Listen up! A day in the life of an audio editor
‘What do you love most about your job?’‘No two days are ever the same.’ It’s the standard response given by so many professionals, especially in…
Audiobooks
How AI can help you with your audiobook productions: text and audio formats
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a complicated topic with many applications across a diverse set of industries. From your phone’s automated personal assistant (Siri or Alexa),…
Audiobook audiences: an unexpected plot twist
Listening and spoken-word storytelling is flourishing. It’s a powerful global media trend. In the publishing industry, digital audiobooks are one of the fastest-growing segments, expected…
Is it AI synthetic narration or is it human?
So far, not a single professional can tell the difference! These are the surprising results of the launch of Speechki’s book industry quiz about synthetic…
Reach a new audience with music streaming services
Zebralution is a leading digital distributor of audio content, fiercely independent and ardently supportive of independent labels and publishers. We earned our stripes in the…
The search for the 1:1 ratio: the audiobook producer’s dream
Audiobook narrators and producers are hungry for answers. There are so many questions, and so many changes in the industry right now. The evolution of…
Beyond the book: How audiobooks have expanded on other formats across publishing
Across the UK audio publishers are joining forces this week to raise the profile of audiobooks as part of the #LoveAudio campaign. Each year the…
Pushing the boundaries with children’s audio production
What specific squawk would the cleverest raven in the universe make if she was in the middle of Ancient Egypt, on the run, and trying…
Building an audio list: how collaboration helped us achieve our business goals
The last time Apple made a MacBook with a CD drive was in 2016. That same year, Audible reported that a record 2 billion hours…
Why the audio boom needs to create change in children’s audiobooks
The pandemic boom in the audio market has given publishing a renewed buzz around the format. I experienced it myself being at home with my…
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…
