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Feather, Phone, and Fun

22 April 2022

On Day 1 of Mike Dooley and Pam Grout's Magical Mystery Manifesting Adventure, I manifested so much more than the assignment. I fulfilled a long-held dream!Read More
Commit to Creativity Workshop

11 January 2021

Zoom window of panelists Krista Vernoff, Debbie Allen, Cheryl Strayed, Nia VardalosI attended the Commit to Creativity workshop on 10 January 2021. In this article, I discuss what I learned and share 2 writing prompts offered in the workshop that gave me clarity about how to proceed in my career. Click the link below to read the full article.Read More
Cure For The ACX 7-Year Itch

28 August 2020

street sign that says 7 year itchIndie authors and publishers who produce audiobooks should make the decisions about payment to narrators and distribution independently of each other. Using a royalty share contract on ACX causes problems at the end of the 7-year initial distribution term.Read More
6 Low-Cost Avenues For Greater Audiobook Sales

4 April 2018

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Congratulations! You’ve got a brand new audiobook! It’s time to get the word out about it!

I minored in marketing while in college and have always loved to think about marketing ideas. Sandra Beckwith at BuildBookBuzz.com recently asked me a number of questions related to audiobook marketing. Our interview was posted today, and you can read it here.

A while back, I wrote 2 articles on the ACX.com blog to address this very topic. In Part One, I explained some reasons why people are resistant to listening to audiobooks. I then offered 3Read More

Audiobooks Are Not Easy Money

10 January 2018

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A journalist requested an interview with me last week to talk about audiobook narration, my favorite topic. I asked her to send me a list of questions and offered to write out some answers for her.

I knew this wouldn’t be a typical interview when I saw 2 questions:

How much money do you make? What do you use the money for?

I realized that she wanted to interview people with side jobs rather than full-time occupations. It turns out that she was writing a column named “Easy Money” and was surveying multiple ways to make money that areRead More

Should An Author Narrate Her Audiobook?

27 December 2017

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Last updated 3/15/21

 

 

One question that I’ve seen and heard repeatedly from authors and listeners is: How is a narrator selected to read the audiobook?

In addition, many authors tell me that they want to narrate their audiobooks for financial and/or artistic reasons.

At first glance, the author might seem to be the most logical choice for the narrator. The author has labored over every word in the book and obviously is the person most familiar with its arc and important points.

However, many avid listeners refuse to listen to books narrated by the author because theyRead More

From Casting a Narrator to Happily Ever After

13 December 2017

Portrait of beautiful mature employee listening to music with headphones while working on promising project with help of laptop

Last week, I looked at the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX.com) as a matchmaking site between indie authors and narrators. Today in part 2 of the series, we’ll continue exploring the ACX process, from casting the narrator you love to living happily ever after with your completed audiobook.

I should mention at this point that ACX refers to everyone on the production side as a producer. Some producers only manage the project, but most ACX producers are also the narrator with whom you will contract your book. Therefore, I’ll use these 2 words interchangeably.

InRead More

Author Seeks Narrator: Must Love Books

6 December 2017

Girl holding laptop with ACX on the screenIn part 1 of a 2-part series about independent audiobook production using ACX.com, I'll help authors learn how to make their ACX title profile stand out on the site.Read More
Top 10 Q & A About Audiobook Production

20 October 2017

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As I’ve talked with authors about producing audiobooks of their work, I’ve noticed that many are new to the format and ask similar questions. I’ll answer the 10 most common questions I’ve heard about audiobook production in this post.

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Are You Leaving Money on the Table?

3 October 2017

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Each day an author doesn’t have her books in audio, she’s leaving money on the table.

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DigitalBookWorld.com:
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  • A Week In The Life of an Audiobook of an Audiobook Narrator
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  • A Narrator’s Look At Audiobook Marketing Part 2

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