Often with audiobook production and editing it is hard for a client to realise what difference it makes to the overall finished audiobook. It is fair to say, it makes a difference to the price as it takes a lot of time to take out breaths and edit the audio so that it sounds finished. To help, we made this short before and after video using some of our voice over … [Read more...]
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, however, I find this more difficult to workout and opt for a … [Read more...]
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 how to proceed. Pros for recording your own audio book Book content First … [Read more...]
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 an appearance of Santa, played by Anthony … [Read more...]
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 an audio book recorded and produced then … [Read more...]