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The Author's Guide to AudioBook Creation by [Richard Rieman]

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Should you have an audiobook version of your book? How do you do an audiobook? And most importantly, how do you make money with an audiobook? This guide to audiobook creation and marketing will also help you decide whether to voice your own book or hire a great narrator. The Author's Guide to Audio Books Creation includes the critical details of audiobook self-publishing on Amazon's Audible, iTunes, and beyond. Over $2 billion dollars in audiobooks were sold in 2015. This is how you join the Audiobook Revolution!

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If you are considering creating an audiobook, whether you are the voice or you hire a professional narrator, The Author's Guide to AudioBook Creation is the essential companion you need. You will get the critical elements on what steps you need to take; how to engage a narrator (and what to avoid); what costs to expect; how to produce your audiobook; a variety of resources; how to work with Amazon and ACX and other providers; and of course, plenty of tips and tricks of the trade. Get ready for the next evolution of your book, and join the audiobook revolution. --Dr. Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd

Finally...FINALLY! Someone has written an easy to understand, no nonsense primer for authors to help them navigate through the unknown waters of audiobook production! Richard steers this course by answering the myriad questions that writers have, concerning the journey of turning their work into a recording. BRAVO! --Sean Pratt, Acclaimed Audiobook Narrator (850 books and counting!) and Acting Coach, SeanPrattPresents.com

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Does your book have a voice? Are you ready to get your share of a $2 billion industry?
If you are considering creating an audiobook--whether you are the voice or you hire a professional narrator--The Author's Guide to AudioBook Creation is the indispensable companion you need.
You will get the critical steps you need to take; how to engage a narrator (and what to avoid); what costs to expect; how to produce your audiobook; a variety of resources; how to work with Amazon and ACX and other providers; and of course, plenty of insider tips and tricks of the trade. Get ready to join the Audiobook Revolution!

Determine if an audiobook version of your book will work.
Learn the essential steps to create an audiobook.
How to uncover your costs in creating an audiobook.
How to promote and market your audiobook.
Strategies to make your audiobook profitable.
Determine if you should hire a narrator or voice your own audiobook.

The Author's Guide to AudioBooks Creation includes the critical details on audiobook self-publishing on Amazon's Audible, iTunes and beyond. With over $2 billion dollars in audiobooks sold in 2015, audiobooks should be part of your publishing mix.
Richard Rieman is a man of many voices and an expert in audiobook creation. From a pilot to a pirate or a hot rod racer to an alien, he knows how to deliver an audiobook that hooks the listener. As an editor and producer, he works with authors to create audiobooks that listeners want to hear.

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If you are considering creating an audiobook, whether you are the voice or you hire a professional narrator, The Author's Guide to AudioBook Creation is the essential companion you need. You will get the critical elements on what steps you need to take; how to engage a narrator (and what to avoid); what costs to expect; how to produce your audiobook; a variety of resources; how to work with Amazon and ACX and other providers; and of course, plenty of tips and tricks of the trade. Get ready for the next evolution of your book, and join the audiobook revolution. --Dr. Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd

Finally...FINALLY! Someone has written an easy to understand, no nonsense primer for authors to help them navigate through the unknown waters of audiobook production! Richard steers this course by answering the myriad questions that writers have, concerning the journey of turning their work into a recording. BRAVO! --Sean Pratt, Acclaimed Audiobook Narrator (850 books and counting!) and Acting Coach, SeanPrattPresents.com

If you want to turn your print or e-book into an audio book, this is THE definitive guide. It's short, but thorough… with everything you need to navigate the world of audiobook creation and promotion. --Global eBook Award Judges --This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Richard Rieman is an audiobook self-publishing expert, an audiobook narrator, producer, and coach specializing in helping first-time audiobook authors. Richard has narrated dozens of titles on Amazon, Audible, iTunes and YouTube, including Steve Snyder's Shot Down, Nancy Geise's Auschwitz 34207, Charles Clark's The Bootlegger '40 Ford, and Bruce Comstock's A Life in the Air. He also produces audiobooks for authors voicing their own audiobooks, including Judith Briles' The Crowdfunding Guide for Authors & Writers. Before his audiobook adventures, Richard was a news anchor and reporter at the RKO Radio Networks in NYC, WTOP in Washington DC, and WLS and WMAQ Radio in Chicago. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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"As an author, you invest hundreds, if not thousands, of hours in crafting your story into written words, enough words to make it a book. Then you realize that this book could become even more alive as an audio version. But whom to add this dimension? Enter Richard Rieman, a man who has dedicated his working life to breathing life into the words of others.

