Hiring a Narrator for your Audiobook
We’ve heard the requests. Our members want to know about Audiobooks. And why not? Audiobooks are an exciting and growing presence in the literary scene, and a lucrative path in our quest for book sales.
Come join us on the 25th of this month as we take a detailed look at Audiobooks.
Our October 25th GLAWS Meeting
Michael James Bell is an LA-based actor and audiobook narrator. He works with big publishers, small publishers, and independent authors to bring books to audio.
In this talk, “Hiring a Narrator for your Audiobook”, he’ll be covering what an independent author can expect when hiring a narrator directly. Topics will include how to find a narrator, pay structures, expectations, timelines, and other standards and practices.
- Why make an audiobook in the first place?
- How to find a narrator
- Types of payment structures
- Timelines, deliverables, extra costs
- Standards and practices
- Working with a narrator directly vs with a full-service production/distribution shop
- Is there ethical AI?
- General info about distribution paths
Come join us Saturday, October 25th from 12:30 to 2:30pm, at:
www.lapl.org
Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library
