How to Get Into Audiobooks by Autocrit

How many of your readers have asked if your book is available as an audiobook?

If you’re like most authors I know, the answer is probably “more than I expected.”

Even if you’re someone who can’t really process a book when listening to it (I’ll put my hand up for that one)…

… the fact remains that audiobooks have become more than a nice-to-have.

They’re how a massive chunk of readers actually consume content. We’re talking about almost 1 in 4 readers across the entire book market.

So, if your book isn’t available in audio? That’s around a quarter of your potential audience walking away because they can’t get your book in the format they prefer.

That said, nobody comes into this world with an instinctive knowledge of how to produce a great audiobook. Do you need a professional studio? How much does it cost? Is your voice good enough to pull it off?

It isn’t a great idea to record your own reading with a sub-par microphone and a few sound dampener pads stuck to the wall of a storage room – but you also don’t need to become a full-on audio production wizard, costs and all.