Increase your book’s accessibility and range as an audio book, as well as being in print and an eBook (even if it IS Speech Enabled) 😀
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CREATE AN AUDIO BOOK
There are 27 million paperback books on Amazon.com, 9 million hardcovers, and 3 million Kindle e-books.
But there are only 180,000 audio books on Amazon.com. The audio book market has much better odds.
You can publish an audio book even through self-publishing. Amazon lets you publish an audio book through the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), which makes your audio book available on:
- Amazon.com
- Audible.com
- iTunes
There is a market for audio books. Many truck drivers enjoy listening to audio books on long trips. They’re great for anyone taking a long trip (even kids). But they’re not just for trips. Anytime you’d just like to relax and enjoy having a book read to you. Or you could even read and listen together (check out Amazon’s Whispersync—you need an unabridged audio book with a nearly…
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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Audio books are great for those unable to read print as well as those who can do so. As a child growing up I had a huge collection of spoken word cassettes and a few audio recordings on vinyl, (now that is going back somewhat). I like the idea of offering my books as audible downloads and your reblogging of this post has made me consider audio downloads again. Kevin
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