Audio for Authors Castos https://bradleycharbonneau.com Have you ever noticed that, after listening to a podcast or an audiobook, you feel like you know the author? Our ears bring information into our brains in a different way than our eyes by reading the words--or even our eyes through watching a screen. I’m no aural scientist, but what I personally get with audio is a connection. A connection to the author, to the words, to the story, to the material. It sinks into your brain, I can almost feel it seeping through the nooks and crannies of my mind like water over porous volcanic rock. This is what I’m after. This is the connection I love to have as a reader and this is what I strive for as an author. This is why I’ve built this course so you too can connect with your readers. The rest, a booming audiobook market, smartphones around the world with one-tap access to audio, and a relatively untapped market compared to print and ebooks, is gravy. Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:45:36 +0000 en-US © 2020 Bradley Charbonneau US NL CA https://episodes.castos.com/esd/images/ptsc-1774c-audio-authors-logo-1400x1400.jpg Audio for Authors https://bradleycharbonneau.com Have you ever noticed that, after listening to a podcast or an audiobook, you feel like you know the author? Our ears bring information into our brains in a different way than our eyes by reading the words--or even our eyes through watching a screen. I’m no aural scientist, but what I personally get with audio is a connection. A connection to the author, to the words, to the story, to the material. It sinks into your brain, I can almost feel it seeping through the nooks and crannies of my mind like water over porous volcanic rock. This is what I’m after. This is the connection I love to have as a reader and this is what I strive for as an author. This is why I’ve built this course so you too can connect with your readers. The rest, a booming audiobook market, smartphones around the world with one-tap access to audio, and a relatively untapped market compared to print and ebooks, is gravy. Bradley Charbonneau episodic Have you ever noticed that, after listening to a podcast or an audiobook, you feel like you know the author? Our ears bring information into our brains in a different way than our eyes by reading the words--or even our eyes through watching a screen. I’m no aural scientist, but what I personally get with audio is a connection. A connection to the author, to the words, to the story, to the material. It sinks into your brain, I can almost feel it seeping through the nooks and crannies of my mind like water over porous volcanic rock. This is what I’m after. This is the connection I love to have as a reader and this is what I strive for as an author. This is why I’ve built this course so you too can connect with your readers. The rest, a booming audiobook market, smartphones around the world with one-tap access to audio, and a relatively untapped market compared to print and ebooks, is gravy. Bradley Charbonneau bradley@passthesourcream.com false https://feeds.castos.com/37w9 yes <![CDATA[Ch. 37: About the Author]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:45:36 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/create-here-to-create https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/create-here-to-create Bradley Charbonneau is an “unstoppable writing machine.”

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]]> 00:01:35 <![CDATA[Ch. 27: Think Outside of the (Boom) Box]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/ch-27-think-outside-of-the-boom-box https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/ch-27-think-outside-of-the-boom-box Audio has been around since, I suppose, the spoken language. The difference now is distribution and availability. Audiobooks, podcasts, smart phones, voice controlled home speaker systems, connected cars, and who knows what will come next.

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]]> 00:02:52 <![CDATA[Ch. 26: Marketing: Introduction]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/ch-26-marketing-introduction https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/ch-26-marketing-introduction Audiobook marketing and podcast marketing doesn’t have to be different from book marketing or any other marketing for that matter.

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]]> 00:02:03 <![CDATA[Ch. 25: Dragonfly]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:00:00 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/ch-25-dragonfly https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/ch-25-dragonfly The product is called, loosely, Dragon Dictation. It’s made by a company called Nuance. There are versions for the PC, an old one for the Mac, and a mobile version that works a little differently.

]]> false The product is called, loosely, Dragon Dictation. It’s made by a company called Nuance. There are versions for the PC, an old one for the Mac, and a mobile version that works a little differently.

]]> 00:03:55 <![CDATA[Ch. 24: Getting Comfortable with Speaking your Writing]]> Thu, 16 Jul 2020 21:29:05 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/ch-24-getting-comfortable-with-speaking-your-writing https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/ch-24-getting-comfortable-with-speaking-your-writing My mom sometimes leaves me voicemails that say, “I know it’s late at night for you comma but I just wanted to let you know that Tony really liked the banana bread period.”

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]]> 00:02:38 <![CDATA[Ch. 24: Getting Comfortable with Speaking Your Writing]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2020 18:00:17 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/ch-24-getting-comfortable-with-speaking-your-writing https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/ch-24-getting-comfortable-with-speaking-your-writing It's more than talking to your smartphone.

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]]> 00:02:38 <![CDATA[Ch. 23: Dictation: Introduction]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:00:00 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/ch-23-dictation-introduction https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/ch-23-dictation-introduction My only concern with using dictation is how my mind, and how my imagination, will adjust to it.

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]]> 00:03:00 <![CDATA[Ch. 22: Setting Up your Podcast]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2020 19:03:56 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/ch-22-setting-up-your-podcast https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/ch-22-setting-up-your-podcast For several years now, I’ve been wanting to set up a podcast. The reasons I didn’t do it are probably very common:

1. I didn’t know how to do it technically,

2. Part of me wasn’t even sure what content to produce,

3. Did I just say produce? I bet it involves things like audio file editing and fade in and fade outs,

4. I’ll do it someday when it all gets easier.

That day, someday, has arrived.

