Michael Burnette

The Independent Author's Guide to Audiobook Production Michael Burnette

Thanks to a revolution in the audiobook production business, audiobooks are now well within reach of independent authors. In fact, through ACX, the Audiobook Creation Exchange, you can have your book turned into a professional quality audiobook with, amazingly enough, no upfront costs at all. It can be hard, though, to recruit the right narrator for your audiobook -- the web is full of stories from authors who tried and failed. And what is your role in the process? Are you going to have to drop everything and manage the production of an audiobook? (Spoiler alert. No, you aren't, but there is a little work for you to do.) Now, an experienced, full-time audiobook narrator walks you step-by-step through the process and takes you to the other side of the microphone to reveal the strategies and tips that will attract the best available talent on ACX to create a winning audiobook for you. I'll show you the key elements -- I call them the Three C's -- that will convince me (or another fabulous narrator) to produce your audiobook. I'll tell you what to include in your book's listing on ACX and what not to include. I'll walk you through exactly how I evaluate a potential project, how you can evaluate potential narrators, and how to promote your audiobook for best results. I'll even give you a backstage tour of how an audioboook is created, from pre-production to final quality checks. You'll learn about the various ACX contracts for authors, and how to choose the right one. You'll find out how narrators are paid. Should you narrate your book yourself? I'll teach you what's involved, and how to make that decision. What do you listen for when you listen to a narrator's audition? We'll cover that. On the audio edition, I even give you audio examples. From your first log-in to the ACX platform through the post-production process and promotion, we'll cover it all, and all in about two hours! Two hours from now you could be well on your way to easily adding another revenue stream to your bank account, with no upfront investment, all from work you have already done when you created your book!I'm an full-time professional author and audiobook narrator, and have delivered over 200 hours of finished audiobooks on the ACX platform.