Audiobooks
5 Creative Ways to Turn Your Book Into Audible Media
Audiobooks, podcasts, radio plays, oh my! Marissa DeCuir breaks down all of your options when turning your book into audible media.
Why Audiobooks Are Skyrocketing, and How Writers Can Take Advantage in 2022
Audiobooks are the fastest growing format in publishing, but what exactly does that growth look like, and what should authors be doing about it?
15 Tips on How to Record an Audiobook So People Will Listen
Award-winning podcast host and author Zibby Owens shares some insights on recording the perfect audiobook.
Lessons Learned for Narrating the Audiobook of My Novel
Author Mary Dixie Carter explains how she prepared herself to narrate the audiobook for her debut novel The Photographer.
Self-Publishing Audiobooks: Why Should You Consider It?
As WD author Jessica Kaye shares in the opening paragraphs of her book The Guide to Publishing Audiobooks, audiobooks are reaching more people than ever. Here are her thoughts about why you might consider self-publishing audiobooks.
A Starter Guide to DIY Audiobooks
Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment of the publishing industry. For indie authors or traditionally published authors who have retained their audio rights, now may be the perfect time to consider creating your own audiobooks. Here's your how-to guide to DIY audiobooks.
The Making of a Grammy-Winning Audiobook: Directing Carrie Fisher's The Princess Diarist
There is no one recipe for a winning audiobook, but Jessica Kaye shares the ingredients which helped make The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher the 2018 winner of the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word.
The Q: Can You "Read" an Audiobook?
A few months ago, my wife picked up an audiobook from the library (it was Rob Lowe's Stories I Only Tell My Friends, in case you were wondering). I had never listened to an audiobook before, so I thought I'd give it a go. And I fell in love with it. It's the perfect way to spend my solo time in the car, beating the other well-known car pastime of complaining about traffic. So now I read in the car ... Or do I?