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April 6 question – Have any of your books been made into audio books? If so, what is the main challenge in producing an audiobook?<\/strong>
It’s the first Wednesday of April and time for another post for the Insecure Writer’s Support group. The awesome co-hosts for the April 6 posting of the IWSG are Joylene Nowell Butler,<\/a>\u00a0Jemima Pett,<\/a>\u00a0Patricia Josephine,<\/a>\u00a0Louise – Fundy Blue,<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Kim Lajevardi!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

At many book-signing events, I get asked if I have audio books. Sadly, the answer is no. I’ve looked into the possibility, but I can’t afford to do it right. My books aren’t selling enough copies to justify the expenditure.<\/p>\n

I’m well aware that there are authors that can do it all \u2014 write, create covers, edit, and do their own audio. I’m not one of them. Frankly, I wouldn’t wish having to spend several hours of listening to my voice as I read one of my book on anyone. Heck, I don’t want to listen to myself for that long!<\/p>\n

Of course, then throw in #Audiogate, (you know, another of Amazon’s ways to hurt authors) and the desire to publish audiobooks with them goes away. I have been watching Draft2Digital’s progress in the way of audiobooks as an alternative to Amazon.<\/p>\n

For the authors on this hop who have published audio, more power to you! I hope you are selling oddles of books!

Thanks for stopping by. Don’t forget to check out other writer’s on this hop. Just follow a few of the links below. And, as always, until next time, please stay safe!