Audiobooks are one of the most popular forms of experiencing a book, one of the most accessed and bought formats of books because of the convenience that they allow readers to have.

Why would you want to make your own audiobook? Well, many reasons: to increase your book sales, to give a more personal feeling to your book to readers, or simply to have fun narrating your own story, or someone else´s, and this book shows you just that!

Jennifer Lieberman, author of “The Year of the WHAT?!“, is one of our favorite writers because she knows how to talk to the reader through her easy to understand narrative and this book is no different. Organized in a very simple and practical way, this short guide is a solid crash-course for all of those who want to make their own audiobook but have no clue whatsoever on where to start.

A great thing about this book is Jennifer’s approach to it. Jennifer clearly knows how writers think and the insecurities that most writers have when it comes to their own works and their own abilities, and she approaches this book not only conversationally but also in a motivating way, pushing the target reader’s back in order for them to try it out while she goes with them through the simplified 7 step process of making the audiobook, and that is super cool.

This step-by-step guide can be read in less than 30min, but it wasn’t designed, or written just to read, as you will see.

Jennifer doesn’t sugarcoat it when she talks about how long the process might take and that we have to be patient on ourselves and fight our own self-doubt. She doesn’t promise a one-step-miracle guide, but she does show us what we need to do, and tells this from her own experience and not because she read it somewhere else.

She warns about the preparation needed to record an audiobook, how to prep our voice, and she remind us how important and lengthy this will be into itself.
Vocal exercises for at least a month, before start recording. Yes, she tells us that and explains why, and for those who never recorded an audiobook, we had no clue that this was “a thing”, and this speaks volumes.

The vocal exercises she suggests in the book sound silly at first, but they fulfill their purpose. Did you know that your posture ALSO counts when recording? Who would’ve known? Great stuff right here.

It’s fun to read this book, like, fun and funny, because Jennifer Lieberman will be telling you jokes and motivating you constantly. Super cool! It’s clear that Jennifer was having a blast while writing this book, hahahahahaaha, so funny , lol!

Although this book is about recording audiobooks, podcasters will benefit tremendously with the tips and methods here on the book, so I invite my fellow podcasters to read this excellent book as well.

We love reading this book, and the fact that it is so simple and easy to understand, makes it a precious stone for writers, because many of us think that we should have a professional course of narration, expensive equipment, including a 5 thousand dollar eco-booth, just to get started, which makes it seem like it’s out of reach for any indie writer, and this is not true. We thank Jennifer for making this reality accessible to all of the indie writers and for making this guide for all the writers out there. Thank you so much!

If you are a writer and you have a book published, and you want to publish an audiobook, this is the book that will get you through it. HIGHLY recommend it. Read it, apply it and go for it! You rock!

Pros:

• Excellent narrative
• Excellent humor
• Extremely good tips on recording, materials and software
• An extremely simple display of things and how they work, including the software and editing process
• A walk-through on everything that you need, with images, processes, on which software to have, what to buy, always on the budget, what to do, and where to do it.
• A straightforward approach to the book, that isn’t rushed, but it cuts to the chase
• A book that will be useful for writers, audiobook recorders and podcasters

Cons:

• None

Cover Score: 7.0/10
Book score: 9.5/10

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