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In the market for a cozy mystery with a female lead?

Peppa Danyelle quit her corporate actuarial career to buy a used bookstore in Salem, MA. Then, after a mysterious death in town, the ghost of Sherlock Holmes arrives in her shop and together they solve a mystery steeped in deceit, antiques, and architecture.

I have promo codes if you’d like to check it out — message me and I’ll send them out first come, first serve.

This is a first book in a series — more to come. The cover art isn’t ideal, but trust: this is a charming story and a strong new narrator.

(It’s me, I’m the narrator - and this is my first published audiobook - more to come soon in the genres of historical fiction, litrpg, and epic fantasy)

https://www.audible.com/pd/B0GYT5ZFMH?source\_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share\_location=library\_overflow

I periodically come across royalty share projects where the author has indicated an interest in dual narration. As a listener, I greatly prefer duet narration to dual, but as a narrator duet is much more work intensive. When authors indicate dual narration, how frequently is dual actually their preference, versus just what they think is feasible to request on a royalty share basis?

In other words, would it be appropriate to offer to do a dual narration project as a duet? Would that be considered an upgrade?

I’m sure the answer may be author dependent, but I’m looking to get a general sense, as well as to try to understand why anyone would prefer dual if they had the option to have duet narration.

So I'm finally at the point where I feel comfortable with my audition submission workflow (always evolving), and am looking at finally fleshing out my ACX profile in attempts to be credible and close some opportunities.

That being said, Rights Holders, I'm wondering:

• Do you browse profiles for voices, or do you just check them out if interested in an audition submission?
• If you do browse the narrator voices, what helps them stand out to you?

Happy to have some input from Narrators on this as well, especially if you have things to share you've heard from Rights Holders about your own profile that helped it's credibility and traffic.

Thanks!

Hey Fellow Narrators/VA's

I have some questions. So I started getting into VA/Narration Mainly doing things for fun like Voice-Over of anime scenes etc. I did kind of take a peak into audio narration. ACX came up. I setup and account put a few of my better clips in as demos and waited.

About 7 hours or so later. I wake up to a message from what seems to be a Producer of some sort for a company regarding publishing audiobooks. He offered, 40% Royalty, and wanted me to send in an audition. I did. I also counter offered w/100-200 FPH because its an over 7 hour book 69k word count, and a non high seller that I can tell at least. I wait. (Again new, not really expecting to actually get FPH yet but learning as I go)

I wake up today, Another message same guy. Saying Audition was excellent. offering 50% royalty. Mind you I did research on what likely would be the best start for someone just getting into it. A lot of people that I've seen suggest, Royalty on smaller length books, for the experience and the reputation starting out. Especially with how much work goes into editing and everything at first. around the loose 6-8 Hour marker for one finished hour of audio.
(I do think I would benefit from doing smaller projects first. I just am unsure if this is a potentail actual client or some sort of scam)

I am still newer to the editing portion of audio I have experience, I just am still developing skills for editing. I came forward about that. I am willing to do the work. but due to my day job and time constraints, I have about 4 hours a day during the week to record, the rest is all editing/mastering/qc about 6 or so hours a day more on weekends.

I told him it'd be a roughly 2-2.5 week turnaround time on the project. He also said he'd have another book if I was interested and told me to give him a call. I don't like moving off the platform that is intended to keep us in a smooth working order. I feel sketched out. Again, I could have tragically miss stepped here, but I learn from mistakes.

Thoughts on this?

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First Messages

2nd Set of Messages

Apologies in advance if this is obvious or covered elsewhere (I’ve tried searching but came back empty).

I am super new and just getting started but really want to be as successful in narration as possible, and I 100% know that getting yourself out there is crucial. I want to regularly add to and update the samples on my profile and also start adding some to social media. My issue is material.

My question is, am I able to use clips recorded for auditions as samples for my profile? My immediate thought is, no, unless I had prior consent form the RH. Is that correct?

On the same lines, I also assume licensed material (sections from published books) is also a no no without authors consent. I have however seen samples of text such as The Hobbit and other popular books.

I just don’t want to violate any rules if they are in place, but on the flip side, if I can use existing text which I know and love, I could make even better samples.

If this is all a no, where do people get material text for their samples?

I live outside the US and UK so using the ACX website it out of the question and I have to go through inaudio and Author's Republic.

I always have problems with my audiobooks getting approved, showing up on other stores, but then never appearing on Audible.

I worked out that if I don't check "Audible" when I publish the story for the first time on inaudio it will never appear. Even if I update it later. But now Author's Republic is also being super slow and I'm worried about my work not showing up.

I was wondering if anyone has had the same problem or if they have any good advice for making sure that you're story 100% shows up on Audible.