INaudio (Findaway Voices): The Indie Author Guide

INaudio is the new name for Findaway Voices, a wide audiobook distributor owned by Spotify. It sends your book to 30+ retailers and library services from one upload, pays roughly 45-50% net, and is non-exclusive. Its AI policy is narrow: it accepts AI narration only from Google Play Books, ElevenLabs, or Spoken Press, not outside files like a TomeVox file.

Findaway Voices became INaudio in late 2024 and through 2025, and the rebrand is the source of a lot of search confusion. Authors who set up distribution under the Findaway Voices name still see references to both brands in account emails, retailer dashboards, and older blog posts. The practical answer is simple: INaudio is the same distribution service, the same catalogue, and the same royalty structure that Findaway Voices ran — only the brand name changed after Spotify folded the author-facing product into a new identity.

Is Findaway Voices the same as INaudio?

Findaway Voices and INaudio are the same wide-distribution service under two names. Spotify acquired Findaway, the company behind Findaway Voices and the Chirp deals app, in 2022, and over the following two years rebranded the author-facing distribution tool to INaudio. Authors who already had a Findaway Voices account keep their catalogue, their existing retailer relationships, and their royalty terms — the login simply points at the INaudio brand now. No re-submission or re-upload of existing titles is required because of the rename.

The rebrand matters mostly for discovery and trust. Searchers looking for "Findaway Voices" in 2026 land on INaudio pages and worry they have lost their account or that the service shut down. INaudio did not shut down: it is actively distributing audiobooks, signing new indie authors, and continuing to run Chirp as a promotion channel. If you are deciding where to sell your audiobook, INaudio remains one of the main wide-distribution options alongside selling direct or uploading to individual stores — a trade-off covered in our guide to where to sell an AI audiobook.

What channels does INaudio distribute to?

INaudio distributes a single audiobook upload to more than 30 retail and library channels worldwide. The retail side includes Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, Storytel, Nextory, BookBeat, and Chirp, the BookBub-owned deals platform. The library side reaches OverDrive, Hoopla, Bibliotheca, and other lending networks that supply public and academic libraries. Spotify also sells audiobooks sourced through INaudio within its own catalogue. One upload to INaudio places a title in front of all of these channels without the author managing a separate account for each store.

Library reach is the part many indie authors underrate. INaudio's connection to OverDrive and Hoopla puts an audiobook into thousands of public libraries, where a single purchase by a library system can be heard by many borrowers and where discovery happens outside the big retail apps. Library lending also pays the author each time the title is borrowed under the network's terms, which can add a steady stream of small payments on top of retail sales. Chirp, meanwhile, is INaudio's discount-promotion engine: titles distributed through INaudio become eligible for featured Chirp deals. The mechanics of getting onto Chirp are covered separately in our guide to how Chirp audiobook deals work.

One thing INaudio does not do is produce the audio. INaudio is a distributor, not a production studio, so an author has to arrive with finished, spec-compliant audiobook files in hand before the platform can place them in any store. This split between production and distribution is the core reason authors pair a production tool with a wide distributor: produce the file once, then push it everywhere through a single INaudio upload rather than recording or re-exporting audio separately for each retailer.

What royalty does INaudio pay indie authors?

INaudio pays authors a share of each sale after the retailer's cut and INaudio's distribution percentage. On most à la carte purchases an author nets roughly 45-50% of the retail list price, with the exact figure depending on which store made the sale and that store's own royalty rules. This sits below selling direct from your own website, where authors keep 85-90% of revenue, but above ACX's 30% non-exclusive royalty rate. Subscription and library channels pay differently — per-loan fees or a share of a pooled subscription pot rather than a percentage of a fixed list price.

INaudio is non-exclusive, which is the structural advantage worth weighing against the royalty percentage. A non-exclusive deal lets an author distribute through INaudio and simultaneously sell the same audiobook direct, upload it to a specific store, or run a Kickstarter — nothing is locked up. That contrasts sharply with an exclusive arrangement like ACX royalty share, which ties a title to Audible for seven years in exchange for a higher royalty band. For a full rate-by-rate breakdown across platforms, INaudio included, see how we compare ACX, INaudio, and AI production in ACX vs INaudio vs TomeVox.

