Navigating Your Audiobook Dashboard
The dashboard is your central hub for managing and monitoring your audiobooks. It provides a clear overview of all your projects, whether you're in the early stages, actively working on them, or they’ve already been submitted for distribution. Here’s a breakdown of what you can do from the dashboard:
The dashboard is a great place to see an overview of all your audiobooks. This includes audiobooks that you are working on, just started, or have already completed and sent to distribution.
Audiobook Overview
The Audiobook Overview section offers a quick snapshot of your progress:
- Recently Updated Audiobook: This feature displays the audiobook you've most recently worked on. By clicking on it, you’ll be taken directly to that project, so you can pick up where you left off.
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Summary
- Submitted For Distribution: Shows how many audiobooks have been submitted for distribution. This includes books that have been submitted but have not yet been approved by our team.
- In-Progress: This is the number of titles that you are still working on and have not yet been submitted for distribution.
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Notifications
- This is a log of all of your in-app notifications. Your unread/unresolved notifications will appear at the top. You can click on a notification to take you to the corresponding page to review. Recent notifications also appear in your account header via the bell icon.
To dive deeper, you can click on View My Audiobooks. This will redirect you to the My Audiobooks page, where you’ll find a detailed view of all your titles and their current status.
Reporting Summary
The Royalty Summary section provides a quick look at your earnings:
- Total Royalty Earnings: All-time royalty earnings.
- Royalty Earnings YTD: Year-to-date royalties earned.
- Royalty Payouts YTD: Payments received so far this year.
- Latest Royalty Earnings: Your most recent earnings report.
For a deeper dive into these metrics and more, check out our Author Reporting Dashboard article, which explains these terms and how royalties are calculated in detail.
Resources
The Resources section provides links to additional tools:
- Marketing Tools: We provide marketing tools to make it easier for authors to grow their listener base, increase visibility, and boost sales. Learn more with our Marketing & Promotions help center articles.
- Help Center: Our help center provides articles, like this one, to walk users through our workflows and functionality.
- Resources: Explore our list of recommender marketing services and websites to assist indie authors.
- Contact Us: Need additional help? Contact our Customer Service team.