ACX connects rights holders with independent
audiobook narrators who produce audiobooks, typically from a studio they've set up in their home.
However, one email that isn't a scam is the one from
an audiobook narrator who wants to collaborate with you on producing your audiobook.
Are
you an audiobook narrator who wants to obtain audio rights so that you can produce, narrate, and publish your own line of audiobooks?
Not exact matches
We have just gotten through the
Audiobook version of Keto Clarity which is a brilliant way for those
who are short on time or just don't like reading, Jimmy makes a great
narrator.
Normally, contributor names are limited to those
who made very significant and visible contributions, such as an illustrator for a children's book, an
audiobook narrator, a translator, and so on.
In fact, we listeners have our own celebrity
narrators, actors
who are better known — and whose voices are certainly more recognizable — as
audiobook narrators.
If I say «celebrity
narrators,» you might think I'm referring to actors
who may also occasionally narrate
audiobooks.
Jim Dale is a
narrator who is in very high demand after creating an astounding 134 different voices for the Harry Potter books — a performance that spans all seven volumes and earned him more accolades than any other
audiobook narrator in history.
I've seen authors argue that
narrators shouldn't be making as much on an
audiobook as the author —
who spent months if not years writing — does.
And then we have associate members — wholesalers, retailers, studios that produce
audiobooks, and
narrators who record them.»
She's a professional
narrator who has given voice to over 50
audiobooks.
Capti
Narrator now makes over 50,000 free Project Gutenberg eBooks universally accessible to anyone
who needs or wants to listen to
audiobooks instead of reading eBooks from the screen.
What this means is that even though the author and
narrator may split
audiobook royalties 50/50, the author gets a better return for advertising than the
narrator ever could; because some people
who are sold by an
audiobook ad will buy the print or ebook instead.
This is great news for everyone involved in the
audiobook market — from authors and publishers, to
audiobook narrators and of course, those
who love listening to
audiobooks.
One of my mentors,
who is a prolific and award - winning
audiobook narrator, advised me that it's better to be working on spec than to be idle.
I recently reread Middlemarch — this time, on
audiobook, read by Juliet Stevenson,
who is a terrific
narrator.
Publishers and authors
who own unused
audiobook rights can post them on ACX, along with narration preferences (e.g.,
narrator's gender, accents, voice types).
To all those
who believe Ice - T has had a tough time recording Dungeons and Dragons
audiobook, given the wide ranging expletives he used to describe the experience, the rapper has now stated he actually enjoyed his stint as the story
narrator.
Today's article is an epic, 2,000 - word conversation with Karen Commins, a professional
audiobook narrator and Audible Approved Producer in Atlanta
who has given voice to more than 50
audiobooks, including ROAD TO TARA: THE LIFE OF MARGARET MITCHELL by Anne Edwards.
The second is the links the publisher may have, or can support, with film makers, comic makers,
audiobook narrators, etc, the people
who can take your book to new places.
Macmillan Audio
narrators include Meryl Streep, Lorelei King, Stanley Tucci, Simon Vance, Gwyneth Paltrow, Katherine Kellgren, Holter Graham, and Cynthia Nixon, as well as President Jimmy Carter, Billy Crystal, Rob Lowe, and Bill O'Reilly,
who have read their own
audiobooks.
In addition to US publishers, you can do research to find Indian
audiobook production companies
who accept demos from
narrators.
It might be tougher to find talented
narrators, but I know authors
who have gone this route and they came to terms with very talented
narrators to produce their
audiobook on a royalty share bases.
If you create your
audiobook using ACX.com, you can work with a
narrator / producer
who will hire the team necessary to create your retail - ready
audiobook.
Professional authors and publishers
who hold unused
audiobook rights can post them to ACX for producers and individual
narrators to bid on.
On 11/18/14, ACX.com hosted a Twitter chat with UK voiceover coach Gary Terzza,
who offered advice for newbie
audiobook narrators on ACX.com.
Another difference authors
who produce
audiobooks in the partnership will notice is that there's no option to pay less to the
narrator who voices the
audiobook by opting for a royalty split.
The jumping narration was not enhanced in
audiobook (although the
narrator was fine, it was difficult to figure out
who was narrating the story for much of the early parts of the book.)