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Audio book production11/17/2023 Each audition recording is usually about 3-5 minutes long, or about 2-3 pages.Ĭortes notes that there has been an industry focus on expanding the talent pool of narrators to better reflect the growing diversity of authors and books being published. From there, they will narrow it down to about 5-7 names, have them record a reading from the actual book, then send those over to the person or persons making the final call-usually the author or publisher. Scribe has a searchable database of 3000 narrators, where the producers can enter their criteria for the project, then listen to audio samples previously recorded by the resulting narrators. Once they’ve done all their homework, then it’s time to gather auditions. Then the audiobook producer does a deep dive into the book to find out any missing pieces. For nonfiction, Guillot says the producer will check if the author wants a narrator with a similar voice to the author or do they want something different? For example, if the author isn’t reading their own book, they probably want someone with a similar quality and background rather than say, a narrator who is decades older and with an entirely different accent. Maybe they need someone who is really good with kids’ voices.įor fiction, Guillot says the aim is typically to match the narrator’s voice to the character(s) in the book. Initially, the producer wants to get a feel for what qualities the author and/or executive director is looking for in a narrator, such as age, gender, and tone. We’re going on an adventure into the world of audiobook production! The casting processĮvery audiobook begins with casting. But I’ve always been curious about the behind the scenes journey of making an audiobook and wanted to learn more.Thanks to illuminating chats with Jeff Guillot, Head of Audiobooks at Scribe Media, and Amber Cortes, Publicist at Macmillan Audio, I was able to learn about the whole process, from start to finish. With my former job as a Quality Control Editor for audiobooks, I had some insight into a small but important part of the process. Have you ever wondered how audiobooks get made?
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