An increasing number of audiobooks are recorded remotely in personal recording studios in narrators’ homes. Raconteurs Audio LLP is a creative partnership of professional audiobook narrators, Tim Bruce, Liam Gerrard, James Gillies, Helen Lloyd, Nigel Patterson, Greg Wagland and Malk Williams. All of us record regularly in home-based studios for publishers around the world, as well as producing and publishing independently. Narrating from home does create some additional challenges – here are our thoughts on some specific topics…
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Creating an Audiobook – Working with a Narrator
When an audiobook is recorded in a mainstream audiobook production facility, the studio time allocated is normally two hours for each hour of clean finished audio recording. When a narrator is working solo without a producer, generally the time required to record each hour of audio is significantly more. Then proofing, editing and mastering needs to take place.
Producing an Audiobook – What Are Your Options?
If you own the audio rights to your book, or have acquired them from your publisher, you have the choice of working with an audiobook production company, or hiring a narrator and producing the project yourself. Helen Lloyd explains what that entails.
Who Owns Audio Rights?
If you are a self-published author, then there is every chance that you own the audio rights to your work. But if your book is traditionally published, you may have unwittingly assigned your audio rights to your publisher. What options do you have?