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Opinion: Future Audiobook Trends

August 23, 2019
Dawn Brookes
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Running An Author Business, Self-Publishing LIfe
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The audiobook market has grown in double figures for six straight years with a 37.1% growth in the USA in 2018. If you haven't entered the audiobook market yet, now is seriously the time. Author member Dawn Brookes is here with a look forward at where she thinks the future of audiobook publishing is heading.

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AudioBooks and Exclusivity: A comparison of ACX and Findaway Voices

August 2, 2019
Mary Locke
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Running An Author Business, Writing Advice
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With the rise of audiobook popularity, comes a familiar question to other book formats: wide or exclusive? Still today, indie authors struggle with the decision over whether or not to publish their ebooks exclusively with Amazon’s KDP Select or “to go wide” by distributing them to additional retailers. In today's post, author member Mary Louisa Locke discusses audiobooks and exclusivity.

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Why Indie Authors Should Publish Audiobooks – and How To Do It

March 28, 2019
Amy Shojai
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Running An Author Business
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Wondering whether it's worth the time and hassle to self-publish audiobooks? Let Amy Shojai, an ALLi professional member, persuade you, drawing on her own success story. She also shares top tips on routes into audio.

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Why Every Indie Author Should Publish Audiobooks (Abooks)

September 28, 2018
Debbie Young
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Publishing Rights & Contracts
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Are you making the most of the opportunity to get your share of the booming audiobook market? Let Orna Ross and Helen Sedwick make a compelling argument in this extract from their guide to authors' rights.

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Audiobook Production: How to Choose a Narrator for your Self-published Audiobook

Interested in creating audiobooks? Make sure you pick the right narrator by following novelist Anna Castle and award-winning narrator Joel Froomkin's top tips, presented here in interview form.

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Self-publishing News: A Not So Fine Romance

Initial royalty payments from Audible Romance are distinctly underwhelming, Amazon sponsors DigitalBookWorld, and Publica announces a blockchain-based alternative to DRM.

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