Audio Book Publishers
‘the Happy Hooker’ Caught in Ménage à Trios With Australian Audio Book Publishers
Author: umesh
‘The Happy Hooker’ caught in ménage à trios with Australian Audio Book Publishers
In the 1970’s an infamous New York Brothel Madam called Xaviera Hollander wrote and published the infamous best selling memoir ‘The Happy Hooker’. It sold over 20 million copies, led a sexual revolution and gave women permission to own their sexual desires and fantasies.
SpeakOnlyToMe.com, a new online site specializing in erotic audio books for download direct to ipod or computer to burn to a CD, have just launched the first downloadable version of this classic story, narrated by Xaviera herself. Its bold irreverence and no-holes-barred detail of Xaviera’s life as a prostitute is as refreshing as it is irreverent.
Caroline Connor, director of Ace Global Enterprises, Melbourne based Audio Book Publishers said, ‘It’s amazing how many people I know have loved this book. It was the first erotic book I read as a teenager and with each generation longing to make sense of their own sexual feelings, it’s still being picked up today, sometimes from grandma’s bookshelf. We just had to have it in the SpeakOnlyToMe.com catalogue’.
Abbe Holmes, editor and producer at SpeakOnlyToMe says, ‘It wasn’t an easy project to undertake. We’re in Melbourne, Australia and Xaviera moves between Amsterdam and Spain but together we found a studio in Amsterdam and managed to work across the miles. She was wonderful to work with. She was one of our era’s most significant sexual icons and she’s still a gorgeous, articulate intelligent woman and the stories are just as hot now as they were then.’
‘The Happy Hooker: Her Own Story’ is available for download through http://www.speakonlytome.com
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For more information call Caroline on 0412 339 206 or email caroline@speakonlytome.com to find out more about downloadable erotic audio books or visit http://www.speakonlytome.com
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Typically, a book publishing contract involves the sale of first serial right from the author to the publisher. The term serial is important because it prohibits the book publisher from selling off the book as an audio book, movie, television series, etc.
So a new contract had to be signed for additional uses of the book.
exactly the same reviewers who review written books – if you want a newpaper review just send copies to the reviewers c/o the newspapers but if you are doing this yourself i can see big problems
if you have recorded someone elses book you have all sorts of copyright problems
if it is a book you have written it is unlikely to be listened to – the reviewers get so many sent to them there is a limit to the number of reviews they can do – they are unlikely to pick an unknown self-published author
The zip file does not need to “weigh” 500mb – you should never give away a full CD quality version online, it’s too expensive and the people you’re advertising to won’t necessarily appreciate the extra quality (but people might purchase the CD to get the extra quality/solid product). Compress it right, right down and put it as a centrepiece on a specially designed author’s website, have a look at how Neil Gaiman handles his free downloads. 500mb is far too big to download casually and that limits your audience, compress it to make it less unwieldy to download.
This is not something you should just toss on Google Pages for people to download, take it seriously and run it like a business because for you it is.
Your publisher will cover this in far greater detail than anyone on Yahoo Answers can frankly be bothered to, launching a book’s a huge (and fairly skillful, I don’t want to go into too much detail because I feel I should actually be charging someone for the advice) undertaking and it’s important to get it right.
Whatever you do don’t put it on a file storage site, there’s no value in it for you if you do that.
A shorter version is cheaper to record and later for people to buy. Also lots of people buy them who have never read the book that is on the recording and don’t realize what abridged means.
“How do I become an audiobook narrator?
The industry is very competitive. There is no shortage of narrators. Getting a job in the industry is just like applying for any other job. Here are a few suggestions:
Have a professional sample/demo (this would be like your resume) that showcases your ability to do male/female voices, different emotions/settings, and different accents/dialects and languages if applicable. The key is to set yourself apart from the thousands of others trying to get in. You won’t get in just because you have a “nice” voice. ….and more”
Okay bro,I’ve understood your problem.
You’ve got a good voice and want to make a living…..
Go abroad!
In India 3/4th of the ppl dont even know what an audio book is.Even damn famous books like Harry Potter don’t sell in the audio format……If you want to make a good future in this field India is not the place for you yaar………
Go to some place like the UK where audio books sell……….
Cheers!
All the best……
Rohan 😉
Most agents and publishers won’t even accept mss submitted electronically, let alone in audio format. They don’t take rough drafts, either. If you can’t find or make the time to sit down and actually write the book, I’m afraid you don’t have much of a future in writing.
Try this place. http://www.inkwaterbooks.com They published a lot of books for small time authors and big time authors. I’m sure they also do audio books.
Besides typing manuscripts, if you are an accomplished typist – word processor and have recently visited your local city college or university librarian, you can apply as a “certified” graduate typist, earning between $1.50 to $2.00 per page for a master or doctoral thesis. The librarian will provide you with a sample of the typing template (i.e., margin settings, font selection, page set up, etc.) in order to complete these projects. An average weekend income is about $300-$400 for two days work.
Good luck!
Try the teach yourself series http://www.teachyourself.co.uk
I have learned several languages starting here (although the finnish one I’m reading now is kinda confusing).
You could also try the colloquial language series from routledge http://www.routledge.com/languages/colloquials.asp
Both series are very good, and allow you to progress beyond the beginners stage, to where you should be able to converse with people in their own language with confidence.
Looking for Canadian or US companies that produce audio books for publishers. Not sellers.?
Can a book in audio format be sent in to a publisher?
I am in the process of writing a book. I get sidetracked VERY easily and I am a full time student as well as working full time right now. I do not have the time to sit and concentrate and write. Are there any publishers out there that will accept the rough draft of a book in a digital format, on a mini-disc or cd or something? I have a voice recorder I am basically telling the story into. Is there any chance of this working, or will I have to pay someone to transcribe it before I send it in?
Learning new languages – any good book/audio to recommend?
I’m looking to teach myself a variety of different languages, and I was wondering what kind of software/books/audio help was out there. anyone know of any good series or publishers to recommend? I don’t have time for classes, so i’m just looking for books or audio right now! thanks!
Manuscript typist and audio book reader jobs?
I typed one manuscript for an author and had a great time. I wonder if anyone has ideas on how to find out if there are more authors out there that need typists and how do I find a company that prepares audio books? I’ve been told I have a great reading voice and I have years of experience in public speaking. Do I contact a publisher or how do I go about this. I’ve checked with local employment agencies and they don’t have a clue. Thanks.
Audio books market in India?
I am a writer/translator and voice over asrtist. I have observed that there is a hugh potential in India for audio books. But there is no authentic information available for this market. I want to know about Hindi audio book publishers, magazines and other resources for this fiels. I am in contact with few good international authors of audio books, interested for Indian market. Specialist comments welcome. you can mail me at greatantara@gmail.com.
Is an audio book publisher required to ask permission from the author to publish the audio book?
I want to share my audio book but how?
To promote me new book, the publisher wants to give away the audio book for free – the zip file weighs around 500mb though. Should we make the chapters available for download one by one or all together? And where should they be stored?
What sort of publishers review audio books?
On the back of audio books who is often reviewing them, such as newspapers etc?
If’s for a UK book so I would be looking for UK based names.
thanks
Does anybody know why publisher are doing Abridged version of audio Book?
Does anybody know why publisher are doing Abridged version of audio Book? I do not understand why they would do that.It is weird to say to an author i love your book but i just want to buy part of the book not the full version
I have an acting background and would like to read Audio Books?
I have read audio for a book publisher’s trailer. How do I enter in to the book reading for Audio Books?