Audiobooks are said to be the fastest growing sector in the publishing industry currently. This is great news for audio book narrators and audio producers too as this means that more and more people are looking to have their book turned into audio. The options for having an audiobook recorded and produced are growing and […]
How to Quote Accurately for an Audiobook Production
Many people find this difficult as books are long productions and calculating the time required can be tricky. However, we have been involved with a good number of audio book productions and have a pretty simple way of looking at this. Cost per produced hour This seems to be the standard that many have adopted, […]
How to Record Your Own Audio Book
Ever considered recording your own audiobook? In the last year or so we have noticed a steady increase in audiobook production enquiries from authors. Traditionally, our main audio book enquiries came from publishers or businesses creating an audiobook for sale to their clients. However, there seem to be more self-penned authors around nowadays and many […]
Use a Professional Voice Over Service or Narrate Your Own Book?
This is a question I have been asked several times now… Should authors take a “do it yourself” approach to creating audio versions of their books or use a professional voice over service? For this reason, I have decided to write a blog post to cover the pros and cons and make some suggestions on […]
Christmas Audiobook with all of the Trimmings!
Christmas is a time of year for magic and wonderment for many children and families around the world. This year we are really proud of being involved in a special Christmas audio book production of the Treebobs children’s stories. In this audiobook, there are many magical characters voiced by the talented Lindsay Abbott, and also […]
How to Create an Audiobook Containing Graphics and Illustrations
Audiobooks are very much in demand; however, not all books can be easily turned into audio. For example, tutorial / educational audio books are great to listen to while commuting, but they are not always easy to convey in audio if they contain lots of tables and graphics. The most obvious way to get round […]
New Audiobook Narrators [Apr 2012]
New voice talent added to our audiobook narration section on Media Music Now. Welcome to the following audio book voice overs: – UK Female Voices Amy Claire Rebecca Zoe UK Male Voices Dave W Mike N Pete E We will be adding new voice talent to our other voice over services very soon. If you’re […]
Audio Book Production on the Cheap
We are often contacted by students interested in creating audio versions of their course material for study purposes. Also, many independent authors are attracted to the idea of creating an audio version of their book. However, creating an audio book product to a high standard requires a decent budget. If you are interested in having […]
In the Land of the Treebobs: An Author’s Passion Turned into Audio
A big part of running an online business is being accessible in the search engines for your key terms. No matter what terms you try to target there are always ones that bring you new and interesting requests. A number of times now we have been asked to produce an audio book in the style of […]
Audio Book Copyright Question
We recently received an interesting question via our website from Anthony about audio book copyright. I decided to answer it in a blog post as it may be relevant to others. Anthony’s question about audio book copyright I would like to know if a company that sells audiobooks has the right to copyright a book. […]
