Authors and Audiobook Narrators don’t speak the same language when it comes to pricing production costs. When I wrote my book “The Author’s Guide to Audiobook Creation,” my editors and proofers quoted me prices for their services based on length…
How to Choose the Best Audible Audiobook Categories
It is critical to the success of your audiobook to have it listed in your best categories/genres on Audible. Many authors and narrators don’t realize that you have the power to choose the top 3 categories for your audiobook from…
Welcome to the Golden Age of Audiobooks
Audiobooks are the fastest growing medium in publishing. How far have audiobooks come? The first audiobooks were called “Talking Books” and were created in the 1930s for people with visual disabilities in America and Britain. This group included war-blinded soldiers…
Narrating Your Own Audiobook?
Audiobook Mistakes Authors Make
You wonder if an audio version of your book is a good idea. Maybe you listen to audiobooks – perhaps a Harry Potter book with Jim Dale doing over 150 different voices – and you think, it’s probably way too…
Bring Your Book Back to Life – in Audio!
Perhaps the book you wrote several years ago with sales slowing to a trickle is only “mostly dead.” As Billy Crystal’s character said in Princess Bride, “mostly dead is slightly alive.” You can breathe new life into your older books by…
Share Your Audiobook!
Audible has just introduced a way that authors can share their audiobook with friends, family and colleagues and make money doing it! This new feature is called “Send this Book” and you will find it at the bottom of an audiobook description…
The Gateway Drug for Audiobooks
“Podcasts are the gateway drug for audiobooks” – the words of Tom Webster, Vice President of Strategy at Edison Research. at the 2016 Audio Publisher’s Association Conference in Chicago. Webster pointed to an explosion in podcast listening as a major reason why audiobook listening…
10 Crazy (but True) Things about Audiobooks
For a while, Audiobooks were illegal…and more: The first audiobooks were called “Talking Books” and were created in the 1930s for people with visual disabilities in America and Britain. This group included war-blinded soldiers and blind civilians who couldn’t read…
The Audiobook Revolution is Real!
Audiobooks are replacing eBooks as the digital download of choice for readers. Every indicator is showing audiobooks on the upswing this past year: Audible listening up 38% Audiobook sales growth up 20% worldwide Listening on smartphones is the fastest growing…