Audible Audiobook in Production Soon

 

I am delighted to announce that British-born Jacqueline de Boer has agreed to narrate and produce Imagining Violet as an audiobook for Audible. Jacqueline has several other projects underway, so we won't hear the Audible version until sometime next fall. I am confident that Jacquelne, known as as The British Voice Over Lady, will make a wonderful Violet.

Jacqueline operates her voice-over business from a fully equipped professional home studio in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts, USA. She is continuously developing her audiobook narration, production and voice-over skills with coaching, training, industry membership and event attendance. She is also married to a Canadian from Mississauga.

Audible offers an opportunity to produce an audiobook with zero up-front production costs, provided you give them exclusive distribution rights for seven years.

. But I didn't expect I would ever recover the cost of paying the production costs myself. Thankfully, Jacqueline is willing to do this on a royalty share basis.

Audible

 I've decided to turn Imagining Violet into an audio book. After doing a lot of research into the pros and cons of Audible and Amazon Creative Exchange (ACX) vs other production opportunities, I have somewhat reluctantly chosen to pursue this project using Audible.

Mainly because I may be able to do it on a Royalty Share basis which means no investment on my part. The downside is, Audible audiobooks cannot be accessed at Canadian libraries. And as an audiobook counts as a "new title" with the Public Lending Right Program, I am foregoing potential revenue. 

On the other hand, the cost of paying for production was looking like something in excess of $2500. I realized I would not likely recoup that investment in my lifetime, what with being nearly 78 and all. 

The fun part, right now, is listening to auditions. I have had over 20 auditions submitted and many of them would be quite good as Violet. The women who are submitting seem keen to play the part. I'm thinking Violet as an audiobook could be a fun way to "read" the letters. 

This may not work, but it's surely worth pursuing.