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Audiobooks For Indies With Simon Whistler
OLD POST ALERT! This is an older post and although you might find some useful tips, any technical or publishing information is likely to be out of date. Please click on Start Here on the menu bar above to find links to my most useful articles, videos and podcast. Thanks and happy writing! – Joanna PennHave you put your books into audio yet? Today I interview Simon Whistler about his new book, Audiobooks for Indies.
I'm in New Zealand on a family visit! Delirium is now available as an audiobook, you can find it here on Audible or please email me if you'd like a review copy.
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Simon Whistler is an author and voice talent/audiobook narrator, as well as a podcaster – he runs the very popular, Rocking Self Publishing Podcast. His new book is Audiobooks for Indies: Unlock the potential of your book.
You can listen above or on iTunes or Stitcher, watch the interview on YouTube here Part 1 and Part 2, or read the notes and links below.
* Simon talks a bit about his background, with a degree in business, then working in Sri Lanka before moving to Prague. He started narrating audiobooks and working with indie authors, and then started his podcast, Rocking Self Publishing, before deciding to write a book about audiobooks to help authors get their books out there. We talk about the creative hub that Prague is turning into … We discuss entrepreneurship and the mindset shift from writing a book to running a business as an author.
* Why the audiobook market is growing so fast. Basically because Amazon is behind it, plus the advance of digital technology. People can consume while they do other things,