Episode 154: Your Audiobook: Best Practices and Expert Tips

Time Stamps:

00:00 Embracing your own voice, overcoming self-consciousness.

06:13 Writing style, narration, and marketing your book.

08:09 Authors should narrate their own books for interpretation.

12:02 Essential factors for effective audiobook narration.

14:19 Need to stop rushing, remove guesswork. Appreciate it.

17:02 Include program info, stay in your lane.

20:41 Differentiate marketing strategies for book distribution wisely.

23:43 Personalized coaching brings out the best narration.

27:11 Including audiobooks allows for more inclusive learning.

29:56 Compelling story, author can be a narrator.

Keywords:

write publish market podcast, Robert Lane, audio post-editing, audiobooks production, revenue for book formats, consuming audiobooks, audiobook narration, nonfiction authors, Your Book Your Voice, publishing on Audible, author brand, mindset exercises, hiring professional narrators, AI narration, audio file uploading service, book sales on Amazon, audiobook distribution strategy, recording quality, brand identity, human voice narration, technical narration aspects, equipment setup guidance, editing services for audiobooks

Resources Mentioned:

The Author-Entrepreneurs Lab: https://bit.ly/A-ELAB

Ready Set Write Challenge: www.jodibrandoneditorial.com/readysetwrite

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About Our Guest:

Robert A. Lane is an Audiobook Coach & Producer as well as an inspirational speaker. He spent 30+ years working in the entertainment industry in various facets including on & off camera, post production and corporate management. Fourteen of those years were spent at 20th Century Fox, working on the studio lot in L.A. as their Feature Project Manager. He also has over 20 years of experience as a re-recording mixer, sound designer and music composer for many films, tv shows and industrial videos. 

After leaving the entertainment world in 2020, Robert founded Robert Lane Coaching and created the “Your Book Your Voice” audiobook coaching program, which helps published nonfiction authors record, narrate and publish their audiobook on Audible, Amazon & Apple Books in six-weeks. 

Robert is also a best-selling author with his book “Lights Action You!” as well as an award-winning filmmaker. He resides in Sedona, Arizona.

Website - https://www.robertlanecoaching.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/robertlanecoaching

YouTube - https://bit.ly/RobertLaneCoachingYouTube

Your Book Your Voice Podcast (live) - https://bit.ly/yourbookyourvoicepodcast

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-a-lane

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/robertlanecoaching

“Lights, Action, YOU!” (Book on Amazon) - https://amzn.to/3Ly833t

LINK TO FULL EPISODE (RAW) TRANSCRIPT:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LGxAHe9kRjV7elEf6Rtbd48HEABRwebV0zhMCrSafos/edit?usp=sharing