1. The Power of Audiobooks
Ellen Myrick
Francisca Goldsmith

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. Listening for Literacy: What the Research Saysfg
Sound Learning APA

7. Sound Learning APA soundlearningapa.orgfg

8. Listen to the Experts
Em talk about common core and audiobooks

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

10. Let’s Hear for Ourselvesfg

11. Nonfiction for the Ears
Fg/em

12. Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

13. 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

14. Keep Up with Listening on Twitter and Blogs
Publisher Spotlight
@pubspotlight
Sound Learning APA
@soundlearningap
AudioFile Magazine
@audiofilemag
School Library Journal
@sljournal
Audiobook Community
@audiobook_comm
AudiobookSYNC
@audiobooksync
Publisher Spotlight
PS We’re Reading
AudiobookSYNC
Audiobooksync.com
Booklist: The Reader
Booklistreader.com

15. 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

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