Thrills & Chills 2023 Collection Authors Wendy Bartlett (BAIPA member), Joe Belcastro, Breakfield & Burkey, Dean De Servienti, Joseph Durette, Frances Rivetti (BAIPA member), Bob Rogers, and William McGinnis (BAIPA member) are collaborating … [Read more...]
Pro Audio Voices Celebrates 10 Years in Business!
Ten Years is a Big Deal! BAIPA President Becky Parker Geist is celebrating ten years in business on Tuesday October 24, 2023. Here are some stats on what it means to make it to the 10-year mark: 20% of new businesses close within a year … [Read more...]
When ‘Ted Lasso’ Meets ‘Grapes of Wrath,’ ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,’ and My Unfinished Novel
During the school year, I’m a crossing guard — an hour in the morning, and an hour in the afternoon — and twice every weekday I walk to and from my corner, which adds up to five miles, more when I swung by Coyote Coffee to sit outside and schmooze … [Read more...]
6/3/23 BAIPA RECORDING: Audiobooks with Becky Parker Geist
Audiobooks: From Pre-Production to Distribution What you Need to Know Now BAIPA President and CEO and founder of Pro Audio Voices, Becky Parker Geist There are big changes in the audiobook world as well as new production and … [Read more...]
New Audiobook Direct Sale Platform – Webinar with Becky Parker Geist
Game-Changing New Audiobook Platform from Pro Audio Voices It's challenging for indie authors to recoup the cost of producing an audiobook. With the decade-long double-digit growth in audiobooks, though, it's also important to have your book in … [Read more...]
If your past vanished . . . who might you become? New novel by Becky Parker Geist
The audiobook edition of The Left Turn: Two Lives, Worlds Apart (book 1 in the Split Universe Series) by Becky Parker Geist is now available. Narrated by Becky Parker and JS Arquin Length: 7:27 To get it for just $11.11 now through 7/19/22, … [Read more...]
Audiobooks Are Hot! (Still!)
Here are some podcasts where you can learn more about audiobook production and marketing as well as an upcoming webinar. Featuring yours truly. First, if you didn't catch the recent two-part series on AuthorYou's Judith Briles' Book Publishing … [Read more...]
‘Audiblegate’ Update
Last meeting and in a previous blog post we brought up the "Audiblegate" issue — about how audiobook listeners are encouraged by Audible to return books at no cost, even if they've listened to it, and the authors lose their royalties. Here is further … [Read more...]
Audiblegate Campaign: Fair Deal for Rights Holders
The following article is copied from the ALLI website. ALLI, the Alliance of Independent Authors, an excellent non-profit professional association for authors who self-publish, much like BAIPA. ALLi was founded by Orna Ross and Philip Lynch in 2012. … [Read more...]
David Colin Carr’s ‘Where Flows the Creek’ Now an Audiobook
I recently had the great pleasure of narrating Where Flows the Creek: a Romp in the eDimension by editor David Colin Carr (also a former BAIPA board member). This tale of an aging elf was a delightful collaboration largely because of the charm of the … [Read more...]