Creating Audio and Print Versions of Your E-Book
Not all readers enjoy reading text on a display screen, such as on an e-reader or a computer, so consider producing alternative versions of your e-book. One useful option, the audiobook, lets readers enjoy listening to your writing while theyâre driving, working, or exercising, for example.
Producing an audiobook isnât especially complicated: You simply record yourself reading the text of your book. Use a microphone of decent quality, and record in a quiet location. You can download free Audacity software (http://audacity.sourceforge.net
) to record yourself speaking and then edit the recording. If you stumble over your words, repeat a line and then edit out the mistake.
If you arenât confident about creating your own audio file, pay a professional to record your e-book for you. First survey your audience to gauge interest in the audio version of your e-book, to avoid paying for a professional recording that only one person will buy.
Like the text version of your e-book, an audiobook, in the form of a file in MP3 format, can easily be sold online for downloading from your own website. You can also sell your e-book as a CD or an MP3 download via CreateSpace (an Amazon company, at www.createspace.com
), CDBaby (www.cdbaby.com
â enter audiobook in the Search box at the top of the page), or Kunaki (www.kunaki.com
). These sites ...
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