Marketing Audio Book

Can anyone point me towards some guidelines for marketing an audio book, including:

-format
-acceptable file size
-distribution channels
- etc?

Thanks for your help.

You might want to download a couple online and see how they are formatted. Try Simply Audiobooks (www.simplyaudiobooks.com) - they have a rental program, so its not too expensive to try a couple.

Most of my audio books are in .mp3 format and are about 200MB. But I like lto listen to ong unabridged fiction stories, so maybe yours would be shorter(?). File size is also affected by how good the quality of the sound is; if the recording is high quality, it will be a larger file.

For distribution, try the APA (Audiobook Publishers Association) for help. Best of luck!

2008-11-20 12:50:02 by WikiGood

A ProductiveToday.com productivity tip. In this episode, Dan Safkow shares a free resource for downloading the free audio book, "Free The ...

Which is a better marketing tool for a new book:
a free chapter from the book, or an audio clip download of the chapter they can listen to on a website?


Which leaves one with a better feeling about the book, overall?

Thanks

There's no clear answer to this, since it depends on genre, writing style, and audience. Be wise and do both.

Dai Alanye
http://alanye.com/

2008-02-18 23:43:18 by Tedd

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http://www.fonerbooks.com/market.htm

http://worldbookmarket.com/

http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y201 /m06/abu0039/s05

http://www.swapbooks.com/#

Check out eBay (do a search on Books and find the biggest booksellers, then study how they do their advertising online).

I hope that helps!

2008-04-15 13:52:47 by Cyril A

I am a writer/translator and voice over asrtist. I have observed that there is a hugh potential in India for audio books. But there is no authentic information available for this market. I want to know about Hindi audio book publishers, magazines and other resources for this fiels. I am in contact with few good international authors of audio books, interested for Indian market. Specialist comments welcome. you can mail me at greatantara@gmail.com.

Okay bro,I've understood your problem.
You've got a good voice and want to make a living.....
Go abroad!
In India 3/4th of the ppl dont even know what an audio book is.Even damn famous books like Harry Potter don't sell in the audio format......If you want to make a good future in this field India is not the place for you yaar.........
Go to some place like the UK where audio books sell..........
Cheers!
All the best......
Rohan ;)

2008-04-03 22:39:57 by mana

I do corporate skills-coaching for customer service & sales. I drive a lot in my job and wanted to know of some audio-books that would be useful in my career... to keep the boredom at bay while I'm on the road.

I would suggest going to Amazon.com to the books on tape section and then putting key words to take you to what you want.

2009-01-24 11:02:14 by Ann