The Next Voice You Hear...

AI is here. Maybe.

Audiobooks are among the fastest growing segments in any entertainment category.

But for an Independent Author, producing an audiobook with a live narrator is expensive.

A friend suggested I get Scott Brick or Peter Coyote to narrate my new book. If you listen to audiobooks you've heard Scott Brick. He's done Nelson DeMille's books and John Grisham, Clive Cussler, Michael Crichton, several Jack Reacher and Bosch books. Lots of others.

Peter Coyote doesn't do as many books, but he does narrate for Ken Burns, for example, the great series on Country Music, and he's been in several movies.

It would cost at least $30,000 to get Scott Brick or Peter Coyote. Maybe $50,000 and they both have waiting lists.

I have a few audiobooks, the more successful are Be Sincere Even When You Don't Mean It, and Hit Your Second Shot First. on those, I've barely broken even. The other audiobooks I lost money. I'm not in the subsidizing narrators business.

Now there's AI. Audible features a service for authors called Virtual Voice. It was good, and has just been upgraded.

I may try Virtual Voice for my new book, Dead Men Don't Cash Checks.

Attention any voice actor reading this: I would prefer a real person. Shoot me an email if you're interested in making a deal. There's a couple sequels in the pipeline.

I still do use a real person to do the book covers, but it's a more modest expense. I'm looking forward to seeing the cover for Dead Men Don't Cash Checks. We're going for a noir-ish look.

I'll show it here when it's ready to go. Coming soon.

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