Build Your Launch Team - Part 2: Time To Get Those Reviews Launch day! It’s finally here. Will the reviews start rolling in? Oh goodness, what if the book goes viral? Whoa, slow down! Before we get to any of that you need to make sure you’ve done all of your launch day tasks.
Build Your Launch Team - Part 1: Who Wants To LISTEN To Your Book? Alright, it is time to really start selling this audiobook. You’ve been teasing your audience for months about the release. You promoted your narrator and posted clips to the book. You built your email list and set the pricing just right. Now you need to launch this audiobook out to the world.
Audiobooks See 10 Years of Double-Digit Growth The audiobook market saw 74,000 audiobooks published in 2021 and revenue grew 25% to $1.6 billion, marking the tenth straight year of double-digit growth according to the latest APA (Audio Publishers Association) report.
Email Swap or Genuine Recommendation Email Swaps are not going to get you the success you’re looking for. Don’t throw those tomatoes at me just yet! Read on a bit.
How Big Is Your List? Here are the steps you need to take to set up an email marketing list so that you can promote your upcoming audiobook.
Partner Update: Radish Fiction Audiobooks Findaway Voices is excited to announce the addition of Radish as a distribution option for independent authors.
Q3 Call for Discount Promotions The merchandising team at Findaway Voices is looking for discounted audiobooks to pitch to our retailers. All genres are accepted.
A Series of Live Author Events Invest in your audiobook career this audiobook month by tuning in and learning from these brilliant authors from multiple genres. This free webinar series is designed to help you gain valuable insights on building an author platform from book to business.
The Voice Behind The Book Follow our guest blogger and author M.K. Williams as she writes the Marketing Your Audiobooks Series of blog posts M.K. Williams is an author and independent publisher. She has written and
Checking into the Library One of the biggest benefits of listing your audiobook through Findaway Voices is their distribution to libraries. Don’t sleep on this benefit. While you may find it easier to instruct your fans to purchase your books from retailers, library sales should not be forgotten.
Audiobook Home On Your Website There is no place like home! Your audiobooks feel the same way. And that home is on your website.
Pricing your Audiobook Come away from this article feeling empowered to set a pricing strategy that works for you.
What The Blurb? Yes, the cover artwork will grab their eye, but the blurb tells the reader if this audiobook is indeed for them or not. But your audiobook audience is not the same as your print or eBook audience.
Marketplace Author Profiles Findaway Voices Marketplace is now two months young and Author Profiles are the first major feature addition. Trust and transparency between authors and narrators are one of the pillars of Marketplace. The new
Judge an Audiobook by its Cover Just with the eBook and print formats for your book, the cover for your audiobook matters. It's the most important thing you can control to appeal to potential listeners.
Give 'Em A Bonus Who doesn’t love a good bonus? In a sea of endless options, your readers may need a little something extra to help them decide to listen to your audiobook. That’s where you need a WIIFM. As in What’s In It For Me?
Audiobook Marketing Begins Now! The marketing for your audiobook begins long before it appears on any retailer website. It starts right now and one of the easiest ways to get your audience excited about it is to bring them on the journey with you.
Camp NaNoWriMo & Audiobooks Turn Your Manuscript into an AudiobookFindaway Voices is proud to sponsor Camp NaNoWriMo 2022 and all the authors out there feverishly writing this month. The spirit and camaraderie of NaNoWriMo are inspiring and
Promotions Tool for B&N Audiobooks Authors can now submit promotional pricing for audiobooks with retailer Barnes & Noble. Findaway Voices customers now have a new option for their promotional pricing strategies with B&N Audiobooks. When you
Made on Marketplace LIVE Webinar Authors and narrators are invited to join us for the official launch of Findaway Voices Marketplace on Tuesday, March 15 at 11am ET! In this free webinar, we'll be covering how to make
Sound On! Celebrating Marketplace Authors Built for a world booming with audiobooks, Marketplace is a brand new way for authors to create & publish their books with the sound on. To celebrate the launch of Marketplace, we're offering
Q2 Call for Discount Promotions The merchandising team at Findaway Voices is looking for discounted audiobooks to pitch to our retailers for spring and June Audiobook Month.
Partner Update: Barnes & Noble New Seamless Audiobook Experience We're excited to share that Barnes & Noble will soon release a more seamless user experience by making available audiobooks directly on their website and natively within the Nook
Marketplace Is Open for Authors Findaway Voices Marketplace is live and ready for authors to publish and distribute their books with the sound on.
Build Relationships with Your Readers & Contemporaries Guest blogger M.K. Williams talks about marketing your audiobook through relationship building—keep in mind many of these tips will apply to your other book formats as well.