The Power of Audiobooks Ellen Myrick Francisca Goldsmith ellen@publisherspotlight.com francisca@publisherspotlight.com

Audiobooks by the numbers Introductions June is #AudiobookMonth #loveaudiobooks Audiobooks by the numbers Production has increased 500% in 5 years (7K – 35K) Consumer sales up 21% over last year Library circulation up 36% a year, now topping 43M pa

Jobs in audiobookland Author Publisher Narrator Director Engineer Editor Producer Em followed by fg In the studio: recording the National Geographic read alongs at Live Oak Media

Nonfiction Audiobook Requirements Professional performance Authenticity of voice(s) Fit of material to format Fg followed up by em

Nonfiction, Audiobook-powered Autobiography in the voice of the author Expressive oral performance Regional accents that augment text-based information Unusual vocabulary pronounced correctly Diverse voices and shared performances Clarifying sound effects Em and fg

Listening for Literacy: What the Research Says fg Sound Learning APA

Sound Learning APA soundlearningapa.org fg

Listen to the Experts Em talk about common core and audiobooks

Nonfiction Listening for Summer—and for free Fg and then em Audiobooksync.com

Let’s Hear for Ourselves fg

Nonfiction for the Ears Fg/em

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

Awards for Great Listens Audies – theaudies.com Odyssey Award - ala.org/yalsa/odyssey-award and ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/odysseyaward Amazing Audiobooks - ala.org/yalsa/amazing-audiobooks Notable Children’s Recordings - ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncr Earphones Award – audiofilemagazine.com em

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Publisher Resources Live Oak Media – liveoakmedia.com/assets/clientpages/activity-guides.aspx Macmillan Audio – us.macmillan.com/audio/about/faq NAXOS Spoken Word Library – naxosspokenwordlibrary.com/faqs.asp OverDrive - blogs.overdrive.com/library/ Listening Library – penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/kids-and-teens/blog/ Recorded Books/Tantor Media - tantorblog.com Simon & Schuster – simonandschuster.com/audio Weston Woods/Scholastic - westonwoods.scholastic.com/products/westonwoods/resources.asp And be sure to explore titles offered by Audible – audible.com EPIC! – getepic.com Hachette - hachettebookgroup.com/features/audiocelebrities/index.html Harper – harperaudio.hc.com

Ellen Myrick ellen@publisherspotlight.com Thanks for listening! Contact Ellen Myrick ellen@publisherspotlight.com Francisca Goldsmith fgoldsmith@gmail.com June 2016