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    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

    Wednesday Wisdom: How to make audiobooks thrive on Spotify

    Catch up with our Wednesday Wisdom Q&A with Carla Herbertson, Head of International Audio Content for digital distributor Zebralution, and Alison …
    BookMachine Staff June 3, 2021
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    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…

    Flavia Marcocci June 29, 2020
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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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    BookMachine Unplugged 2020: Talking Audio

    Research shows audiobooks reach listeners/readers beyond traditional book-buyers and podcasts are seen as the gateway into audiobooks. But are audiobo…
    BookMachine Staff June 17, 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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    Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Alice Lloyd (Trapeze)

    BookMachine Staff June 2, 2020
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    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…

    Rose Tomaszewska June 1, 2020
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    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)…

    BookMachine Staff June 1, 2020
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    Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Rebecca Fortuin (Avon & HQ)

    BookMachine Staff May 22, 2020

    Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Louise Harvey (Little, Brown)

    BookMachine Staff May 12, 2020
    Nick Coveney

    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…

    Nick Coveney November 25, 2019
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    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…

    Abbie Headon September 27, 2019
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