'(My) Agent shall be responsible for the cost of my services under the Agreement. 'The Audiobook shall be personally narrated by myself, and I represent and warrant that my narration shall not infringe on the rights of any third party. 'To the extent the Audiobook or any narration by me is not or cannot be owned by the Principal and/or its affiliates, I hereby grant the Principal a perpetual, irrevocable, exclusive and royal-free license to use my narration for any purposes whatsoever throughout the universe.' I'm usually the first to ask for contracts, but this one just seemed a little too in their favour, with no protection for the talent.

About 5 hours work, just-ok pay, but something different to try so I wanted to give it a shot (I do more educational materials and voiceover stuff usually.)Īfter completion, they came back to me and others who work for them (through our agent), and said if we want to keep working with them, we all need to sign a new contract.

I recently completed my first audiobook for WeHear (part of Star Reading Company), a platform that sells audio books through their Android/iOS apps.

We hear audiobook