Findaway Voices Officially Shuts Down Authors Direct

Spotify shows first signs of attempting to force authors and audiobook readers to its platform

Authors Direct was Findaway Voices’s direct sales platform that allowed authors to sell their audiobooks directly to readers, while taking a small portion of the profits. To use the platform, you had to be approved and had to pay a setup fee (around $250 if I recall correctly). Findaway then kept 20% of the profits of whatever you sold (though the royal…