Voices: wide reach

Findaway Voices distributes to dozens of retailers and library platforms beyond Audible — including Spotify, Scribd, Kobo, and library services like OverDrive. Strong choice for authors who want broad reach without Audible exclusivity.

Spotify: direct audiobook uploads

Spotify for Authors is Spotify’s own direct-upload portal for audiobooks, separate from Voices by INaudio — free to join, non-exclusive, and open to any author or publisher with a finished audiobook. It’s the most direct route onto Spotify specifically if wide distribution elsewhere isn’t a priority yet.

Comparing royalty splits

Exact royalty percentages change over time and by platform, so always check current terms directly. As a general pattern: ACX exclusive tends to offer the highest per-sale royalty on Audible specifically, while wide distributors trade a slightly lower cut for access to many more storefronts at once.

Which should you choose?

If Audible is where your genre’s audience already is, exclusive ACX can make sense. If you want maximum shelf presence across library systems and international markets, a wide distributor like Voices by INaudio (formerly Findaway Voices) is usually the stronger long-term play.