Writing compelling book descriptions for books, ebooks and audiobooks means balancing your promotional copywriting between the head and the heart. It takes both wit and a winsome turn of phrase to make your readers fall in love with your book before they even think about buying your work. On the brainy side, your description needs […]
Recording Audiobooks Fit for a King: Mastering Techniques of Studio Audiobook Recordings
Selling audiobooks can amplify your book sales in a way few other things can. Imagine being able to move your audience and sell your message with the sound of your own voice. Few other methods create such a compelling influence as the spoken word. In another article on mastering audiobook recording sills, we took a […]
How to Record Audiobooks Fit for a King
In the Oscar-winning movie The King’s Speech, England’s reluctant King George VI hated microphones. He had good reason: he stuttered like a Model-A Ford, in need of a tune-up. The movie is a surprisingly upbeat and watchable journey through the real-life king’s struggle with public speaking. He had to record and broadcast messages to his […]
Millenials, Risk Taking, and the “Living Wage”
Talia Jane’s Website Header. Great Advice, Talia Jane! By now, most people are probably aware of the latest stupidity trending on social media. If not, to briefly recap, on Friday a spoiled brat named Talia Jane told her boss to f-off via an open letter on medium.com and, surprise of surprises, got the ax. […]
American Medal of Honor Recipient, Author of “To Kill a Mockingbird” – Harper Lee –Dies
The American author of one of the most popular pieces of fiction ever written, Harper Lee, died in her sleep in an assisted living facility in Alabama at 89 years of age. Nelle Harper Lee won critical acclaim and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1960 for her “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which the Library […]
VIDEO: What Happens When a Firecracker is Thrown Under Manhole Cover?
Kids can be idiots and don’t realize gases build up under manhole covers This kid was badly injured when the manhole cover hit him. Let this be a lesson as it is dangerous to ignite underground gases: