Facelift for ACX/Audible Romance subscription deal "Audible Escape"

[David VanDyke]

Got this just now:


Dear David VanDyke,
As one of our valued content partners, we want you to be the first to know about some changes coming to the Audible Romance program. Today, Audible is announcing some exciting updates, improving the listener experience, and boosting the visibility that will put your audiobook in focus for an even larger audience of potential fans. See below for a sample of the new creative direction.

Visit Audible.com/Escape to see examples!


Audible Escape will broaden the subscription to include:
A more affordable subscription fee for subscribers, allowing us to widen and significantly grow the pool of potential listeners.
Opportunities to earn bonuses based on listening and ranking within the subscription.
A huge marketing push including a brand makeover, TV commercials, a new name and logo, and a very special A-list celebrity spokesperson.
Search and filter improvements on the web and on the Audible app, offering listeners a better browsing experience within the package and more discoverability for new authors.
We hope you’ll fall in love with the new Audible Escape.

With love,
The ACX Team

P.S. Want to be a part of the fun? Make sure all of your titles are enrolled in Audible Escape by visiting https://www.acx.com/romance.

[notthatamanda]

I have no audio books so I don't have a stake in this but I notice the conspicuous absence of what they intend to pay you, what with the reduced subscription rates and all.

Side note: congrats David, on breaking into the romance genre.  Glad to have you.  Good luck on winning one of the first bonuses.

[Maggie Ann]

I had forgotten all about this so completely that when I looked at my last earnings report, I didn't even think to look at the romance package payment. I checked April's report just now. Oh, well. $2.50 will buy me a coffee at Panera. I think.

Now that I've checked that report, I'm seeing that the only audio sales I'm making are for the series not in the romance package program.

[David VanDyke]

I have no audio books so I don't have a stake in this but I notice the conspicuous absence of what they intend to pay you, what with the reduced subscription rates and all.

Side note: congrats David, on breaking into the romance genre.  Glad to have you.  Good luck on winning one of the first bonuses.

Thanks--it's never going to be much, because it's a small series of 3 PNR/UF books that my brother Drew really wrote and I polished up, co-branded and published...but after he wrote 3 in a year, he's going on 3 years and "still working on" book 4. 'Nuff said.. I threw the series into the program because, heck, why not try something with something that's not doing much anyway--2-3 figs a month.

[angela]

I would *ESCAPE* this program at top speed.

[Maggie Ann]

I would *ESCAPE* this program at top speed.

Wish we could but we're stuck for seven years. Might be six years by now.