The Production Process
Seven stages, the same on every project, with defined points where you review and approve. Select any stage to see what happens, what you do, and what you receive.
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The manuscript, rights, content, goals, and production needs are reviewed. Not every manuscript is automatically accepted—projects are evaluated for eligibility, feasibility, creative fit, and timeline.
Studio-led stage
What we do
Assess rights and content eligibility
Evaluate creative fit and production feasibility
Estimate scope and a realistic timeline
What you do
What you have at the end of this stage
A clear answer on whether the studio can take the project, and on what terms it would proceed.
A production is only worth committing to if it can be halted before the expensive part. These are the points where that happens.
Studio decision
Project review
Not every manuscript is accepted. Rights, content eligibility, creative fit, feasibility, and timeline are assessed before anything is promised.
Your decision
Voice approval
Full production does not begin until you approve the narrator or cast. This is the studio's core promise, and the point where most concerns are settled.
Your decision
Paid pilot
A short pilot lets you hear your own material fully produced before committing to a complete book—the smallest possible way to test the whole process.
Your decision
Correction checkpoints
Defined review points before final delivery, with genuine errors corrected within the agreed scope rather than argued about afterward.
Stated plainly, because the fastest way to lose an author's trust is to promise something outside the studio's control.
We do not guarantee acceptance by third-party distributors—their rules, disclosures, and rights requirements change independently of us.
We do not imply exclusivity over a voice unless it is contractually guaranteed in your agreement.
We do not describe a production as equivalent to a traditional studio recording with a professional narrator.
We do not conceal that production is AI-assisted, or overstate the privacy guarantees our providers actually offer.
The process
Yes. AI-assisted tools are used within a human-directed production process. The author does not operate the software, and raw automated output is not treated as the finished audiobook.
Yes. You meet with the producer for a live audition session and may select a curated voice, use an authorized version of your own voice when eligible, or develop a custom voice direction. The voice is approved before full production begins.
The process is built to prevent that: auditions, voice approval, a short pilot before full production, chapter review checkpoints, and defined correction policies. You hear how your material sounds before committing to the full book.
Pronunciation requirements—names, acronyms, technical vocabulary, brand and invented terms—are documented before production and verified during quality control. Genuine errors are corrected within the agreed scope.
Rights, privacy, and distribution
You keep ownership of your manuscript, and your rights to the delivered production are defined in the service agreement—including any limitations created by provider licensing. Exclusivity is never implied unless it is contractually guaranteed.
Manuscript handling, storage, third-party processing, and retention are explained in plain language before production begins, and privacy claims reflect the actual provider terms. See the Privacy Policy for the current detail.
Distribution eligibility depends on the production method, the distributor's current rules, required disclosures, and rights documentation. The studio does not guarantee acceptance by third-party distributors; distribution is discussed during project qualification.
Cost and comparison
Pricing is custom and positioned within the professional production market. A scope and estimate are provided after the manuscript and production needs are reviewed. A paid pilot is available for authors who want to test the complete process before committing to a full book.
You can generate audio in minutes. A production is different: voice direction, pronunciation preparation, segment organization, quality review, correction handling, consistency management, mastering, and human approval points. The difference is between generating audio and completing a production. The nonfiction page compares all four routes side by side.
The application takes a few minutes. We review every project individually and respond with the most appropriate next step.