Today, Laura English presented to our membership a comprehensive overview of audiobook publishing and marketing strategies for indie authors during a CAPA webinar. She covered key topics including audiobook distributors (such as Audio Sorceress, Audiobook Empire, and Lucent Audio), royalty sharing models, narrator selection processes, and marketing approaches including social media promotion, promo codes, and library outreach.

Laura emphasized the importance of considering audiobook accessibility for readers with various challenges beyond visual impairments, and discussed industry timelines with narrators typically recording at a rate of 1.5-2 hours per finished hour of audio. The presentation included information about Human Voice Day on June 26th and an offer for authors to have 250-word promotional snippets recorded at no charge.

Following the main presentation, participants asked questions about narrator selection, editing services, and specific distributor options, with Laura offering to provide additional resources and guidance to attendees.

Thanks for a wonderfully informative presentation. You can find Laura here: Email: laura@lauraenglishvo.com INSTA: @lauraenglishvo 

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