VANESSA HART
www.vanessahart.info
Presenting:
AUDIOBOOKS – Time vs. Money … What You Need To Know
Some of the first things my students want to know about recording audiobooks are: how much time does it take? Can I make a living at this?
This presentation shows you how to determine those answers for yourself, and offers experience-based tips on how to best utilize your time—and therefore maximize your time-to-money ratio. You get the real scoop on what publishers are paying, and union vs. non-union rates and benefits. We cover what’s needed to narrate an audiobook from offer through prep, recording (including editing, proofing and mastering), delivery, CRX’s, billing and marketing. And we estimate the time involved in each. We also discuss what needs to happen before you record, in terms of training and equipment.
Career training level: all
About Vanessa Hart:
Vanessa Hart has narrated more than 70 audiobooks and has been called “a master narrator” by AudioFile magazine. She has been a finalist for the esteemed Audie Award and a winner of the AudioFile Earphone Award.
Vanessa is also a sought-after coach, and is known for her critically acclaimed Power of Five training series, private coaching and seminars that take narrators to the next level in their careers.
Also an audiobook producer, Vanessa produced 50 titles for Audible.com in 2012. Her favorite part of producing is “being able to match up wonderful narrators with wonderful books.”
Vanessa is classically trained in theater and serves on the SAG-AFTRA National Audiobook Steering Committee. She currently resides in Los Angeles and records from her state-of-the-art home studio.