Most important, with Richard as my alter ego reading aloud my memoir, he faithfully reflected my enthusiasm, wonderment, pride, humility, fascination, and all those other emotions that make my story what it is.

I feel blessed to have had Richard Rieman read and produce my audiobook."
Bruce Comstock, Author of A Life in the Air --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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I've been a pirate, a cowboy, a bootlegger, six aliens, two monsters, a world famous balloon pilot, and a B-17 bomber pilot shot down in WWII. I've traveled to other times, dimensions, mysterious islands and haunted houses. I've helped you sell stuff on eBay and self-publish your Kindle book.

Who am I really? I'm Richard Rieman, and I am an audiobook narrator. I'm a performer in the theater of the mind.

I've been a professional writer since I was seven. I discovered that if I wrote stories that included my 2nd grade classmates names (on a ruled piece of paper, both sides, in pencil), they would give me 5 cents to read them. Bingo! Comic book money.

Now,when I narrate an audiobook, I quietly tell you in your headphones:
Listen to me, I have something important-interesting-dramatic-funny-entertaining-wonderful to tell you!

You're an author. Should you have an audiobook as well as an e-book, paperback, or hardcover?

In one word: Absolutely. And in The Author's Guide to AudioBook Creation, I will show you how. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01C0VVASM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mile High Press and Breckenridge Press; 1st edition (March 7, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 7, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3269 KB
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Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 135 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0997100206

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Global eBook Gold Medal Award Winner in Writing/Publishing!

Richard Rieman credits reading to his children in his monster and wizard voices for his love of audiobooks.

Richard is an authority on Audiobook self-publishing. He has consulted and produced over 150 indie-published audiobooks. He is the author of the Global eBook Awards Gold Medal Winner in Writing/Publishing, "The Author's Guide to Audiobook Creation." Richard is also an Audible Approved Audiobook Narrator (Top 10%) and a 5-time winner of the EVVY Award for audiobook narration and production.

Richard has spoken on audiobook creation and promotion to the Nonfiction Writers Conference, the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Bublish, Women Writing the West, the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA), Author U, the Colorado Authors League, the Las Vegas Writers Conference, the Ghost Writers of America, and many more.

Before his audiobook adventures, Richard was a news anchor and reporter at the RKO Radio Networks in NYC, WTOP in Washington DC, and WLS and WMAQ Radio in Chicago.

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Kym McBride

Great material, but the sheep images don't mesh with business content.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 22, 2017

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An easy read. Good content and direction on getting an audio book made. The only thing is the images. And I know this is a petty thing, I have not mentioned it before in my other reviews...but it keeps popping up. I know that the author, Richard is working with Author U and it is in the Judith Briles format. And she uses this "sheep" artwork because she's the "Book Shepard." I get the connection. It's just it always triggers "juvenile" to me. And yet the information is direct and succinct. It just doesn't mesh. Sheep are cute, but really?

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Toni K Pacini

He takes the mystery out of the process and tells it like it is

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 27, 2016

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I recently published a Southern Gothic Memoir. It's a series of short stories really, presented in the way storytellers tell stories. I have always been told to record my work. Then an associate told me about The Author's Guide to AudioBook Creation. I read it and contacted Richard Rieman. He takes the mystery out of the process and tells it like it is. I highly recommend this book.

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N. Laney

... this book cover-to-cover and came away with a much better appreciation and understanding of what it takes to create ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 23, 2016

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I read this book cover-to-cover and came away with a much better appreciation and understanding of what it takes to create audio books! This book is full of nuggets of great information from an insider. It convinced me this is a must-have for the serious author who is ready to go to the next level! Love listening to Richards voice!

