May of 2011 the Audiobook Creation Exchange was opened to the public. (see my original blog, May 12, 2011 about this) A year later, I think it's safe to say the service is a big success...answering a lot of needs: 1) For the consumer: allowing for many many more book titles to be available in...
'Not your normal voice over crowd. In fact, the word pairing "voice over" is almost verbotten here at the AudioBook Publishers Association Conference in NYC. And yet, I see a lot of people here who would describe themselves that way, just not when they're around AudioBookpublishers and producers....
Everyone pretty much agrees that AudioBooks are a bit of a different animal among the panoply of niche voice opportunities that stand before the working voice actor. The general word right now is that the AudioBook Publishing industry is fertile ground for new work, 'cause the medium of audiobooks...