The skills you need to launch a podcast
Podcasts have seen a boom in the numbers of listeners and downloads in the UK in the last few years and even more so in…
Audio
Listen up! Audiobooks finally get a standard
Audiobooks are cool. They are so cool that they don’t need no rules. Having worked with ebooks for a long while, where we have had…
Recording audiobooks remotely: top tips for ‘home studio’ success from award-winning narrators
We’re proud to present a first for the BookMachine blog: this article by Helen Lloyd of Raconteurs Audio LLP has an audio version as well…
How to choose the right narrator for your audiobook
James Faktor is both Publishing Director for Lume Books, a digital-first indie press, and Founder of USound, an audiobook production service that helps authors and…
How do you record an audiobook during lockdown?
As we all adapt to different ways of working in the current climate, one challenge for Penguin Random House Audio was how to keep recording…
Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Alice Lloyd (Trapeze)
The story of Hag: how a fiction podcast became a book
Last August, Harriet Poland of Audible described the genesis of the Hag podcast here on the BookMachine blog. In this new post, Rose Tomaszewska of…
Audio publishing uncovered
Audio publishing has to be the most exciting growth area across the publishing industry right now. We are excited to announce that this month (June)…
Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Rebecca Fortuin (Avon & HQ)
Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Louise Harvey (Little, Brown)
Self-publishing audiobooks with Kobo Writing Life: Interview with Nick Coveney
Before we start talking about audiobooks, can you give us a quick intro to Kobo Writing Life? Launched in 2012, Kobo Writing Life is a…
Event Report: BookMachine Unplugged – Talking Audio
On Wednesday 25 September, a packed house of audiophiles gathered in London’s Century Club for the very first BookMachine Unplugged: Talking Audio event. BookMachine editorial…
Beyond unabridged: the captivating world of audio drama
My name is Jenni Lewis. I’ve worked as a commissioning editor in audio books for 10 years, mainly for Penguin Random House. My newest challenge…
What Editors Want: tips from the experts for editorial success
I interviewed 15 editors whose work I admire for my new podcast, What Editors Want, to find out what they look for in a book…
Something old, something new: the story behind Audible’s Hag podcast
In this interview, Harriet Poland of Audible describes the genesis of the Hag podcast, which will be launching on 29th August.
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