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Do You Hear What I Hear, Part II

Posted on July 24, 2013

acxIn Part I of this mini-series, I talked about my debut foray into audio book creation–with the redoubtable Lloyd Sherr of the History Channel’s Modern Marvels show narrating A Reason to Live.

The project is now out of our hands and in its final validation phase with audio book producer ACX, which is checking for sound quality and consistency. Once ARTL passes this quality control phase, it will be available on Audible.com, Amazon, and iTunes. There will no doubt be a part III to this series upon my muddling through promoting the audio book, which is going to be a very different animal from ebook or print promotion.

In the meantime, however, I wanted to give you a few highlights of my experiences working with Lloyd and submitting our project to ACX. There were a few bumps along the way–hopefully, these warning signs will help you when you take your own plunge into the audio book market.

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Posted in: Tips for eAuthors | Tagged: A Reason to Live, ACX, audio book, e-book, ebook, History Channel, Lloyd Sherr, Marty Singer, Modern Marvels, production, self-publishing, story arcs, story synopsis

Tip Tuesday: Three Groovy Tips

Posted on October 9, 2012

Friends –

Pardon the light post today. I’m in a race to finish my third Marty Singer mystery, Signs, before next week when one of my redoubtable beta-readers has asked for it. But I’ve recently stumbled across three interesting links and services that deserve a gander.

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Posted in: Tip Tuesday, Tips for eAuthors | Tagged: amazon, beta readers, book cover, book fulfillment, book promo, e-book, ebook promotion, formatting, Kindle, Kindleboards, payhip, sales, self publishers, self-publishing, Smashing magazine

A 90-minute crash course on self-publishing

Posted on September 30, 2012

This past weekend, I was lucky enough to both organize and participate on an amazing self-publishing panel (though it’s over, see my original announcement for more details). For those of you who couldn’t make it, you  missed a 90-minute, crash course on self-publishing success, failure, resilience, and prediction.

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Posted in: Tips for eAuthors | Tagged: books, e-book, Karen Cantwell, Kindle, kobo, Michael J. Sullivan, ridan publishing, Robin Sullivan, Scott NIcholson, self-publishing, Smashwords, writing

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