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Where to Find Free Audiobooks in 2021

by Guest Author on February 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

Free audiobooks are an incredible resource for book lovers of every type. More and more people are discovering the joy of listening to an audiobook during their workout or commute with each passing year. Nothing beats the convenience of being able to listen to your favorite titles for fun or education on your phone, laptop, […]

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! #Audiblegate and the Audiobook Return Fiasco

by David Kudler on November 23, 2020 25 Comments

Audible, the dominant retailer of audiobooks, has been actively encouraging customers to return audiobooks in exchange for new audiobooks.

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Audible, audio books, audiobooks, David Kudler

An Audio Book Narrator’s Guide for Authors

by Joel Friedlander on September 13, 2018 6 Comments

Thinking of expanding your job title from author to author-narrator? Want to grow your audience in the exploding field of audio entertainment?

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Guest Posts Tagged With: audio books, CJ Critt

ACX University and Audiobooks, with Hannah Wall and Kate Tilton [Interview]

by Joel Friedlander on September 29, 2017 4 Comments

Right now ACX, the audiobook marketplace that’s part of Amazon’s Audible division, is running their annual ACX University. This is a great opportunity for authors and publishers to learn the ins and outs of working with ACX and how to maximize your audiobook production as well as learning how to market audiobooks. This is the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks Tagged With: ACX, ACX University, Audible, Hannah Wall, Kate Tilton

Should You Hire a Computer to Narrate Your Audiobook?

by Joel Friedlander on November 27, 2013 26 Comments

Should You Hire a Computer to Narrate Your Audiobook? by Becky Parker Geist examines text-to-speech services for creating audiobooks

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Guest Posts Tagged With: audiobooks, Becky Parker Geist, iSpeech.org, narration, self publishing

What Makes Reading So Easy, You Can Do It Blindfolded?

by Joel Friedlander on September 17, 2010 7 Comments

What Makes Reading So Easy, You Can Do It Blindfolded? Audiobooks have been around for a long time, and represent a new market self-publishers, and another way to repurpose their content.

Filed Under: Audiobooks Tagged With: audiobooks, Audioforbooks.com, books on tape, Peter Markovic, self publishing

Jessica Kaye: The Making (and Selling) of a Good Audiobook

by Joel Friedlander on May 10, 2010 22 Comments

Audiobooks are mostly the province of large traditional publishers with the resources to produce them for their top-selling authors. But the tools of production are now within the reach of self-publishers as well.

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Self-Publishing Tagged With: audio books, audiobooks, independent publisher, jessica kaye, publishers, self publishers, self publishing

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