If you're not
into audio books, don't write off podcasts.
With an additional software it is possible to turn some of the ebooks
into audio books.
We have had many Smashwords authors come to us and actually beg us to get
into audio books and offer an alternative.
-LSB-...] we researched creating an audio book, we found an excellent article by Joanna Penn which goes through all of her experiences as she investigated turning her books
into audio books.
Librivox is the definitive site for free audiobooks — It takes books in the public domain and turns
them into audio books.
High - quality text - to - speech supports for 23 languages, giving instant conversion of ebooks
into audio books.
I listen to foreign language CDs in the car before trips but just can't get
into audio books at all.
Thus when I am ready to venture out — like
into audio books through ACX — I have a complete file with tips and instructions I've gleaned from various listserves.
The last two were essentials in building your publishing — one on building the super blog; the other on why you need to move
into audio books pronto.
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab: This book was my first foray
into audio books.
This was a very good and insightful article on getting your book made
into an audio book.
Blio seems to solve that issue, while at the same time offering text - to - speech capabilities that turn your ebook
into an audio book.
-LSB-...] Part I of this mini-series, I talked about my debut foray
into audio book creation — with the redoubtable Lloyd Sherr of -LSB-...]
Yarnbuck, if you have the audio rights to your title, I don't see why you shouldn't turn
it into an audio book.
Your book for example can be repurposed
into an audio book, articles, blog posts, an online course, a coaching practice and much more.
My son plugged
himself into an audio book and was taken off to the world of Harry Potter, most likely to the Hogwarts Express.
Not exact matches
Once you get the transcript of your
audio recording from the transcription service, you will start the process of turning that
audio transcript
into readable
book prose.
Now that everything is organized, you're going to turn your
audio transcript
into book prose.
During that time my ritual includes trying to catch up on my never - ending flow of emails and listening to Blinkist, a site that offers
books transformed
into 15 - minute
audio snippets.»
Robbins's otherworldly persuasive powers and brash brand of popular insight have grown
into Robbins Research International, a life - coaching empire that includes a massive
book business (15 million volumes sold globally), an
audio business (50 million programs sold), a life - coach certification business, and seminars for which attendees pay as much as $ 8,000 to be in the same room with the man himself.
Usually I don't do
audio books but get some of Grant Cardone's excitement
into you like it's on a IV drip and don't look back.
This month, I've been digging back
into the
book shelves (tangible and
audio!)
Over the years, she has condensed her advice
into books and
audio programs to share her insights with a wider audience.
The DVD release of the show's first season features four featurettes, a closer look
into two episodes, six
audio commentaries, a few deleted scenes and even a prequel comic
book.
Lady Bird explores the plurality of this relationship from the first scene where tight - laced mother and liberal - leaning daughter share a tear over an
audio book of «The Grapes of Wrath» before getting
into an argument over culture and city college and jail, which leads Lady Bird, a nickname Marion uses mostly with distain, to chuck herself from the moving vehicle.
This is a fabulous
book which I have made
into an
audio activity for use either in the classroom or ICT suite.
You'll also want to convert your
book into an
audio version to sell on Audible but we already covered that in a prior article.
Among the other areas where the My Singing Monsters property is expected to venture
into include printed
books,
audio books, as well as magazines to be sold via both... [Read more...]
This means putting it
into a layout that can be viewed as a digital ebook, printed or listened to as an
audio book.
Even if you were functionally illiterate, you could dictate your
book into a computer program that will print it for you (or publish it as an «
audio book»).
I also had the
audio from one of my courses transcribed to be turned
into a print
book — something I've never tried before.
Take the back door
into reviews If you don't get a review in one of the major publications, consider taking the back door approach if appropriate: Go for a review of the
audio version of the
book.
Creating
audio for picture
books can work very well as a read - along eBook, with
audio embedded directly
into the eBook.
* Why not let a licensing team get your
book into other countries, sell excerpts to well - known magazines, bring you a related TV or film offer, and / or get you spin - off product deals like a calendar or
audio version of your
book?
You can also get many players for
audio books, but my current favorite is the LibriVox
Audio Book Player because browsing for and downloading titles is already integrated
into the app.
With your
book, you can launch courses, mount seminars, join the speaking circuit as a motivational speaker, turn your
book into a film, turn it
into several formats like eBook, and
audio book.
You are still able to surf the web on this one, listen to
audio books and tap
into one of the largest ebook stores in the world!
We also talk about cover design,
audio book production, and a first on the Rocky Mountain Writer — none other than Siri barges her way
into the conversation.
We're building a team to read our eBooks
into MP3 files for the visually impaired and other
audio book users.
You can also turn your non-fiction
book into a multimedia product with video and
audio that sells for more money than a
book.
For blind students in particular, the Kindle could be an improvement over existing studying techniques - such as using
audio books or scanning
books page by page
into a computer so character - recognition software can translate it for a text - to - speech program.
Audiobooks have been known to perform better than other formats of the same title, however it's key to tie
audio into the main
book campaign as this will enable a far wider and more impactful reach.
With the growth of streaming
audio through smart phones and soon to be implemented in cars, it's time to learn how to incorporate
audio into your
book marketing.
A video
book trailer breathes life
into your
book with pictures, music, text and
audio tracks, video footage, or even an interview with you!
-- Formatting HTML newsletters — Formatting
books for Smashwords — Research about the business side of being an author (e.g., how Street Teams work, how to market a
book in a foreign language, podcasts that might be a good fit to have you as a guest, etc.)-- Scouting for bloggers to send
book review requests to — Pitching to those bloggers and tracking responses — Formatting (and perhaps light editing) of blog posts, or organizing content — Managing your Street Team Facebook group (posing questions to keep the group engaged, answering questions, sharing upcoming news, etc.)-- Creating box sets in Scrivener from individual novels — Moving works translated
into a foreign language from Word
into Scrivener — Scheduling tweets and Facebook posts (ones that don't require your direct input or engagement with your audience)-- Transcribing
audio interviews or notes — For non-fiction authors, VAs can do an enormous number of tasks around webinars or other training you offer (e.g., planning and
booking the event, scheduling guests, managing registration lists, dealing with the back - end technology, creating and proofing slide decks, sending out advance information packages to the trainees, and then sending out follow - up information to the trainees, etc..)
The transcriber would then convert the
audio into text format and send the first rough draft of your
book back to the angel writer.
McMillan suggested that «Depending on the kinds of
books you write, you might include a slideshow of photographs, or an
audio file, or a YouTube video, or a quiz, or myriad other things that tie
into the content of your
books.
I started using ACX to put my
books into audio a couple of years ago, and have just finished «proof - listening» to the draft of my 10th, with narration on # 11 scheduled to start next month.
Arnie has wonderful insight
into what it takes to transition
books to
audio format and an inexplicable feel for the work and the «sound» of the manuscript and pictures.