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    How to create an audio book: Create your audio book easily!
    How to create an audio book: Create your audio book easily!
    How to create an audio book: Create your audio book easily!
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    How to create an audio book: Create your audio book easily!

    By Olivier Rebiere and Cristina Rebiere

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    About this ebook

    Wanna create an audio book simply and – almost – for free?


    You just finished writing your novel, your essay, your memoirs. Or anything good. You may have published it in a digital or paper version. But have you thought about an audio version? Hundreds of thousands of potential readers prefer audio books! You think you can not reach them?


    Think again. It is quite possible to convert a long text (a book, for example) into an audio version. It can even be a very positive and funny experience for you!


    Indeed, recording your own voice …


    … is nice! … is useful because it improves your diction and confidence And in addition, you can reach a decent quality level to sell an audio book!


    As part of our on-line video training as well as our podcasts, we have acquired simple and affordable techniques to get optimal audio recording quality.
    We want to share them with you!


    What will you find in this practical eguide « How to create an audio book »?


    The importance of good quality sound Bad sound, good sound Choose your microphone Prepare the recording part Getting Started with Audacity Software Positioning the microphone and headphones Audio recording levels Articulation, narration and hydration Recording example with Audacity Basic audio processing Trimming the audio tape Exporting the audio tape Merging audio files More than 100 pages of useful and actionable information


    Use the Audacity open-source software, a good quality micro USB as well as our step-by-step method – with pictures – to produce your audio book!
    Are you ready?


    Kind regards,


    Cristina & Olivier Rebiere

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCristina & Olivier Rebiere
    Release dateDec 13, 2016
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      How to create an audio book - Olivier Rebiere

      How to create an audio book

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      Create your audio book easily!

      - English,version 3, 2019 -

      © Cristina & Olivier Rebière. All rights reserved.

      Table of contents

      Welcome!

      1. The importance of good quality audio

      2. Bad sound, Good sound

      3. Choose your microphone

      4. Prepare the recording room

      5. First steps with Audacity software

      6. Microphone and headphone positioning

      7. Audio recording levels

      8. Articulation, narration and hydration

      9. Audacity recording example

      10. Audio track post-production

      11. Audio track cutting

      12. Audio track exporting

      13. Merge audio files

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      Welcome!

      Thank you for purchasing this eBook and welcome to your new ebook " How to create an audio book ", a practical guide which we hope will help you create your audio books.

      You will also find tips to make quality audio recordings that can be used also for the promotion of your books or in other areas, such as podcasts.

      You should know that the tips you will find in this guide, ideas and resources, come all from our concrete experience in this field.

      This guide is part of the collection " Tools for authors which aims to help independent authors (indies") to professionalize their production and marketing on social networks.

      Depending on the capabilities of your eBook reader, you can enjoy zoom features on photos. You can also click on the hypertext links (or hyperlinks) underlined throughout the eGuide. We tried our best to make your reading experience as enjoyable as possible, despite the wide technology gaps between various reading systems.

      Be sure that we will propose to you more interactive versions, as the formats and eBook readers should be standardized in the future!

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