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Michele

Do you want to publish an audiobook? Start here.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 7, 2016

I first learned of "The Author's Guide to AudioBooks Creation" when author Richard Rieman mentioned it on the weekly Author Mentoring Mondays conference call hosted by Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd. This book is the second title in her "AuthorYOU Mini-Guide Series" and it is a gem.

I wanted to learn more about audio books to better serve my author clients, but the thought of wading through hundreds of online resources to find reliable information always pushed this task to the bottom of my to-do list. It didn't help to read posts about new audio book companies, failed audio book companies and complaints about established audio book companies. What's an indie publisher to do?

A quick scan of the Contents page proved that the answers I needed were at hand and, more importantly, accessible in a reasonable amount of time.

This book offers a wealth of information in a lighthearted style that will keep you engaged until the very end. No boredom here! The author explains why it's so important to "Grab Your Readers by the Ears" and clearly describes the "Different Worlds of AudioBook Publishing" so authors can understand and protect their rights in this fast-growing marketplace.

He offers the "10 Best" as well as the "10 Worst" ways to find the right narrator so prospective clients can appreciate the complexity of the professional's job. I didn't know, for example, that it takes 3-4 hours of a narrator's time to produce 1 hour of usable audio, a fact that puts the cost of professional narration into the proper perspective. A voice actor himself, the author makes a very strong case for using trained and experienced professionals while offering useful tips to those who want to tackle the task themselves (Spoiler alert: Don't go there!).

A very useful feature in this book is the step-by-step guide, with screen shots, for setting up your title on Amazon's ACX audiobook distribution platform. Another section explains how to navigate options outside of ACX/Amazon/Audible/iTunes.

Then the book gets to the heart of the matter. How much should you charge for your audiobook? How much will you make? How will you promote it? How should the audiobook cover be prepared? How can you raise the money to do all this? All these questions and more are answered in this delightful little book, along with plenty of links to help the interested reader explore further.

I enjoyed this book immensely and highly recommend it. Do not release an audiobook without it.

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AudioBookRomance

This is a very informative book on creating audiobooks.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 2, 2017

This is a very informative book on creating audiobooks. The author has lots of tips from personal experience as well as some from fellow authors and mentors. The idea of creating your own audiobook can be confusing. There is so much more than simply picking out a narrator and recording it. Mr. Rieman gave me a lot to think about and a good idea for where to start.

I totally agree that writing for audio is a good plan. As a super listener of audiobook fiction, some titles do fall a little short sometimes when it comes to the audio. It reads fine in print, but in audio, its either distracting or overwhelming.

This is a good how-to title for the author that is thinking about, or on the fence about, making an audio version of their book.

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Charles A. Fischer

Fantastic book that efficiently answers your questions

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 29, 2019

This book was a very efficient and thorough book. It answered all of my questions about recording an audiobook. I have a clear picture of what's involved and now know what equipment to buy, what software to use and more. There were also great tips for even small things like making sure you eat at least 2 hours before starting so that you don't accidentally record stomach grumblings. Get this book if you are considering an audio version of your book!

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W. Terry Whalin

Learn the Inside Scoop about AudioBook Creation

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 5, 2017

One of the growing areas of publishing is audio and Richard Rieman is right in the middle of it. As an editor and producer, Rieman works with authors on creating audiobooks. He has taken his expertise and poured it into THE AUTHOR’S GUIDE TO AUDIOBOOK CREATION.

As he writes, “Compared to Amazon’s twenty-five million plus titles, Amazon’s audiobook sales company Audible has just 170,000 audiobooks available. In the next five years, Amazon expects that number to grow to more than one million audiobooks.”

The details about how to create an audiobook and promote it are inside this little volume. I recommend it.

W. Terry Whalin is an editor and the author of more than 60 books including his latest Billy Graham: A Biography of America's Greatest Evangelist

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Joyce I. Aubrey

This little book helps you navigate the world of audio book creation

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 6, 2019

Richard Rieman's book opened my author mind to the reality of the changing landscape in the book world. His comprehensive guide informs and inspires. He leads you through the process in a manner so that you know your options and how to proceed. For me, it was an invitation into a world that previously seemed foreign.

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