Come Back to Me
Come Back to Me, narrated by Nicole Braun, is now available for immediate download from:
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All in Good Time Now Available on Audiobook
All in Good Time
All in Good Time, narrated by Jaclyn Whitt, is now available for immediate download from:
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Jaclyn Whitt brings all of the drama you’d expect to a story laced with both humor and hurt. Both the light moments and the heavy ones are filled with life, from Brian and Melanie’s hope and heartache to the children’s innocence and immaturity. Now you can listen to the inspirational romance unfold in the car, at your leisure, or on the go.
With three rambunctious, young children, Melanie Lombardi can’t see beyond the day-to-day struggle to maintain her home and her sanity since her husband’s sudden death. A second chance at romance isn’t on her radar.
Brian Perella is done with dating, resigned to being the fun uncle and never the dad. Until he meets Melanie and her brood of lively kids on the sidelines of a Little League game.
But when Brian uncovers a co-worker’s secret, it re-ignites a temptation that Melanie can’t know about. It’s his secret to keep until an unexpected diagnosis brings everything to the surface, jeopardizing his future with Melanie and her children, who, when threatened by an unknown stalker, may need him now more than ever.
“All In Good Time rocketed to the top of my TBR pile, and it did not disappoint. Carolyn Astfalk’s latest became my new favorite of hers, and it took less than 24 hours for that to happen! The mounting suspense matched the perfectly paced romantic tension. I’m looking forward to another day soon when I can read it again.”
Tips for Marketing Your Audiobook
So, you’ve had your books made into audiobooks using ACX. (You haven’t? Then you should read Part I:Tips for Turning Your Novel into an Audiobook Using ACX and learn why and how.) Now what? How do you market your audiobooks(s)?
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Update Your Links
Commonsense, right? But sometimes we forget to do the obvious. Wherever you list your books, particularly your website, make sure your audiobook cover(s) and links (to Audible, Amazon, and iTunes) are included.
Dedicate an entire page of your website to your audiobooks with summaries, sales links, and samples. (see below)
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Enter to Win an Audiobook 3-Pack!
June is National Audiobook Month – it is still June! – and I’m giving away a 3-pack of the audiobook versions of my three novels, Stay With Me, Ornamental Graces, and Rightfully Ours, two of which recently became available.
To be entered to win, just comment below on why you like to listen to audiobooks and where you listen. (On the road, while you house clean or garden, etc.)
I’ll draw a winner by random on Friday, July 13!
Tips for Turning Your Novel into an Audiobook Using ACX
Updated 03/04/2021.
What’s it like using ACX in 2020?
- The Alliance of Independent Authors Downgrades Amazon ACX’s Rating as a Self-Publishing Service
- A Note from ACX
In May of 2016, I approved an audiobook adaption of my debut novel. Creating an audiobook edition appealed to me for two reasons.
First, audiobooks allow authors to reach an entirely different audience.
An audiobook is the only way some people consume books. Since my husband spends a lot of time in the car, he has become an audiobook listener. Same with my sister-in-law. Some people have vision problems that preclude reading ebooks or regular books.
Readers of traditional books and ebooks are listening more, too. The audiobook’s hands-free portability is appealing, and so is the timeless enjoyment of listening to a story.
In her newsletter, author Jody Hedlund wrote:
“No doubt about it. Audio books are growing in popularity. The Wall Street Journal calls the popularity an ‘explosion.’ An article in The Telegraph in 2015 said: “Sales of audio books have doubled in the last five years, thanks to the popularity of digital downloads.” In fact, according to the American Publishers Association, audio books saw a 19.5 percent rise in unit sales over just the past year alone (The National).”
And there’s this:
“What do runners, quilters, dog walkers, cooks and people unwinding at the end of the day all have in common? They are among the 24 percent of Americans who listened to an audiobook in the past year – that’s a 22 percent increase over the previous year. With this increase in listeners, more titles are being published: In 2012, just over 16,000 [audiobook] titles were published; by 2016, that number had surged to more than 50,000.” (Bookpage, June 2018)
Second, I’ll admit to a selfish satisfaction in hearing my book read aloud.
To be honest, I flitted between being thrilled and cringing, but I’ve done that when reading the paperback as well. (The neuroses of authors is a subject for another post.)
Not convinced? Bookbub enumerates the reasons indie authors should turn their books into audiobooks too. Continue reading