Video Courses
Public Domain (19:10)
Prospecting (8:34)
Publishing (11:56)
Licensing Audio Rights (:58)
Other resources on this topic:
Public Domain
- My article Links to Help Narrators Research Rights Holders to Books
- Library Journal 2020 Page-to-Screen
- Public Domain Sherpa article Where to find public domain books
- Goodreads Most Popular Books Published In (Year) lists (shown in video)
- Goodreads Listopia Lists by year or decade (not shown in video)
- Great Penformances blog
- LibriVox.org
- Project Gutenberg
- Archive.org
- HathiTrust.org
- As I search through HathiTrust.org, I sort books that may make good audiobooks into the collection folders below. HathiTrust believes they are in the PD, but you’d want to do due diligence by researching the 3 sites I showed in the video to confirm the book is not still copyrighted. You might find your next project here…and if you do, let me know!
- 1925 Publications The books in this collection entered the public domain on 1 January 2021.
- Secretly Public Domain bot churns through the HathiTrust collection and may reveal a gem or at least some inspiration.
- Epson ES-500W Scanner on Amazon
- CamScanner app
Prospecting
- Amazon Wish Lists
- Newsletters:
- Library Journal
- Publishers Weekly
- NarratorsRoadmap Event Calendar
- My articles referenced in the video:
- A DEAL You Can Get Any Day And Is Good All Year
- Links to Help Authors Know Their Rights (with resources on rights reversion)
- Cure For The ACX 7-Year-Itch
- An article not referenced in the video (be sure to read the comments)
- My author prospecting email template
- Get Clients Now! is the best book I’ve found about creating a workable and repeatable marketing plan to increase your client list.
Publishing
- ACX.com
- ACX Book Posting Agreement has the info about changing from exclusive to non-exclusive distribution after 1 year.
- FindawayVoices.com
- SpokenRealms.com
- Steven Cohen created this Q&A document that goes through a number of considerations of using ACX, Findaway Voices, or Spoken Realms.
- Tips for creating a Kindle ebook are included in my article How I Started My Audiobook Publishing Company
- My audiobook-pairing-with-Kindle request email template
- My Audiobook Marketing Cheat Sheet has a wide range of ideas and tactics to help you promote your audiobook.
Licensing Audio Rights
1 - Getting Started With iAnnotate (3:10)
2 - Customizing the iAnnotate Toolbar (4:22)
3 - iAnnotate Text Tools (3:43)
4 - More iAnnotate Text Tools (2:12)
5 - iAnnotate Navigation Tools (2:21)
6 - Changing Colors and Creating More Toolbars (2:14)
7 - Working with files in iAnnotate (4:33)
8 - Exporting Files in iAnnotate (4:39)
9 - iAnnotate Text Menus and Dictionaries (3:26)
10 - iAnnotate Settings (5:21)
11 - Custom Stamps in iAnnotate (5:12)
12 - Sound Clips Page in iAnnotate (6:41)
Other resources on this topic:
- iAnnotate User Guide
- iAnnotate FAQ page
- Audiobook Corrections with iAnnotate 2:25 video
- Why Use Evernote for Audiobook Pronunciation Research (7:37 video shows using iAnnotate in a split screen with Evernote)
Evaluate Royalty Share (1:32)
Exclusive vs. Non-exclusive Distribution (4:47)
Name and Awards On Your Audiobook Cover (2:29)
Prospecting With Authors (1:55)
Working With Friends And Royalty Share (1:31)
Prospecting Mindset (4:08)
Resistance (4:20)
If you’ve got a question that I can answer in a short video on this page, please send it to me in an email.
Other resources on this topic:
Mindset
- How do you respond to criticism?
- Power of “I AM” in Maintaining a Positive Attitude
- Think/Write/Speak what you WANT into BEING!
Resistance
- How to lose friends and irritate people further discusses points made in the video about Resistance.
- I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It by Barbara Sher
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Royalty Share