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Audiobooks are growing in sales and are very popular. You can also use them as part of an up-sell or deal for your customer. Check out the article from Anne R. Allen’s Blog… with Ruth Harris that interviews someone who actually voices audiobooks for a behind-the-scenes look!
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Audiobooks are the Fastest Growing Book Market: How to Get Your Book Recorded
An Interview with Audible Narrator C. S. Perryess
Audiobooks are hot. Especially for adult fiction.
- People like to listen to audiobooks on their phones.
- New audio platforms like Amazon Echo and Alexa and Google home make listening to audiobooks convenient and fun.
- Millennials like audiobooks.
- There are lots of options for getting them: the library, iTunes, Audible, Google Play.
The Alliance of Independent authors (Alli) says all indies should branch into audiobooks.
But how does an indie author afford the initial expense of hiring a narrator?
One answer: go through the “royalty share” program at Audible, the audiobooks wing of Amazon.
Today I’m talking to the narrator of my audiobooks, C. S. Perryess, who records for Audible (aka ACX.)
Read the full post on Anne R. Allen’s Blog… with Ruth Harris