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Yesterday, Smashwords sent out an email announcing a partnership with findawayvoices.com, an audiobook production and distribution company. We can now send our book metadata to them right from Smashwords and get started on turning our books into audio books.
And damn, I really want to get this done.
There are a huge number of roadblocks to getting this done, however, and it all boils down to funds. The voice actors need to be paid, findawayvoices.com needs to be paid... and I just don't have that kind of money. Voice actors are paid usually between $150-$300 per finished hour of reading. That's a lot, considering that longer novels tend to be many, many hours (one I remember hearing about was 64+ hours).
Of course, there are ways to get the funds. I'm toying with the idea of putting up a Kickstarter or an Indigogo to try and raise funds for it. But I'm hesitant to for a number of reasons. The first being that I hate, hate, HATE, asking for money. It upsets me on an extremely deep level.
The other is that I'm unsure that I'd be able to raise the requisite funds. I have a few dedicated readers and really good friends, but I don't think I have enough to raise the thousands needed to produce an audio book. Hell, I can't even get everyone to write a review. And there's nothing more heartbreaking than failing to reach a funding goal and being utterly unable to do the thing anyway.
I don't know. I want to produce audiobooks, but I'm worried that despite my best efforts, I won't be able to.
I'm mulling it over, and going forward like I will be making audiobooks. I'm currently at the "audition" stage of the process for The Dying God & Other Stories. While I go through the process, I'm wrestling with my doubts and trying to figure out the best way forward.
I dunno. I'm plagued by doubts constantly.
Right, I have to get to work.
Ciao!
And damn, I really want to get this done.
There are a huge number of roadblocks to getting this done, however, and it all boils down to funds. The voice actors need to be paid, findawayvoices.com needs to be paid... and I just don't have that kind of money. Voice actors are paid usually between $150-$300 per finished hour of reading. That's a lot, considering that longer novels tend to be many, many hours (one I remember hearing about was 64+ hours).
Of course, there are ways to get the funds. I'm toying with the idea of putting up a Kickstarter or an Indigogo to try and raise funds for it. But I'm hesitant to for a number of reasons. The first being that I hate, hate, HATE, asking for money. It upsets me on an extremely deep level.
The other is that I'm unsure that I'd be able to raise the requisite funds. I have a few dedicated readers and really good friends, but I don't think I have enough to raise the thousands needed to produce an audio book. Hell, I can't even get everyone to write a review. And there's nothing more heartbreaking than failing to reach a funding goal and being utterly unable to do the thing anyway.
I don't know. I want to produce audiobooks, but I'm worried that despite my best efforts, I won't be able to.
I'm mulling it over, and going forward like I will be making audiobooks. I'm currently at the "audition" stage of the process for The Dying God & Other Stories. While I go through the process, I'm wrestling with my doubts and trying to figure out the best way forward.
I dunno. I'm plagued by doubts constantly.
Right, I have to get to work.
Ciao!
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