Listening editions
Audiobook Creation
Professional narration, studio mastering and delivery to every major listening platform — the fastest-growing format in publishing, produced properly.
Audiobook listening keeps growing, and a large share of those listeners never buy the print or digital edition. Producing an audio edition does not split your existing audience; it reaches a different one.
Casting the narrator
You hear auditions from shortlisted narrators reading your actual text and pick the voice. Narrator choice affects audiobook sales more than any other production decision, so it is yours to make.
Production
Studio recording, directed for pacing and character consistency, then proof-listened line against text before mastering to retail broadcast specification.
Distribution
Delivered to major audiobook retailers, subscription services and library platforms, with rights and royalties staying entirely yours.
What’s included
Narrator auditions
Shortlisted voices read your text. You choose, not us.
Directed recording
Sessions directed for pacing, emphasis and character consistency.
Proof-listened
Every line checked against the manuscript before mastering.
Retail-spec mastering
Levels, noise floor and file structure to platform requirements.
Wide distribution
Major retailers, subscription services and library audio catalogues.
You keep the rights
Audio rights and royalties remain entirely yours, exclusively.
Get advice from a real publishing expert
No bots, no sales script. A specialist who has shipped books in your genre will look at yours and tell you what it needs.
The process
How publishing with the hive works
Four stages, no mystery steps, and a named contact who answers at each one.
Talk it through
A real publishing specialist reads where your manuscript is and tells you honestly what it still needs.
Build the book
Editing, cover, interior layout and file prep run to an agreed schedule with your approval at every gate.
Send it wide
Print, digital and audio editions go live across global retail with metadata tuned to be found.
Keep it selling
Marketing, ads, PR and listing upkeep carry the title past launch week instead of leaving it there.
Authors are getting published right now
Here’s how it feels to publish with us
“From the first consultation to launch day the process never stalled. I kept 100% ownership and still ended up with a bestseller.”
“Outstanding editing and cover design. They understood the vision and executed it flawlessly. Worth every penny.”
“My title went live in print, ebook and audio in the same week. I had spent two years failing to do that alone.”
“The metadata work alone doubled my discoverability. They treat a book like a product, not a favour.”
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Do I keep the rights to my book?
How much does publishing a book cost?
How long does the whole process take?
Can I order a single service instead of a package?
Where will my book actually be sold?
What if I am not happy with the work?
Ready to publish your book?
Bring us the draft you have. We will handle the rest of the hive work — and you keep every right to the finished book.