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1. I didn’t know how to do it technically,

2. Part of me wasn’t even sure what content to produce,

3. Did I just say produce? I bet it involves things like audio file editing and fade in and fade outs,

4. I’ll do it someday when it all gets easier.

That day, someday, has arrived.

]]> 00:03:24 <![CDATA[Ch. 21: More freedom than an audiobook]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:32:09 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/ch-21-more-freedom-than-an-audiobook https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/ch-21-more-freedom-than-an-audiobook This is where things can get exciting with your book as a podcast as opposed to (or in addition to) an audiobook.

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]]> 00:01:25 <![CDATA[Ch. 20: A Chapter = An Episode]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:59:22 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/ch-20-a-chapter-an-episode https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/ch-20-a-chapter-an-episode The ultimate in content repurposing.

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]]> 00:02:32 <![CDATA[Ch. 19: Podcasts | Introduction]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2020 15:30:04 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/podcasts-introduction https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/podcasts-introduction I’m not sure I would have included Podcasts as a section in Audio for Authors had it not been so easy to create a podcast. 

Not only easy to create a single podcast, but to create multiple podcasts, add episodes on a regular basis, with very little technical knowledge, $15 per month, and distribution to multiple podcasting platforms. 

At the very least, here’s what I would like for you to learn in this section: 

Get a few chapters (as episodes) of your book live on your podcast.

]]> false I’m not sure I would have included Podcasts as a section in Audio for Authors had it not been so easy to create a podcast. 

Not only easy to create a single podcast, but to create multiple podcasts, add episodes on a regular basis, with very little technical knowledge, $15 per month, and distribution to multiple podcasting platforms. 

At the very least, here’s what I would like for you to learn in this section: 

Get a few chapters (as episodes) of your book live on your podcast.

]]> 00:02:35 <![CDATA[Ch. 18: Hiring a Professional Narrator]]> Thu, 28 May 2020 11:11:27 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/ch-18-hiring-a-professional-narrator https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/ch-18-hiring-a-professional-narrator The underlying theme of this book is to get your book into audio format as easily and inexpensively as possible without losing quality. 

One aspect I find incredibly important in all of this is the principal of getting it done. Not going back and forth, not hemming and hawing, not delaying, not procrastinating, not whining about how it might have should have been. 

If it’s your first book to be narrated, I really just want you to feel the joy of hearing it born into the wild.

]]> false The underlying theme of this book is to get your book into audio format as easily and inexpensively as possible without losing quality. 

One aspect I find incredibly important in all of this is the principal of getting it done. Not going back and forth, not hemming and hawing, not delaying, not procrastinating, not whining about how it might have should have been. 

If it’s your first book to be narrated, I really just want you to feel the joy of hearing it born into the wild.

]]> 00:06:13 <![CDATA[Looking to create ads directly for your audiobooks? Now you can with BookBub and Chirp.]]> Thu, 21 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/looking-to-create-ads-directly-for-your-audiobooks-now-you-can-with-bookbub-and-chirp https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/looking-to-create-ads-directly-for-your-audiobooks-now-you-can-with-bookbub-and-chirp Finally, we can create ads for audiobooks! Here's the news.

Here's a walkthrough of how to actually create an ad in BookBub.

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Here's a walkthrough of how to actually create an ad in BookBub.

]]> 00:05:31 <![CDATA[Ch. 17: Introduction to Audacity]]> Thu, 14 May 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/ch-17-introduction-to-audacity https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/ch-17-introduction-to-audacity When I first opened the Audacity program I have to admit I was intimidated.

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]]> 00:01:40 <![CDATA[Oops, wrong microphone. Not the right input? Didn't notice until the next day? Take 2!]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/oops-wrong-microphone-not-the-right-input-didnt-notice-until-the-next-day-take-2 https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/oops-wrong-microphone-not-the-right-input-didnt-notice-until-the-next-day-take-2 Ah, the beauty of digital audio.

Do that one over.

[ https://youtu.be/NgnlBM0-STM ]

https://youtu.be/NgnlBM0-STM
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Do that one over.

[ https://youtu.be/NgnlBM0-STM ]

https://youtu.be/NgnlBM0-STM
]]> 00:01:52 <![CDATA["I don't read blogs or books."]]> Thu, 09 Jan 2020 17:40:28 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/i-dont-read-blogs-or-books https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/i-dont-read-blogs-or-books But they listen to podcasts and audiobooks.

[ https://youtu.be/oyLdzCm0ZcE ]

https://youtu.be/63g0iIyAQLk
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[ https://youtu.be/oyLdzCm0ZcE ]

https://youtu.be/63g0iIyAQLk
]]> 00:04:26 <![CDATA[Foreword: There is magic in the spoken word.]]> Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:00:57 +0000 Bradley Charbonneau https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/podcasts/2650/episodes/foreword-1 https://audio-for-authors.castos.com/episodes/foreword-1 There is magic in the spoken word. Because our voice is unique it holds an energy, a vibration, and the listener can sense that. Think about the term being on the same wavelength. Through the vibration, the story the author is telling becomes very lively and creates a deep emotional connection with the listener.

]]> false There is magic in the spoken word. Because our voice is unique it holds an energy, a vibration, and the listener can sense that. Think about the term being on the same wavelength. Through the vibration, the story the author is telling becomes very lively and creates a deep emotional connection with the listener.

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