Your questions, answered.

Accessibility. People always have their phones, and they listen while commuting, exercising, cooking, and more. The result: the average audiobook listener finishes around 17 books a year, compared to about 4 for the average reader. Audio also creates intimacy — your message flows directly into the listener's ears, so you literally become a voice in their head.

As a rule of thumb, roughly 10,000 words of manuscript equals about one hour of finished audio. So an average 40,000-word book lands around four hours.

For a typical 40,000-word book, expect roughly 20–25 hours of production work spread across preparation, recording, editing, and mastering. Recording sessions are capped at about two hours at a time to protect against vocal fatigue and keep the performance fresh.

A finished hour represents preparation, raw recording, detailed editing, noise reduction, ACX-compliance checks, and careful error correction. The polish you hear is the result of multiple passes by experienced audio professionals.

All-inclusive production typically runs $3,500–$5,500 for an average 40,000-word book. That covers recording, editing, sound engineering, and distribution setup — no surprise add-ons.

The narrator is included in your production price. Whether you choose a professional narrator from our roster, narrate it yourself with our coaching, or use multiple voices, narration is part of the package.

A finalized manuscript. Once your text is locked, we can build your audio content strategy and begin production.

We've built relationships with a deep roster of professional narrators over years in the industry. That network lets us match your book with voices that truly fit its tone, genre, and audience.

No. We're not a traditional publisher — we're advocates for our authors. You keep all of your rights and 100% of your royalties. We handle production and distribution setup while always acting in your best interest, with full transparency.

To 40+ platforms — including Audible, Audiobooks.com, Scribd, Downpour, and libraries — customized to your goals. We'll advise on exclusivity options that may improve your royalty rates.

You're paid directly by the distribution platforms, typically earning royalties in the 25–40% range depending on the platform and exclusivity. Twin Flames Studios does not take a percentage of your royalties — 100% goes to you.

Many of our projects include an interview with the author. Whether it's a fit for your project — and how we'd use it — is something we talk through in your initial conversation, and again at the project kickoff.

An audiobook extends your launch momentum well beyond release day. How best to use it depends on your goals, so we talk it through in an initial marketing call and advise on what will work for you — rather than hand you a generic checklist.

Absolutely. Producing the audiobook edition gives an existing title a fresh reason to be promoted — with zero new writing required.