The takeaway from these distribution routes: INaudio trades a middle-of-the-road royalty percentage for the widest reach of any single upload, and because it is non-exclusive an author can layer it on top of direct sales for the best of both. Authors chasing the highest per-unit return on a single platform may prefer direct sales or an exclusive deal, but INaudio is the broadest net for an indie title that needs discovery across many stores and libraries at once.

Does INaudio accept AI-narrated audiobooks?

INaudio's AI policy is narrower than many authors assume, and this is the single most important caveat in this guide. INaudio accepts AI narration only when the audio was produced through specific approved tools — Google Play Books' auto-narration, ElevenLabs, or Spoken Press — and it explicitly rejects modified or externally produced AI files. In other words, INaudio is not a destination for a finished AI audiobook you generated somewhere else. If you arrive with a completed M4B and per-chapter MP3 files from an outside AI service, INaudio will not distribute them, no matter how clean the audio is or how carefully you disclose the synthetic voice.

A TomeVox audiobook is exactly this case. A TomeVox deliverable is an author-supplied, externally produced AI file, which falls outside INaudio's approved-tools list. So if you produced your audiobook with TomeVox (or any standalone AI tool), do not plan on INaudio as your distribution route. Instead, distribute the file through an aggregator that accepts third-party AI narration — PublishDrive or Author's Republic — to reach Apple Books and Spotify, and upload directly to Google Play Books and Kobo Writing Life. Author's Republic also unlocks Chirp. You can sell direct as well, via Payhip, Gumroad, or BookFunnel. Every one of these channels still requires you to disclose AI/digital-voice narration. The fuller routing map is in our guide to where to sell an AI audiobook.

For context on the audio side, the professional specifications used across the industry are 44.1 kHz sample rate, 192 kbps or higher MP3, a peak level at or below -3 dBFS, and a low noise floor — and AI-generated narration meets them cleanly because there is no recording-room noise to remove. The blocker for INaudio is never audio quality; it is the source of the AI narration. If you are deciding between AI and a hired narrator before you ever reach the distribution step, our comparison of AI versus human narrators walks through quality, cost, and turnaround for each path.

How do you start publishing through INaudio?

Publishing through INaudio starts with a finished, spec-compliant audiobook file, not with a manuscript. An author creates a free INaudio account, claims or adds the book's metadata (title, author, description, ISBN if used, and cover art at 2400×2400 pixels), uploads the per-chapter audio files, discloses narration details (and note that INaudio only permits AI narration produced via Google Play Books, ElevenLabs, or Spoken Press), selects which retail and library channels to enable, and submits for review. Platform review typically takes a few business days before the title goes live across the enabled channels. Submissions stall most often for one of two reasons: audio that misses the technical specifications, or an externally produced AI file that INaudio's policy does not allow — so check both before you upload.

Getting that spec-compliant file is where TomeVox fits in the workflow. TomeVox is a done-for-you AI audiobook service: an author uploads a manuscript (EPUB, DOCX, PDF, or TXT), chooses a voice, and receives a finished M4B with chapter markers plus per-chapter MP3 files within 48 hours, all meeting professional distribution specifications. Every TomeVox audiobook is reviewed by a human before delivery, an author can re-generate any chapter at no extra cost, and paid plans include full commercial distribution rights with no exclusivity. Because a TomeVox file is externally produced AI, you would not distribute it through INaudio — instead hand it to an AI-friendly aggregator (PublishDrive or Author's Republic), upload it directly to Google Play Books and Kobo, and reach Chirp via Author's Republic. For the end-to-end picture from manuscript to live listing, see the AI audiobook production guide.

INaudio remains a strong fit for indie authors who want maximum reach without managing several store accounts — provided their audio qualifies under INaudio's terms (human narration, or AI produced via Google Play Books, ElevenLabs, or Spoken Press). For an externally produced AI audiobook the wide-distribution goal is the same, just reached through different conduits: upload directly to Google Play Books and Kobo, go wide to Apple Books and Spotify through an AI-friendly aggregator, distribute via Author's Republic to reach Chirp, and keep the option to sell direct because none of it is exclusive. The brand changed from Findaway Voices to INaudio; the case for going wide did not.