Audiobook Connection - Behind the Scenes with the Creative Teams

AC-I-127 An Interview with author Joy Overstreet & narrator Melanie Carey

Join Becky for an engaging interview with Joy Imboden Overstreet, author of The Cherry Pie Paradox: The Surprising Path to Diet Freedom and Lasting Weight Loss, and her narrator Melanie Carey. This project involved exercises and meditations, and was a very personal story for the author. Learn why she chose to have a pro narrator, how this book is distinctly different from other diet books, and how the alignment between author and narrator played out for a successful result. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-126 Planning for Interference: from Illness to Construction

More than ever since the pandemic hit, we need to factor into our planning what to do if delays happen. A narrator illness can delay a project days or weeks depending on the severity. How can you protect yourself from loss of marketing dollars when you’re being proactive during production and then get hit with the news that there are delays? What can you do to turn the obstacle into an opportunity? Host Becky Parker Geist addresses these questions in this episode inspired by a stuffy nose, but with client experiences that have led to the very issues she covers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-I-125 Composing for Audiobooks - an interview with Julian Blackmore

In this episode Becky interviews composer/audio engineer/musician Julian Blackmore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-124 Audiobook Clips for Marketing

Your audiobook is an asset, not just another format. But most authors don’t recognize how they can leverage that asset in their overall marketing for their books and platform. Join host Becky Parker Geist as she walks you through the details on how to select audio clips from your audiobook and how to use them once you have them. Whether you are a DIY person or want to hire someone to handle the pieces you don’t want to tackle, this episode has valuable suggestions for how to proceed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-I-123 Audiobook Project Management: An Interview with Jarryd Chambers

Jarryd first went through the audiobook production process as a client, getting his father’s book into audio with Pro Audio Voices (PAV). Now as a PAV Project Manager for other authors, he’s experiencing the other side of the process. Join us for a peek behind the scenes into the world of audiobook project management, hear about some of the complications that can come up, and get a feel for the many elements that are involved in the process with a concierge style customer experience. You’ll also hear about the project he managed from the client side of the table: Searching for Monkumar: A Mystical Tale About Finding Freedom, Friendship, and Spirituality, now available direct at https://bit.ly/monkumar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-122 Narrating Tables in Your Audiobook

Got tables? Maybe you are assuming you need to omit them for the audio. If you are, put that decision on hold until you listen to this episode packed with valuable information and what you need to know! What questions do you need to ask yourself before you begin? How do you keep your listener clear on where they are in the table? What if your table is full of statistics or numbers? Join Becky as she goes into detail about how to deal with tables. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-I-121 Becky as Author is Interviewed - an Audio First Launch

The tables are turned when our host is interviewed as the author of The Left Turn: Two Lives, Worlds Apart (book 1 in the Split Universe Series). Join Jarryd Chambers as the interviewer and Becky and her co-narrator JS Arquin for this fun interview on a dual narrator project that just launched audio first. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes peek from the perspectives of author, narrators and project manager. From writing to casting to production to launch, get the full picture! The audiobook is now available at https://bit.ly/geist-su1. You can check out Becky’s author website at BeckyParkerGeist.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-120 Writing Exercises Within Your Audiobook

Does your book include writing exercises? How should you handle those in an audiobook? Is there a way to do them that works in audio? Should you just put them on your website and leave them out? Or are they opportunities instead of obstacles? Host Becky Parker Geist discusses what to consider in your decisions, how to handle writing exercises, how to leverage those, and samples of instructions you can give your listeners. Exercises can enhance your client value journey, if you know how to handle them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-I-119 The Mystery of Mastering: An Interview with Michael Reaves

Join host Becky Parker Geist for a discussion about mastering audiobook files with two-time Grammy™ award winning audio engineer Michael Reaves. From studio to microphone technique, from single narrator to full cast, with or without music and SFX, learn what it means for your audiobook to be properly mastered. It’s not only about passing QC required specifications for distribution. The art of mastering is part of what keeps our listeners engaged, even though recording takes place over many recording sessions. Especially valuable content if you are an author planning to narrate your own audiobook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-118 Your Graphic Novel in Audio

Audiobook versions of graphic novels are growing in popularity, but as a distinctly visual format, how that works may not be easy to figure out. Host Becky Parker Geist provides tips to help you save lots of money in the process, while also helping you get the best version of your graphic novel audiobook. From the elements to include in the scripting, to the kinds of sound effects and how to identify them, to casting your actors. If you’re the author of a graphic novel and considering converting to audio, then this is a must listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices