If you going to attempt a self-recording of your audio book, ALWAYS use headphones to hear what you are producing. Simply holding the speaker of your computer to your ear will not work. Remember, your customer will be most likely be listening to your audio book on their iPod or mobile phone – through headphones. Headphones cancel out a great deal of ambient noise around the listener and amplify any errors in your production. It is quite common for self-recorders to have buzzing noises, background noises and all kinds of other issues.
Here at Hudson Audio Publishing we always ask our readers (professional or not) to submit one chapter to us BEFORE they go and record the whole audio book. That way we can listen to the sample and make sure that your quality is up to scratch. Audible, iTunes and Amazon are not going to too happy if they start getting complaints from their clients.
Headphones will enable you to hear much more and should always be used.
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