It covers the Audiobook narration services you’ve booked with us for this title, along with the files, review time, and pickups we’ve agreed in the accepted proposal. If anything in the proposal needs clarifying, we’ll use these terms to run the project in a steady, production-friendly way: we confirm pronunciations and character voice notes in writing, we work to agreed dates, and we keep you informed before anything affects continuity, scope, or schedule.
What you get
We’ll deliver Audiobook narration as a managed production: we start with a title briefing and pronunciation check, record chapter by chapter, hold the included remote directed review, then complete pickups from the QC change log and hand over final files. The deliverables for this project are the items listed below, and we’ll supply them in a consistent chapter structure with a delivery manifest so your QC and assembly are straightforward.
What we need before we record: the locked manuscript, any character notes you have, and a pronunciation list or reference audio for names and terms. We confirm the pronunciation list in writing before Week 1 so character and term continuity holds after chapter six.
* Chapter WAV files * Room tone file * Pronunciation list * Character voice notes * Pickups change log closure * Delivery manifest
Payment
To book the work and lock our recording dates, you pay 50% of the total price when you sign the proposal. The remaining 50% is due when we hand over the final files for the project. We invoice in USD, and each invoice is payable within 14 days of its date.
If a payment is late, we pause any further recording, editing, pickups, or file release until the account is brought up to date. If a release date is driving the schedule, tell us early. We’ll do what we can to hold the planned order of work, but we can’t keep studio time reserved or deliver finals while an invoice is overdue.
Pickups and changes
A “revision” in Audiobook narration usually means pickups: you send a scripted change list and we record and edit only the lines you’ve flagged, matched to the established tone, pacing, and character choices. This project includes one pickups round based on one QC change log. In that round we’ll fix misreads and performance notes from the log, then we’ll confirm the change log closure in writing.
If you send a new change log after closure, or if the manuscript changes after the title briefing, that is extra work. We’ll flag the impact before we record the affected sections and quote it by finished hour. We won’t start extra work until you approve it in writing.
Who owns what
Once the final invoice is paid, you own the delivered audio for this title. That means you can distribute it under your publishing arrangements, including retailer delivery, promos, and format conversions that use the delivered masters.
Until the final invoice is paid, the delivered audio is not licensed for release. Our working materials stay ours at all times: session recordings, edit sessions, templates, processing chains, and our internal notes. We’ll also keep the practical production records we need to support continuity, like pronunciation decisions and character voice notes. If you need alternate exports or replacement transfers after handover, we can help within the file retention window described under termination.
Portfolio use
We may reference this title as part of our portfolio once it is publicly released. In practice that usually means listing the title and credit, and using short excerpts for narration reels or private pitching, without sharing full chapters or any unreleased material.
If you need the project kept private, tell us in writing before release and we’ll treat it as a non-portfolio title. We’re used to working on early launches and sensitive releases, and we’ll follow your crediting and announcement timing as long as you share those requirements with us up front.
Problems and limits
We take continuity seriously. Salim records to the agreed tone and character map, Aisha checks pronunciations, Nasser keeps the recording chain consistent, and Mariam proof-listens against the manuscript to catch misreads early. That said, our responsibility is limited to fixing our own mistakes within the included pickups round or any additional pickups you approve.
We can’t be responsible for issues caused by source material you provide, like manuscript errors, late manuscript changes, unclear pronunciations, or conflicting character notes. We’re also not responsible for delays caused by waiting on approvals, change logs, or answers on pronunciations. When we’re waiting on those items, the schedule shifts by the same number of days and we pick up where we left off.
Ending the project
Either of us can end the project by telling the other in writing. We’ll agree the notice period with you in writing, based on where we are in the schedule and what studio time is already committed.
If the project ends early, you pay for the work completed up to the end date, including any recorded and edited sections and any booked review time already used. If you’ve already paid more than the value of work completed, we’ll refund the difference. If you’ve paid less, we’ll invoice the balance and pause release of any unreleased audio until it’s paid.
On termination we’ll hand over any finished chapter WAV files already paid for, plus the delivery manifest for those files. We keep a copy of what we delivered for 30 days after handover so you can request a re-send if a transfer fails.
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