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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.
Audiobook narrator Andy Bowyer was “straining my brain for character voices” when he recalled the advice to “keep it simple.’ Right. But how? Then after listening to legendary Jim Dale’s Harry Potter voices for the umpteenth time, the whole thing clicked …
If your auditions for audiobook narration work are repeatedly turned down at the online Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), there’s probably a major reason or two – or maybe even eight – for the rejections, says narrator, producer Jeffrey Kafer. Here’s what to examine and change …
Without costumes, sets or scenery, audiobook narrators must reveal their acting skills on an audiobook demo with delineated characters if they are to impress a publisher or producer enough to hire them, notes Bettye Zoller, voice talent, narrator and coach. Here she explains the essence of an effective audiobook demo …
Over the course of narrating a long audiobook, you’ll be making many choices about portraying characters – so it’s crucial to get to know those characters well. For this, voice actor John McLain shares a simple method he calls “character sheeting” …
Should audiobook fiction dialogue be performed differently when it appears as non-fiction narrative? Yes, definitely, says award-winning audiobook producer/director/trainer Paul Ruben, who reveals how to connect emotionally with your listener …
Who is the audiobook’s narrator? You? Well, not really, says voice talent and trainer Vanessa Hart. “The character of the narrator is not you.” In this excerpt from the newly released “Part 2: Audiobooks A-Z” of her “The Power of Five” CD training program, Hart explains how to determine who’s taking …
How difficult can it be to narrate and produce an audiobook? The narrator just stands or sits there and talks, right? WRONG, counters voice talent / producer Xavier Paul, who tallies up the actual hours required to produce a single “finished” hour …
Award-winning audiobook producer / director Paul Ruben advises storytellers to respect the medium’s ‘intimacy’ – inside and outside the quotes – to capture the narrative’s heart and soul. Part 1: Fiction dialogue …
Audible’s new ACX service – where audiobook narrators can audition for jobs – seems to be a win for both voice actors and publishers, says voice talent Dave Courvoisier, who interviews ACX chief Jason Ojalvo here about how to work the system …
ACX – the Audiobook Creation Exchange – lets narrators audition for titles to read, and it’s “utterly free to use,” reports narrator Andy Bowyer, who’s had considerable success with the system since its start this past May. But there are rules to follow, which Andy has learned through experience and explains …