Audiobook Market Trends
Back to the Future: Trends to Watch For We've made it to the last post on "Cracking the Audiobook Market." You made your choice to get into the audiobook market (Part 1), learned the generic steps any text takes on the journey to audio (Part 2), looked closely at the...
Audiobook Marketing Strategies
How to Help Readers Find Your Audiobook You made your choice to get into the audiobook market (Part 1), learned the generic steps any text takes on the journey to audio (Part 2), looked closely at the pros and cons of the four paths an author can take on that journey...
Audiobook Distribution
Distribution: Exclusive to Audible or Wide? So you’ve made your choice to get into the audiobook market (Part 1), learned the generic steps any text takes on the journey to audio (Part 2), looked closely at the pros and cons of the four paths an author can take on...
Hybrid Model of Audiobook Production
A Deep Dive into the Hybrid Model In the previous posts we explored why you should be in the audiobook market (Part 1), the generic steps any text takes on the journey to audio (Part 2), and the pros and cons of the four paths an author can take on that journey (Part...
Four Paths to Market
Four Routes to the Audiobook Market In Part 1, I laid out the case for getting into audiobooks and for doing it sooner rather than later. In Part 2, I took you on the generic journey from text to audio. In this part we’ll explore the options within that generic...
From Manuscript to Audiobook
From Text to Speech: How a Manuscript Becomes an Audiobook In Part 1, I laid out the case for getting into audiobooks and for doing it sooner rather than later. Now we’ll look at how every book goes from print to audio. Whether you hire a full service company, produce...
Why Audiobooks? Why Now?
Why Should You Be in the Audiobook Market? Why Now Rather Than Later? So new readers can find you. There are readers who prefer eBooks, others who prefer print, and even more who prefer audio. If you want to reach a broad market you should be in audio. The good news...
The Best Books About Awesome Women You’ve Never Heard Of
Shepherd: Discover the Best Books Well that came out of the blue! Last summer I received an intriguing invitation to contribute to a new website which featured themed authors' recommended reading lists on a topic of my choice. Of course I chose "awesome women you've...
Princess Anicia Juliana
Roman Princess Anicia Juliana Patron of the arts. (b. 462 d. 527/8)Today brings us to Princess Anicia Juliana, the last of my Theodosian Women. Although we don’t know if she ever received the title noblissima puella ("Most Noble Girl"—the Latin title closest to modern...
Empress Placidia, the Younger
Roman Empress Placidia, the Younger Taken by the Vandals during the sack of Rome. (b. 439/40, d. 484, Empress July - November 471)Empress Licinia Eudoxia’s second daughter didn’t fare much better than her tragic sister, Princess Eudocia. Empress Placidia the Younger,...
Princess Eudocia, the Younger
Roman Princess Eudocia, the Younger Married a Vandal Prince. Mothered a Vandal King. (b. 438, d. 466-474?)As we move into the fourth/fifth generation (things get complicated when cousins marry) of Theodosian Women, the warrior’s blood gets thin and the political...
Empress Licinia Eudoxia
Roman Empress Licinia Eudoxia Married the man who murdered her first husband. (b. 422, d. 493, Empress 437-455)Empress Licinia Eudoxia (named after her infamous grandmother Aelia Eudoxia) was two when her parents betrothed her to her five-year-old western cousin (once...