Comment by thangalin

From reddit:

* $250 per finished hour for the narrator (lowest professional rate).

* 200k to 270k words.

* 22 hours, 20 hours, and 25 hours.

* Books 1 to 3 cost $5,500, $5,000, and $6,250, respectively.

My novel has 8 major characters, including the 3 narrators, and 25+ minor characters. That price tag is daunting, presumably in USD. This would mean investing $7,750 CAD in crafting an audiobook, which may not even sell, much less recoup the investment.

In contrast, a locally hosted solution has a wallet cost of pennies for electricity plus my time to develop the system.