You’ve probably seen/heard me raving about Podiobooks.com. It’s a great website where authors can present podcast versions of their works. The podcasts are free to download and/or subscribe to, but they do take donations. At least 50% of the donations go to the authors. I am working on making a version of my self-published novel, LILITH’S LOVE, available as a podiobook. Why would anybody give away an audio version of their book? Promotion. I do intend to make a hi-fi CD quality MP3 CD version of the audiobook as well and sell it on Lulu.com. But podiobooks are a great way for people to discover your novel, for free, a chapter at a time. Hopefully, the listener will like what they hear and donate towards it. How do I know the system works? I’m listening to eight books and have already donated for three of them. Yes, I plan to [More]
Archive for April, 2006
Is This Thing On? #20
Hello, and welcome to another episode of “Is This Thing On?” (Download MP3 or listen to the stream) * My name is Dan Shaurette, welcome to my podcast. Those of you new to the insanity, thank you for checking it out. – I’m a software developer and self-published author. I’m [More]
Is This Thing On? #19
Hello, and welcome to another episode of “Is This Thing On?” (Download MP3 or listen to the stream) * Breaking slightly for what little format I have for this show, I’m not opening with a song. It’s gamer geek wisdom in the form of a parody of Baz Luhrmann’s “Everybody’s [More]
What Do You Mean You Don’t Have A Blog?
Publishing Guidelines: My articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 License.You may publish this article in its entirety, electronically or in print, free of charge, as long as you include my full signature below. Please let me know you are republishing the article with an email to Dan@Shaurette.net. [More]
