26 October 2021

Today Bee Audio’s new CEO Roy Forbes sent a disturbing email to all members on their production roster. He gleefully wrote about working with 2 different international companies “who share our vision and enthusiasm” to help develop AI Text-to-Speech (TTS) for audiobooks. I say he wrote “gleefully” because, as a professional audiobook narrator, I am […]

20 October 2021

Daniela Acitelli recently interviewed me on her fabulous Narrator's Cup of Joe show. This article includes links related to our far-ranging discussion.

15 October 2021

As the copyright owner of NarratorsRoadmap.com, I don't allow translations of my site. Instead, I recommend that people create their own original material as a way of growing their audience.

17 August 2021

If you're producing an audiobook from a public domain book, you may want to use a public domain image on the cover. Here's a categorized list of sites with public domain art.

11 August 2021

If a book is in the public domain, can we assume its pictures are also public domain? Could we add them to a PDF to accompany the audiobook? Let's examine the copyright law related to this question.

22 July 2021

As far as I know, iAnnotate software doesn’t have a way to automatically highlight all your search results. However, good ole MS Word — even my 2004 copy for Mac — has that option under Find and Replace. This article has instructions. In addition to or instead of highlighting the text, the Find and Replace formatting box lets […]

7 June 2021

This article outlines assembly tips for custom-size Studiobricks booth. All Studiobricks owners can benefit from the video about adjusting the door.

20 May 2021

During APA Business Diagnostics, someone asked me how I get so much done. In this article, I share 9 specific tactics I use for efficient time management.

11 March 2021

If you participate in online narrator groups, you'll want to carefully analyze the advice you give and receive there. Think twice before complaining about the tone.

24 February 2021

Online courses during the pandemic have enabled me to take 6 Deyan Masterclasses, as well as Joel Froomkin's Acting for Audio 14-week intensive course.