Audiobook Principles
1h 36mBeginner2021-06-09
Authors

Mark Niemann-Ross
Technologist experienced in hardware, software, and science fiction
Course details
Do you want to convert your novel into an audiobook? Audiobooks offer additional revenue and boost sales of printed versions. However, audiobooks require a new set of skills. In this course, instructor Mark Niemann-Ross steps through the skills you’ll need your audiobook team to have, as well as the tasks and techniques to complete an audiobook. Mark goes over reasons why you shouldn’t create an audio book, as well as reasons why you should. He reviews tasks for the author, the audiobook producer, the narrator, and the audio engineer, as well as any hardware or software that these roles may require. Mark walks you through the hands-on process of editing an audiobook, then concludes with tips on how to distribute and market your audiobook effectively.
Skills covered
Audio RecordingAudio and MusicOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - The role audiobooks play
- 02 - What you should know
- 03 - Overview of audiobook team roles
1.Why You Should (or Shouldn't) Create an Audiobook
- 04 - Reasons you shouldn't create an audiobook
- 05 - Reasons you should create an audiobook
2. Authors and Audiobooks
- 06 - Tasks for the author
3. Producing an Audiobook
- 07 - Tasks for the audiobook producer
- 08 - Case study - Stupid Machine
- 09 - Production software for audiobooks
4. Narrating an Audiobook
- 10 - Overview for the narrator
- 11 - Hardware you need for narration
- 12 - Recording software for narrators
- 13 - Working with the author
- 14 - Preparing to narrate
- 15 - Working with the audio engineer
5. Editing an Audiobook
- 16 - Overview for the audio engineer
- 17 - Software for audio engineers
- 18 - Exchanging audio files
- 19 - Hands on - Timeline-based edits
- 20 - Hands on - Dynamic edits, peak
- 21 - Hands on - Dynamic edits, RMS
- 22 - Hands-on - Dynamic edits, noise floor
6. Distributing and Marketing an Audiobook
- 23 - Distribute your audiobook
- 24 - Marketing your audiobook
- 25 - Understanding audiobook financials
Conclusion
- 26 - The next chapter for your audiobook