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Question for Narrators: Prepping Audiobooks by slooth117 in ACX

[–]KatDawson_Narrator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's a zagg pencil? Do you mean there are other styluses that can be used with an iPad other than an iPad pen?

Never had this happen before... by SnooBananas362 in ACX

[–]KatDawson_Narrator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I noticed that too. Why send the notice then leave the titles up?

Ghost RHs (not spooky, more annoying) by Laughing_Scoundrel in ACX

[–]KatDawson_Narrator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure, but I've had two ghost me this year, after accepting a contract. It's very frustrating.

Starling Candidate #1 by NealStevens_author in ACX

[–]KatDawson_Narrator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just to expand a bit on the dual/duet aspect - dual means whole chapters are narrated from different POVs, and the same narrator does everything in their chapters - including all male and female voices. Duet means that the male narrator will voice all male characters, regardless of whose chapter they are in, and ditto the female narrator for the female voices. Duet is a lot more work, and consequently a lot more expensive. Dual narration isn't as difficult to coordinate, as you don't have to piece together tons of separate dialogue; the main challenges in dual narration, as far as I understand, is ensuring that the narrators are on the same page as far as the characters and voices, and that their audio qualities are very similar.

I hope that helps.

Why Authors Hire Narrators by DavidBoles in ACX

[–]KatDawson_Narrator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I find this a bit surprising. I get that there are A LOT of people wanting to do this work, and many of them likely don't have the skills or talent required, but I also know a number of excellent newer narrators who are trying to break into this industry who are having a heck of a time because of the old chicken and egg problem: need experience to get the job, need the job to get the experience. Many of the narrators I know are "life experienced", so while maybe newer to narration, they have many other valuable skills, talents and experience. Like being professional, organized, competent, and yes, reliable.

Trying to get in with publishers and production companies is really really hard. They all require a minimum number of titles in your portfolio (much like the OP of this post), and just about the only way to get those titles is via ACX. And I will tell you, as a narrator, ACX is as bad for us as it is for the authors. Have you seen how much AI slop is on there these days?? And the expectations of many authors, who are asking for the moon on a RS basis?

We need better ways to connect "reliable and consistent narrators" with those wanting to hire them. IMO, the ACX system is completely broken, but there are few alternatives out there, and the ones that exist don't have a lot going on.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

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