Table of Contents
Introduction 3
1 Why Produce Audiobooks? 5
2 Audiobook Industry Overview 10
3 Taking Audiobook Inventory-is It Feasible to Turn Your Book into an Audiobook? Assessing Your Book's Potential for Audio, Including a Cost/Benefit Analysis with a Typical Budget 27
4 Acquiring Audiobook Rights Including Jessica's Top 3 Rules for Audiobook Publishers 45
5 Contracts They're Not Boring, They're Essential! 71
6 How to Publish Traditional Audio Publisher, Self-Publisher, or Hybrid 95
7 What Makes an Audiobook Sound Good? Narrators, Studios, and Engineers-Oh My! 100
8 Nuts and Bolts How the Audiobook Sausage Gets Made [What Actually Happens in Preparing, Recording, and Editing Your Audiobook] 121
9 Getting Your Audiobook to Market and Marketing Your Audiobook 149
10 More Legal Stuff 178
Afterword 194
Bonus Chapter 195
Audiobook Publication Contract 198
Narration Agreement 204
Alternate Narration Agreement 208
Glossary 213
Resources 219