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    Audiobooks

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    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…

    Jess Barnfield May 16, 2022
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    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),…

    Ryan Hicks May 9, 2022
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    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…

    Kelli Fairbrother April 18, 2022

    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…

    Sergey Baranov March 31, 2022
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    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…

    Rebecca Souster March 7, 2022

    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…

    Ryan Hicks January 24, 2022

    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…

    Louise Harvey July 12, 2021

    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…

    James Keyte July 5, 2021
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    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…

    Louisa Dunnigan June 21, 2021
    Why the audio boom needs to create change in children’s audiobooks

    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…

    Jasmine Richards June 7, 2021
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    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…

    Ken Jones June 26, 2020
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    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…

    Helen Lloyd June 22, 2020
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    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…

    James Faktor June 15, 2020
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    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…

    Helena Sheffield June 8, 2020
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    BookMachine Staff June 2, 2020
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