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Mailbag: 6 Questions About Audio Publishing

6 June 2017

After reading my article How I Started My Audiobook Publishing Company, a couple of people recently wrote to me with questions about the process. With their permission, I am answering their questions here so more people can benefit from and join in the discussion. Before you read further, I should state that I’m not a […]Read More
Recaps From 5 APAC 2017 Sessions

31 May 2017

APAC 2017 logo on a phone screen  Each year, the Audio Publishers Association hosts an informative conference for its members. I was unable to attend this year due to family concerns. However, thanks to the many tweets from ACX.com and other participants today, I almost feel like was there! Using Storify, I chronologically sorted all of the #APAC2017 tweets about these 5 sessions of interest […]Read More
Outsourcing From a Narrator’s Perspective

18 April 2017

Quadrants of Brilliance with 4 squaresIn 2013, I heard client attraction specialist Fabienne Frederickson talk about determining your “Quadrants of Brilliance”. It’s a thought-provoking and highly revealing exercise that requires some reflection about those things in your business that you like and excel at doing versus things that you don’t enjoy and/or don’t do too well.Read More
4 Keys to Becoming a Successful ACX Audiobook Producer

16 March 2017

4 keys in locks that look like puzzle piecesLast updated 8/24/19   One of my friends is a well-established and highly successful audiobook narrator with years of experience working in commercial studios for traditional publishers. For the longest time, he had absolutely zero interest in setting up a studio and recording at home, largely because he is not comfortable with technology. I often […]Read More
Press Page

9 January 2017

Interview Key on computer keyboardLast updated 19 January 2024       To learn more about me, my narration, and audiobook production, please check out my comments and interviews on other sites:   Narrators Cup of Joe with host Daniela Acitelli 1/18/24 If Not This, What Else? You Never Know How Close You Are To What You Seek! with […]Read More
The Christmas Present

11 December 2016

My super-talented and energetic narrator friend Xe Sands had this wonderful idea: December…the time to give thanks for those things that have sustained us through the past year. For narrators, a huge part of that is YOU, the listening community! As we wind down 2016, we want to give back to you, our listeners, who help […]Read More
Stop Complaining About Noise

30 November 2016

In a recent Inc. Magazine article titled 7 Ways Successful People Have Better Mindsets, this quote practically leaped off the screen at me: The biggest problem is thinking of problems as problems. Successful people know that when you focus on problems you have more problems, but when you focus on possibilities you have more opportunities. […]Read More
A DEAL You Can Get Any Day And Is Good All Year

28 November 2016

Atlanta audiobook narrator Karen Commins was one of millions shopping for a particular deal on Cyber Monday. Narrators can pick up this deal for a low price, and it can be quite beneficial to their career throughout the year.Read More
How to use Karen Commins’s Audiobook Twitter lists

27 November 2016

You can easily find other audiobook publishers, bloggers, narrators, and enthusiasts by signing into Twitter and subscribing to one or more of my 4 comprehensive lists of audiobook tweeps. I believe that I have developed the most thorough lists of audiobook folks on the Internet! I continue to update these lists as I learn of […]Read More
A Place For Everything…

5 November 2016

…and everything in its place. As you know, I do so love to be organized! In fact, many people have told me that I have an unusual talent for curating, organizing, condensing, and disseminating information that is relevant to them. With that point in mind, I decided it would helpful to list all of my audiobook-related resources […]Read More
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