Sentences with phrase «made on the audiobook»

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Depending on how close you live, you could have half an hour or more time to catch up on voicemails, listen to an audiobook, make voice memos for the day ahead, or just relax with some calming music.

I've been known to sit on the lawn in the sun and make doctor appointments, and I listen to fun audiobooks while driving to pick up kids and while cleaning the house (I just listened to A Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes and I highly recommend it).

The section on her alter ego's life in New York City as a teacher that's just trying to make friends was so delightful I wished it were its own audiobook.

Amazing parenting audiobooks Every parent has probably found themselves at one time or another wishing for a manual on being a parent: one that would tell you exactly what to do to make your kids turn out to be a... Continued

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.

July 11 is Prime Day, the annual event when Amazon makes a big push for Amazon Prime sign - ups by providing huge discounts to subscribers on tech and home products and Amazon services like audiobooks, music and streaming video.

Work has obviously gone into making MyLink more user - friendly and simple to read at a glance, and ancillary downloadable apps, like Pandora and Audiobooks and Apple CarPlay, work well on the big, optional 8 - inch touchscreen.

This week's tips include how writers can become one - click authors, how authors can optimize their high - volume business models, how writers can improve their craft, build friendships, and make money by co-writing a series, and the latest stats on audiobook consumption.

Here's the title track, Suddenly, a Knock on the Door, read by Ira Glass: Will this audiobook make it onto your MP3 player?

He's the host of The Rocking Self Publishing Podcast and also the author of Bootstrapping for Indies (Self Publishing on a Budget) and Audiobooks for Indies (The One - Stop Guide for Authors Looking to Make More Money Selling Audiobooks).

And with more and more indie authors making audiobooks, chances are better all the time that your favorite books come on audio.

On ACX, authors get $ 50 when their audiobook is the first purchase made by an Audible listener.

If you buy the audiobook through audible and mail me proof that this is one of the first three sales you made on audible, I will send you the eBook plus one of my novels as an eBook for free (the title is your choice).

It was a week long workshop that covered dealing with Hollywood offers, handling foreign rights offers without an agent, increasing writing productivity, estate planning and tax stuff for authors (including when it makes sense to incorporate and which type of corporation in the US), and updates from Kobo on their plans to add audiobooks to their catalogue, among many other topics.

In less than two months, I've already recouped my costs on creating the audiobooks and make over $ 400 a month from the source.

Get the inside scoop on making your audiobook available to millions of eager listeners on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

In news, find out what changed Playster has made to their audiobook service, changes coming to Amazon author portals, how one man transformed from cancer survivor to a bestseller, information on the new tax code, Facebook's revised News Feed algorithm, and what one literary magazine did to upset the indie author community.

Based on my experience both Amazon and B&N push audiobooks fairly aggressively, no doubt because they make more money that way.

We'll also have a post from Audible narrator C. S. Perryess on what makes the best material to turn into an audiobook.

And why aren't you on Audible making audiobooks of all your titles?

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.

This will cement their reach on one of the largest mobile platforms in the world and make it easy to purchase music, television shows, movies and audiobooks.

One in four publishers saw the biggest year - on - year growth from audio, many publishers are still making no money from audiobooks direct, choosing instead to license the content to dedicated audiobook publishers or not acquire the rights in the first place.

The only thing that might make this even better is if they actually made an iBooks app for Android, so people could read their eBooks and audiobooks purchased via iBooks on open android eReaders, but still be able to sync it with iCloud, and have progress, notes, etc., be synced to iBooks for Mac or iOS devices.

ListenUp Audiobooks is a new company that is exclusively focusing on indie authors who want to make an audiobook.

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.

With audiobooks sometimes there's an increased focus on the medium, but at the end of the day the story or information itself is what convinces people to make that purchase.

If you haven't done so already, I encourage you to read ACX 101: The Audiobook Production Process, which provides some very useful background information on the process of making an audiobook, and which I will refer to during many of these Audiobook Production Process, which provides some very useful background information on the process of making an audiobook, and which I will refer to during many of these audiobook, and which I will refer to during many of these articles.

«And, today, I am thrilled to finally deliver on my promise and make Project Gutenberg eBooks available as free audiobooks to everyone!»

Download a free audiobook now and take it with you to the gym, on your daily commute or listen to it while you make dinner - our library is full of memoirs, thrillers, bios and more that are certain to entertain you while you're on - the - go.

Additionally, make sure you ask all your listeners to review your book, and consider getting in touch with audiobook reviewers on blogs to see if they'll review your audiobook.

He then shares a second reflection on how the investment related to the creation of an audiobook file is an important reminder to authors of focusing on the long - term, on looking at the various investments they make, not just in money, but in time, and in education.

Download a free audiobook now and take it with you to the gym, on your daily commute or listen to it while you make dinner — our library is full of memoirs, thrillers, bios and more that are certain to entertain you while you're on - the - go.

Amazon's also incorporated more of its services by default, Audiable is now built - in for audiobooks, though to make use of this you'll need Bluetooth headphones or speaksers as there's no 3.5 mm audio jack or built - in speaker on the device.

Nevertheless, Audiobooks have made a big impact on reading habits — and studies have shown that listening to books offers many of the same benefits as reading.

I may not use audiobooks all that much or listen to music on my dedicated e-reader but having the ability to do it makes me happy.

Hoopla started to make a name for themselves a few years ago when the company rode on the success of the emerging audiobook space.

Physical audiobooks on CD will be made available to libraries and on - demand.

Since most audiobooks will have already been reviewed as books in Booklist, plot descriptions should be especially brief, and the review should focus on narration and the qualities, both vocal and technical, that make audio an excellent format choice.

I think in all honesty that the audiobook industry needs to help foster websites that want to focus on audiobook news and reviews in order to make them financially viable.

Scribd has announced that they are making cuts to their audiobook system because they are losing money on this particular enterprise.

The United Kingdom's audiobook market is on the rise and it rose by 30 % in 2015 — and has grown by an astonishing 170 % in the past five years, making it the fastest growing market in publishing.

People who commute to work make up nearly 1/2 of all audiobook listeners and studies are still ongoing on how much is retained with not having 100 % focus.

Our audiobook experts will fully support you as you make decisions on pricing, marketing efforts, and more.

Microsoft will implement a 95 % revenue share for Windows 10 Apps 10 May 2018 (Good Ereader) Young startups and independent developers will have a financial incentive to make a Windows 10 version of their audiobook or ebook app, instead of just relying on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

We'll talk here about how to publish a book and make money on Amazon Kindle but will expand on the self - publishing process in future articles for creating audiobooks, promoting your books and publishing on other blogs.

Purchase of an Audible audiobook on Amazon.com (including purchases made using Audible membership credits).

Meanwhile efforts are already on to make easy availability of audiobooks to the blind or partially sighted a global phenomenon, which will make it mandatory for the publishers to make available their books to certified organisations entrusted to convert them to audiobooks or braille editions.

I wonder what could happen if the Big Five publishers of the Anglo - Saxon world banded together like this to form an Alliance to defy Amazon, produce their own eReaders, develop their own software, and build up a robust ecosystem, to directly compete with Amazon, whom they so loathe yet can't live without... Off course the devices, software, and ecosystem would have to be absolutely top notch to make people actually consider leaving Amazon (the Big Five might want to capitalise on AudioBooks by making eReaders that allow you to plug in a headphone).

I am working on publishing a PD book and to make it into an audiobook.