Audiobook Connection - Behind the Scenes with the Creative Teams

AC-T-137 Book Launch Strategies for Audiobooks

Wondering about your options for launching your audiobook and how it fits into the launch? Should you have all your formats done before launch or roll the formats out one at a time? Becky Parker Geist provides guidance on these decisions and shares her secret sauce on how to stay in control of sales and royalties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-I-136 Interview with author Kenny Down (Darko)

Figuring out what accents are important to how an audiobook comes to life can shift during the audition and casting process. Finding the right voice is often more about the storytelling itself than the mechanics of accent. You’ll also hear about the inception, research and writing of this powerful spiritual story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-I-135 Interview with author Bethel Barr (Crystal Corridor of Light)

Some books just feel like they need to be author narrated—they are so very close to the soul and heart of the author. But do they actually? Hear how this author discovered how the mystical connection between author and content and narrator—when all are in alignment—can all merge into a deep and magical audiobook. Host Becky Parker Geist was also the narrator for this project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-134 Attention to Timing & Cadence: Fine-tuning your Audiobook

Especially with full cast projects—but really with any audiobook, the cadence and timing of voice and the spaces between are as much a part of its success as the notes and rests are in music. Becky focuses in this episode on the spacing, especially of dialogue. A valuable listen for audiobook engineers and editors as well as narrators and authors! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-I-133 Interview with Author Jim Christopher (psychological thriller series)

Join host Becky Parker Geist for an interview with author of the Utopian Testament series, psychological thrillers that draw on intriguing characters and often inspired by conflicting perspectives. Find out how and why Jim selected the narrator for his series and how it played out as the audiobooks come to fruition. Learn more at https://jimwritesbooks.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-132 Pre-Production: Mining the Gold

In this episode Becky delves into the pre-Production phase of audiobooks, pointing out some of the lodes of gold that are so often overlooked. Whether you’re an author of nonfiction or fiction, there are opportunities that most authors miss. And most audiobook producers are more focused on just delivering a voiced narrative of your book than on helping you achieve your goals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-131 The One Big Question

If there were just one key question to ask yourself for which the answer is likely to be life-changing, what would that be? There is such a question, and a follow-up adjunct question to pair it with. This is a question to answer not just once, but throughout your life. Yes, it relates to your audiobook, but it goes WAY beyond it as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-130 The Memoir Decision: Author Narrated or Pro?

When it comes to recording your own memoir, is it a given that the author should narrate? Will it be weird to have someone else read it as if they are you? What are the key questions to ask when making that decision? In this episode Becky Parker Geist guides us through the decision process and points out when it may be a good idea to record it yourself—and when it may not be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-129 Audiobook Categories: Get your Metadata Working for You

With book marketing, we focus a lot on metadata, especially on Amazon, where there are more tools and information available to help us make good choices for categories and keywords. Audiobooks, especially for those of us who are wanting to get the widest distribution, can still utilize Amazon tools for our audiobooks, then apply what we learn to our metadata with our audiobook digital distributor. Join Becky as she guides you through how to figure out categories for audiobooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-128 The Left Turn - Author Journey with Becky Parker Geist

Becky released her novel The Left Turn: Two Lives, Worlds Apart this year and shares her journey with the project from inception to completion to audio production and audio-first release to ebook and print release. The ebook is on a free ebook promotion on the day of this episode release at: https://amzn.to/3AqzZmq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices