![]() The Earphones Award is a designation rather than something you can put on your shelf, although you can get a certificate to frame and hang on your wall.Submissions are made by publishers and there is a per-submission fee. Audie Awards are given annually by the Audio Publishers Association.If a good review or an award can help get your audiobook into libraries, or into additional libraries, that is a good thing for your bottom line. Do these awards and reviews have an impact on sales of the winners and nominees? It’s hard to say, but it does seem likely there are at least incremental sales, however unmeasurable, for awarded titles, primarily because librarians are aware of most if not all of these awards, and libraries are an important sales venue for audiobooks. Some of these opportunities are free and some come with entry fees. Just as with film, TV, print books, and radio, there are competitions and awards for audiobooks. Some of the major bloggers and podcasts in the audiobook community include: A good list of reviewers is cultivated over years, and as you meet authors and publishers, some will share contacts with you. If any of them align with what you’re doing, then do reach out to them. Don’t reach out to them without first familiarizing yourself with their blogs. Cultivate bloggers by checking APA membership and doing an internet search for audiobook bloggers. Send a review copy to AudioFile Magazine and other publications that review audiobooks. ![]() Take a little time to see the various listings publishers have uploaded there. SoundCloud does not sell the recordings, but it does permit the publisher to add a Buy link, which will take the customer to a site that does sell it. SoundCloud has become a viable resource for allowing listeners to preview audiobooks. You and the narrator can then share the link to that video on your blogs and social media sites. Once the event is over, post the video on YouTube. ![]() Fans love to have a look behind the scenes. Host and record a video chat with your narrator and invite your fans and the narrator’s fans to participate in the live stream. Host and publicize a video event.Ĭonduct an audiobook event on Facebook to celebrate release day or some other occasion in your promotions calendar. Add a blurb about or even a link to your audiobook in the front matter of your ebook, if you have one, and include the URL in your print books if you are the print publisher. ![]() Share different audio clips from the audiobook on your social media channels. No matter how someone searches for your book, they should see that an audiobook is available. The audiobook is only one edition of the book. Include a link or a QR code for the audio edition on every piece of communication-newsletters, website, social media, postcards, bookmarks. Here are 5 different ways to do that without advertising. You must make listeners aware that your product exists. Yet, as with all types of books, yours is merely one of many thousands published each year. Today’s guest post is excerpted from The Guide to Publishing Audiobooks (Writer’s Digest Books) by attorney and audiobook director Jessica Kaye ( authors and publishers seem to believe that by the simple act of making an audiobook available for purchase, there will be numerous purchases. ![]()
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