Collingwood Press Brings Professional Audiobook Production to Independent Authors
Narrator Casting, Studio Recording, and Distribution to Audible, Apple Books, and Major Digital Retailers Now Available Under One Roof
Independent authors no longer have to choose between writing their next book and figuring out how to turn their last one into an audiobook. Collingwood’s new service handles the casting, the recording, and the release, so authors can stay focused on the page.
Every author knows the feeling. The manuscript is finished. The paperback is live. And somewhere in a notes app, there’s an idea that’s been sitting untouched for months: turn the book into an audiobook. Then life happens, and the idea stays exactly where it started, next to a dozen half-answered questions about narrators, studio time, and how the process even works.
Collingwood Press built its new Audiobook Production service to stop that from happening.
Launched today, the service gives independent authors direct access to professional-grade audiobook production: narrator casting, studio recording, post-production editing, and distribution to major retailers, all managed by a single Collingwood team. Authors are no longer left to source freelance narrators, book studio time, or figure out file specifications for Audible on their own.
What authors actually get:
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Narrator casting matches your book’s genre, tone, and audience to help create the right listening experience.
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Professional narrators record the book in a controlled studio environment engineered to meet retail audiobook standards.
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Editing, mixing, and mastering to meet the technical specifications required by Audible, Apple Books, and other major audiobook retailers.
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Full distribution to major audiobook retailers, handled entirely by Collingwood, from file delivery to store listing
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Collingwood’s production team guides authors throughout recording, editing, and final delivery to simplify the audiobook production process.
Audiobook production options are designed to support authors with different publishing goals, from first-time writers to established authors expanding their catalogs. For authors looking beyond AI-generated narration, Collingwood also provides professionally narrated audiobook production designed to deliver a more engaging listening experience.
The service also solves the problem most authors run into when producing an audiobook independently: no one guiding the process has actually read the book. Collingwood’s audio team works alongside the same editorial and production staff who already shepherd Collingwood titles from manuscript to shelf, so the people casting the narrator and approving the final recording are the people who understand the story.
“Authors spend years getting the words right on the page, then hit a wall when they try to bring those words to audio. We built this service so that wall doesn’t exist. An author should be able to say, ‘I want an audiobook,’ and have a team that already knows their story and handles everything from there,” said Rachel Miller, Sr. Author Manager at Collingwood Press.
Audiobook production is now available to authors publishing through Collingwood Press, as well as to independent authors seeking standalone production. Authors can request a production consultation at https://www.thecollingwoodpress.com/ or by contacting [email protected].
Production scheduling for August is currently open to new authors.
About Collingwood Press:
Collingwood Press is an independent publishing house providing full-service support to authors, including editorial, book writing, cover design, distribution, book marketing, and now audiobook production. Collingwood works with debut and established authors across fiction, nonfiction, and memoir.
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