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Audiobook narration and the business around it: ACX and royalty share, per finished hour math, book prep, recording workflow, and how narrators find and land titles.
Annual surveys conducted for the Audio Publishers Association (APA) consistently map an industry smashing records as it continues to grow. The surveys also reveal who’s listening to what. Here’s a summary of the latest survey findings, as reported today by the APA …
Audiobook narration pro and coach Dawn Harvey has also hired many narrators over the years, and advises: “Your demo should be representative of the very best work you can do.” Her two-part series on creating great audiobook demos concludes with lots of pointers …
The audiobook demo is your marketing calling card to audiobook publishers, book authors and other rights holders. So it’s got to attract their attention – and fast. “It must start off with a bang!” advises narration pro/coach Dawn Harvey in Part 1 of this series on how to select your demo materials – and other good stuff …
Ann Richardson is a long-time and award-winning audiobook narrator whose recent blog directed to her listening fans caught our attention. While explaining to listeners how thoroughly narrators research a book before opening the mic, she indirectly gives narrators excellent advice on how to learn word pronunciations …
When figuring out the time it will take you to prepare to narrate an audiobook, is length of the book – or stories – a consideration? Well, yes and no. Voice actor/narrator Tom Dheere is currently prepping four short stories for an anthology – a quick project? Hardly. Especially when he has to make a Japanese character sound Russian, and a Russian character sound Japanese …
A six-year trend of double-digit growth in the audiobook industry propelled sales to over $2.5 billion in 2017, and a 21.5% jump in the number of units sold, according to estimates from the Audio Publishers Association’s (APA) annual sales survey. And a corresponding APA survey of consumers who listen to audiobooks reveals much about those listeners’ preferences, including most popular genres …
A first-time author/narrator … multi-title narrators … Hans Solo, Leia and Chewbacca … the voice of vampire erotica – all revealed fascinating tips and advice for audiobook narrators at a recent BookCon panel. VO pro/narrator Tom Dheere was there to capture it for us …
Marking up a script is common in voice acting – but there’s a big difference between how you mark up text for voicing a 30-second commercial vs. a 12-hour audiobook. Veteran voice actor, narrator-coach Dawn Harvey details methods for marking up an audiobook script that will improve your read without being ludicrously time-consuming …
Will the books you choose to narrate on a royalty fee basis really bring you nice paychecks? Veteran voice actor-coach-narrator Bettye Zoller shares how and what to research about a book’s author and publisher before turning on your mic …
Audiobook unit sales soared 33% in 2016 over the previous year, and more than 67 million Americans listened to at least one audiobook last year, according to the findings of two surveys conducted for the Audio Publishers Association (APA), and announced today …