Authorial Podcasts
March 2nd 2007 23:54
Recently, sci-fi novelist Scott Siglar recorded his first book, "EarthCore" in 22 episodes, each 45 minutes long. He posted it online via podcasts for free downloads. The book was downloaded 30,000 times, which was enough to attract a small publisher to put out the book.
Podiobooks.com is one of the pioneering sites for sending out podcasts (it was founded by Evo Terra, the author of "Podcasting for Dummies"). If, like Siglar, you’re interested in recording a book, you’ll find guidelines on the Podiobooks site, as well as other useful information.
You can listen to a sample of each book to hear whether the style of the book appeals to you and how you like the author's voice--after all, for a full-length book you'll be spending a lot of time with that voice in your ears. Some audiobook sites use computer voices on their readings; I don’t find these very appealing at all, even though they may be an economic approach.
What is a podcast, for those like me, who know the word but don’t quite know what it means.
Wikipedia tells us that: “A podcast is a media file distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on portable media players and personal computers. Like 'radio', it can mean both the content and the method of syndication. The latter may also be termed podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster. The term "podcast" is derived from Apple's portable music player, the iPod.
Though podcasters' web sites may also offer direct download or streaming of their content, a podcast is distinguished from other digital audio formats by its ability to be downloaded automatically, using software capable of reading feed formats such as RSS or Atom.”
Mike Crowl also writes here
Podiobooks.com is one of the pioneering sites for sending out podcasts (it was founded by Evo Terra, the author of "Podcasting for Dummies"). If, like Siglar, you’re interested in recording a book, you’ll find guidelines on the Podiobooks site, as well as other useful information.
You can listen to a sample of each book to hear whether the style of the book appeals to you and how you like the author's voice--after all, for a full-length book you'll be spending a lot of time with that voice in your ears. Some audiobook sites use computer voices on their readings; I don’t find these very appealing at all, even though they may be an economic approach.
What is a podcast, for those like me, who know the word but don’t quite know what it means.
Wikipedia tells us that: “A podcast is a media file distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on portable media players and personal computers. Like 'radio', it can mean both the content and the method of syndication. The latter may also be termed podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster. The term "podcast" is derived from Apple's portable music player, the iPod.
Though podcasters' web sites may also offer direct download or streaming of their content, a podcast is distinguished from other digital audio formats by its ability to be downloaded automatically, using software capable of reading feed formats such as RSS or Atom.”
Mike Crowl also writes here
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