tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post282272078308321244..comments2024-03-28T07:07:50.059-05:00Comments on ***The Starry-Eyed Revue***: We ❤ Audiobooks and Here's Whystarryeyedjenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841350560201331032noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-16403650199811863932016-08-14T10:27:33.384-05:002016-08-14T10:27:33.384-05:00To be quite honest, most of what I feature here is...To be quite honest, most of what I feature here is audiobook content, unless it's a novel I received for review. But even some of those are audio versions. :) Always happy to meet another audiobook aficionado. :Dstarryeyedjenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841350560201331032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-91200022364119056422016-08-14T10:25:50.534-05:002016-08-14T10:25:50.534-05:00THIS! I wish all books were available on audio, as...THIS! I wish all books were available on audio, as well. I don't think I'll ever get to all the books I want to read if I can't find them in the audio version. And now, knowing your experience with producing your own audiobook, I wonder at why other authors haven't done the same.<br /><br />I was slow to realize how vital audiobooks are - and how enjoyable - but now they're a godsend to me. I'm ecstatic to highlight them here; I just wish there was something I could do to ensure that every novel got an audiobook equivalent.starryeyedjenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841350560201331032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-63407661933197193872016-08-14T10:17:54.872-05:002016-08-14T10:17:54.872-05:00OMG, THIS EXACTLY. I feel like I've accomplish...OMG, THIS EXACTLY. I feel like I've accomplished nothing if I haven't listened to a book AND done my chores while doing so. :Pstarryeyedjenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841350560201331032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-68774153665681501982016-06-27T22:01:29.197-05:002016-06-27T22:01:29.197-05:00I love audiobooks so much I started a blog that fo...I love audiobooks so much I started a blog that focuses on them; and I am always happy to connect with other fans.<br /><br />My most recent post about them: <a href="http://gotmybook.booklikes.com/post/1405576/musings-ttt-audiobooks" rel="nofollow">Good Audiobooks Make Everything Better</a><br /><br />Got My Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14504371573041967671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-45657146439652739702016-06-23T10:09:12.806-05:002016-06-23T10:09:12.806-05:00From an author's point of view:
Every book sh...From an author's point of view:<br /><br />Every book should be available in audio. One way for that to happen is for more people to listen, so that publishers realize the audio version is as important as the hardcover, which I truly believe. There are a lot of readers who need them--people who are blind or visually impaired, people with learning differences, and people for whom commuting or doing chores are their best or only reading times. For me, audiobooks are almost exclusively the way I read for pleasure, given that most of my "eyeball" reading time is devoted to research. When I hear about a fantastic new book, I'm dismayed if there's no audiobook available. It almost always means I won't find time to read it.<br /><br />Another way for every book to become an audiobook is for authors to ask for control of their rights. Even after winning a couple of awards, the audio of my novel MONSTROUS BEAUTY didn't earn enough for Macmillan to want to take a chance on an audiobook of PLUS ONE. After a year of my begging, the audio rights were reverted to me and I was able to produce PLUS ONE with Julia Whelan narrating. It was such a fun experience, I'm now on a one-person campaign to get my author colleagues to petition to have their audio rights returned, if their publisher hasn't produced the book or managed to sell the rights to an independent producer. Recording a book is relatively cheap, and companies like ACX have made it easy. I enjoyed the creative control, too: I was able to purchase cover rights for a song that appears in the novel, so that Julia could sing the lyrics (along with a ukulele) rather than chant or read them, my child wrote and performed an original intro instrumental and "credits" song, and we included the short-story tie-in, NOMA GIRL, as a bonus at the end.<br /><br />Narrator Amy Rubinate has gone as far as founding an independent audiobook production company called "Ideal Audiobooks." I think she specializes in ferreting out unproduced, quality novels (many of them YA), purchasing the rights, which are alarmingly cheap, and making sure the audiobook gets recorded with a talented narrator. Yay, her! <br /><br />And I'm so grateful to you, Jen and April, for highlighting audiobooks on your wonderful blog.<br /><br /><3<br />BethElizabeth Famahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04931639156261179425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-15681461789884355432016-06-22T07:40:51.023-05:002016-06-22T07:40:51.023-05:00I love that it affords me the luxury of doing hous...I love that it affords me the luxury of doing housework and office work whilst listening to a book at the same time. I get so much done!Joy https://www.blogger.com/profile/08176549392514186645noreply@blogger.com