Audiobook Creation and Promotion: Will Dages from Findaway Voices

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode 102 / Do you want to promote your audiobooks? Or are you just getting started with audio and aren’t sure how to create an audiobook? Will Dages, Head of Findaway Voices, joins us talk all things audio. Will tells us about Findaway’s new Marketplace, which helps connect narrators and authors. He also shares tips about how to work with narrators, how to promote your audio on all platforms, and why you want your audiobooks in libraries. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Intro links: </span></p> <p><a href= "https://pod.link/1478680599/episode/a57c79b6aff349a1b5d1618e1af189c2"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Goal-setting for Authors: Episode #154 of the Successful Writer Podcast with Alana Terry</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show notes:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why it’s easier to make an audiobook than you might think</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why audio is a long-term income generator for authors</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why social media isn’t the “holy grail” for authors</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How diversifying in format widens your audience</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tips on how to work with a narrator to get a great audiobook </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Trends on what is selling in audiobooks</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Changes in the audiobook industry: short term promos, stair-step pricing, and uptick in sales of shorter audio</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Findaway’s Marketplace and how it helps connect audiobook narrators with author