Audiobook Connection - Behind the Scenes with the Creative Teams
Engaging conversations with Authors, Narrators, Post-production audio engineers, Marketing teams as well as audio book listeners and fans. Go behind the scenes with audiobook creators as host Becky Parker Geist guides the conversation to discover the surprises, victories and challenges in publishing and producing audiobooks. Ideal for indie authors, small publishers, audiobook fans, and anyone interested in a behind-the-scenes peek into the audiobook world - as well as authors and publishers looking for tips from the pros on production and marketing. Behind-the-scenes interviews with audiobook creators as well as audiobook production and marketing tips - with episodes weekly. #C-Suite Radio.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 289
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
AC-I-169 Big News in the Audiobook World
With BookBaby offering AI-narrated audiobooks and Spotify buying up Findaway Voices, the audiobook industry is changing. Find out what you should know about these changes and what your options are fo…
AC-I-168 Interview with Gayla Turner (Don’t You Dare)
When banker turned author Gayla Turner started writing, she had in mind that someone else would handle the writing since she did not consider herself a writer. Having gotten through the writing and p…
AC-I-167 Interview with Kathleen Klug (nonfiction: body, mind, spirit)
Health coach and author Kathleen Klug is having an impact. Join host Becky Parker Geist for this interview to hear more about what this author is doing to increase her impact with her audiobook. Disc…
AC-T-166 Tips for Managing Audiobook ISBNs
Metadata can be your best friend! Been wondering what you need to know when it comes to ISBNs? The world runs on metadata. Learn the key things you need to know as an indie author so you can make goo…
AC-T-165 Interview & Podcast That’s Gone to the Dogs
A full cast or multi-voiced project may offer fun and creative opportunities for podcasting and bonus materials for your project. Join our host Becky Parker Geist to experience how the team developed…
AC-I-164 Full Cast Production - Interview with author Joseph Durette (Fight or Flight)
Author Joseph Durette started out as a rowdy, authority-provoking rebel just like the teens in his newly-released full-cast audiobook Fight or Flight. Learn not only about the origin story of this au…
AC-T-163 Footnotes in Audiobooks: What if They Really Matter?
There are many kinds of interruptive text, from sidebars to footnotes. How do you decide which to include—especially when talking about footnotes—and which to omit? Do you need to be consistent throu…
AC-I-162 Author-Narrated - Interview with author Donna Griffit (Sticking to My Story)
The unstoppable and incomparable story specialist Donna Griffit has been coaching and guiding entrepreneurs over the last twenty years in telling their power stories—the stories that stick, the ones …
AC-T-161 Taking a short break for APAC
The last two weeks of March, our podcast will be taking a short break. This is because our host, Becky Parker Geist, will be attending the APAC conference in New York. We'll be back with new episodes…
AC-T-160 Taking a short break for APAC
The last two weeks of March, our podcast will be taking a short break. This is because our host, Becky Parker Geist, will be attending the APAC conference in New York. We'll be back with new episode…
AC-I-159 Interview with Patricia Sullivan
Patricia Sullivan, author of Overland Before the Hippie Trail, is a world traveler. As a young newlywed, she and her husband decided to travel and work. A planned trip of a few months that turned int…
AC-T-158 What Do You Want Your Listeners to Do?
Why did you write your book? What is your gift to the world and your audience? These “why” questions are actually foundational to how your audiobook can make a greater impact. Becky Parker Geist guid…
AC-T-157 Lots of Dialogue - More than One Narrator?
If your manuscript has a lot of dialogue, you may be wondering if that means it needs two or more narrators. Join Becky for a short episode addressing this frequently asked question.
Learn more abo…
AC-I-156 Pozotron - Interview with CEO Adam Fritz
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can also be a tremendous support in the audiobook world. Pozotron is an AI-based support tool for narrators that saves time, thus helping streamline the audiobook industr…
AC-T-155 We ARE Story - AI vs Narrators
We experience our lives as narrative. We are creators. What happens when we turn over our creativity to AI? If democratizing affordability is the problem, is AI narrating audiobooks really the best s…
AC-T-154 Studios vs Audiobook Producers - Differences and Red Flags
Thinking about working with a studio to produce your audiobook? Here are some really important keys you’ll want to be aware of in the process. What may surprise you is how much the business model for…
AC-I-153 AI and More: A Conversation with Joshua Townshend
What does the arrival of AI (Artificial Intelligence) as audiobook narrators mean for the audiobook industry and for listeners? Will the art and soul of audiobooks be lost in the pursuit of profit? I…
AC-T-152 Should You as Author Narrate Your Own Audiobook?
Are you the best voice for your audiobook? Maybe. Learn about the key parts of the process and critical factors in your decision-making process. Where will you record and what will each option entail…
AC-T-151 More Reasons Why Audiobooks for Kids Make Sense
Whether you’re a children’s author or an adult with kids in your life, this episode will expand your horizons in how you think about audiobooks. There are many benefits and values for kids. Whether y…
AC-T-150 Children’s Book Collections - Win with Collaboration
Children’s books are on the rise in the audiobook world and in this episode Becky provides some ways to take advantage of what might otherwise be considered challenges. When published independently, …