{"id":341,"date":"2013-06-05T18:31:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T18:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annaabner.com\/?p=341"},"modified":"2013-06-05T18:31:55","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T18:31:55","slug":"are-audiobooks-worth-the-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annaabner.com\/?p=341","title":{"rendered":"Are Audiobooks Worth The Effort?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Or, Why I Decided to Create an\u00a0Audiobook\u00a0Version of Spell of Summoning<\/em><\/h4>\n

Converting my first novel in the Dark Caster Series into an audiobook made me more nervous and way more scared than publishing it in its current digital form. My inner pessimist went wild:<\/p>\n

What if it sounds awful? <\/em><\/p>\n

What if the voice actor sucks? <\/em><\/p>\n

What if it doesn’t sell well and then I look like a loser to my producing partner?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"I'm<\/a>
I’m a bit of a worrier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before I lost any more sleep, I logged onto iTunes and downloaded my first audiobook–Relentless Seduction<\/em>–a paranormal romance by Jillian Burns. I listened to it in the car on my iPad, and I loved it! My new favorite thing to do on road trips is listening to audiobooks.<\/p>\n

ACX.com<\/a>, an Amazon company, is a user friendly one stop shop for uploading your novel and hiring a producer to create the audio version. The technical, contract style language made me a little hesitant to move forward, but I agreed to the site’s terms and opened Spell of Summoning<\/em> as a new project. I could have waited for a producer to find me and offer to record my novel, but I’m impatient, so I listened to pre-recorded auditions. After some trial and error I decided I wanted a young woman with a general American accent and an engaging voice that I could happily listen to for hours on end.<\/p>\n

I was lucky to find a talented young actress, Elizabeth Siedt, right away who agreed to produce the audiobook.<\/p>\n

Unlike traditional “books on tape,” there were no upfront costs. Similar to publishing your digital book with Amazon, you and the producer receive a percentage of the sales in exchange for selling the audiobook exclusively at Audible.com<\/a>, iTunes, and Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The answer to my initial question–Are audiobooks worth the effort?–is yes!<\/p>\n

<3 Anna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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