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The Magic of Audiobook Narration
As a narrator, audiobooks are the absolute pinnacle of my craft.
More than any other form of narration audiobooks give me the opportunity to bring all my skills to the fore and weave an audio spell around listeners so they might enjoy your story fully.
Just with your words and my voice we can create a world where the listeners can become immersed within the fantasy.
The moment I receive your manuscript I am just so excited to bring your story to life.
How I work
Once I have your manuscript, my first job is to read it through to get a feel for the characters and the story. I will typically read it through three times before I even start thinking about narration.
Characterization
To successfully bring the main characters in your story to life, their individual traits must be displayed through their voice.
I make notes on each character, possibly supplemented with photos of similar characters for inspiration (yep I really do print these off and put them in the recording booth).
I want to ensure that you are happy with my choice of voices (and, in truth to give me something to go back to) I then create a demo reel of all the main characters.
Recording the Story
Here I take a different route to most audiobook narrators. I record the main narration first, and then record the dialogue for each character separately.
This means I can keep in character for each dialogue and maintain the mindset throughout. It does mean a little more work for me, but I truly believe the final result is worth the added effort.
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Adding the Audiobook success factor
Many narrators tend to keep themselves isolated from the authors they are working with. You give them your story, they record it, send it to you, and that’s it.
Long term, it is in both of our interests for your audiobook to be a success.
These are services offered absolutely free and exclusively for audiobooks I am narrating.
Social Media Snippets
During the creation process we are in an enviable position of having exclusive material that your readers haven’t heard yet. Narration they would just love to hear.
So why not tempt them with it a little?
To promote your new audiobook, I can use snippets from the recordings as we go, create a short video (typically 1-2 minutes long) that can be posted on social media, absolutely free of charge, it is in BOTH of our interests after all.
This does two things:
- It lets readers know the audiobook will be released soon
- It gives them a feel for the story
Given that videos on social media are shareable this will organically attract a larger audience than just a post on launch day.
Podcast Listeners
I am lucky enough to host a very successful podcast (around 45,000 listens a month at the moment) so if your book is a good fit with my listeners then we can do a full thirty minute excerpt reading, just to get them even more excited about your audiobook.
Reviewers
We all know reviews are a great way of converting listeners thinking of buying into sales. As you have readers who would just love a review copy of the audiobook, I have listeners who would also enjoy a review copy. Because they already love my work, the reviews are more likely to be positive.
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