Tip 1: How to sell your audiobook
Tip 1: How to sell your audiobook
The format of audiobooks has recently gainedgreat popularity, as many book lovers simply can not find enough time for thoughtful reading. Audiobook can also be heard in the car, while walking or playing sports, so it's no wonder that the sale of such books is a good source of income.
Instructions
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First of all, to sell your audiobookyou will need to make a quality record. Perhaps you do not need professional studio equipment, but a powerful computer and a good microphone will definitely be needed. It is likely that you will not be able to immediately record the ideal version, and you will have to make several takes.
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Once you are at your disposala complete record of good quality, you can start working on its implementation. Audiobooks are the easiest to sell through existing popular online stores. To put a book there for sale, you will need to contact the store administration and specify various conditions, including the price and commission of the store.
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The second option is to download an audiobook fora specialized site, setting a certain charge for downloading the file. By the way, on such sites authors of audiobooks are even offered a list of literary works that will enjoy the greatest popularity. Of course, without a commission for the site owners can not do and in this case.
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Finally, you can create your own website. This method is suitable if you intend to record and sell audiobooks as one of the main sources of income, because designing the whole site for one edition is irrational. You will have to work on the design of the page, pay for the placement of the site in the network (hosting), and engage in its promotion. The pluses of this option can be attributed to the fact that with sufficient popularity you can also sell books of other authors, charging a certain percentage.
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Do not forget that for commercial purposes you canUse only those sources, the validity period of copyright for which has expired. For books, this means that more than 70 years must pass from the death of the author. In other cases, you will need permission of the author or other right holder to publish an audiobook, usually for a certain amount or a percentage of the profit. Before selecting a book for recording, specify who is its copyright owner in order to avoid problems with the law in the future.
Tip 2: How to Sell Files
Information has always been a value that could easily be expressed in monetary terms. With the onset of the era of digital technology, buy and sell Files, containing the necessary information, it became even easier. The main task in such cases is to find the buyer who is willing to pay for your Files the price you are requesting. In order to sell Files, it is enough to perform several simple actions.
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First of all, decide on the specificsYour file and the price you want for it. Remember that you must have rights to sell this file, or you must be its author. Once you have defined these indicators, compile the most comprehensive list of adequate benefits that a client can receive by downloading this file.
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Think about the target audience, based on the propertiesfile - to whom it can be interesting, why, in what capacity? Look for themed sites, as well as sites that deal with mediation in the sale and purchase of files. Do not forget to attach a full description of the file and its possible use each time you place an ad.
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Spread the description of the file on the forums thatSubjects, which the file belongs to and in social networks. Do not hesitate to frankly spam - you can never know who will be interested in your file and who will buy it, and the main principle of advertising is that it does not happen very often. Remember that the more actively you promote information about your product, the faster you will find a buyer.
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It is recommended to sell goods athelp Webmoney security certificate - the buyer transfers money, but the seller can not receive them until the goods are delivered. Another option - you send a link to the archive with a password, and the buyer makes a bank transfer, and then receives a password.
Tip 3: How to create an audiobook
The creation of audiobooks has broadened the horizonsthe possibilities of many people who are not capable of rapid reading or visual perception of what they have written. In addition, this invention helps to save time in the crazy rhythm of modern life. It is not necessary to spend a lot of money to buy a new audiobook, you can create it yourself.
Instructions
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Audiobooks are not only entertainment, but alsouseful tool for education. For this reason, audio textbooks are becoming especially popular, especially in disciplines, which mean an abundance of textual information, for example, history, geography, sociology, etc.
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For the autograph creation of an audiobook, you do not have to read the text yourself into the microphone. Now, for this, there are modern and, most importantly, fairly quick means. They are called speech synthesizers.
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Of course, synthesized speech has its owndisadvantages, and many do not like its metallic sound. However, the problem can be solved if from the very beginning you choose the right and suitable speech mechanism for you to create an audiobook. Examples are Elan TTS Nikolai and ScanSoft Katerina, which synthesize, respectively, male and female speech.
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After you have decided on the speech engine,go to the selection of high-quality software. There are a lot of options, for example, free ABoo, ICE Book Reader and the most popular "Govorilka".
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The ABoo program is a highly specialized software,which is only able to create audio recordings and read text. It does not have additional options, but it performs its only functions with dignity. It can handle several text formats, including DOC, RTF, TXT, HTM, and save the audio file in two formats, popular MP3 and slightly less common WAV.
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Run the ABoo program. In fields 1 and 2, at the top of the window, select the source text file and the path to which you want to save the final audiobook. In this case, you will see the text in the white window in the center of the screen. Now go to the settings at the bottom of the window.
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Select the speech engine in the "Voice" field, for example,ELAN TTS Russian, the desired quality in the "Compression" field. Work with other settings, choose the preferred option. You can listen to the fragment before recording to assess the future quality, for this click the button in the lower right corner of the screen. If everything is ready, click the button in the upper right corner, with a green triangle.
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The ICE Book Reader is much morefunctional, but in it, strangely enough, there is no pre-listening button. But it has a lot of additional settings, including advanced options for audio files, including bitrates, channels, etc.
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"Govorilka" has a more familiar structure forWindows users, with menus and familiar buttons open and save files. To create an audiobook, you must select "Write to file" in the "Playback" field and enter the path to it in the field opposite. Start the program by pressing the F5 button.
Tip 4: How to record an audiobook
Modern people increasingly prefer audiobook a traditional paper edition. After all, such a book can be "read" anywhere, it does not take up much space and does not lead to eye fatigue.
You will need
- - a computer;
- - the text of the work;
- - programs for reading text / for sound recording;
- headphones with a microphone.
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You can record an audiobook yourself. With the help of search engines, find the electronic copy of the desired work. If it is not on the Internet (though rarely, but it does happen), scan it from the book. Then use ABBYY FineReader to recognize the text of the scanned text.
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Then download one of the programs that converttext files to sound files. The simplest popular free programs of this type are Govorilka, Ice Book Reader, NextUp TextAloud. Install one of them on your computer. In the description of the program, specify whether there is a voice engine in the main archive, or it needs to be downloaded separately. The main types of voice engines for such programs are Acapela and Alyona. If they are not in the basic version, download them separately and install according to the instructions.
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Next, open the program and copy the text thereyour book. In the settings, select a voice (male or female), voice timbre, read speed. The rest of the program will do for you. At the end of the job, save the recorded file to a hard disk or removable media.
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But if you need to write a novel in verse, thisthe option of creating an audiobook is not suitable. The fact is that programs designed to read text, well record prosaic works. But they do not succeed in intonating poetry properly, especially with complex punctuation.
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To convert the lyric to audio formatwork yourself, read it with the right expression. Conditionally divide your text into fragments. Read them several times. Then close doors, windows, try to minimize ambient noise.
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Next, take the headphones with a microphone and connectthem to the computer. Use the standard "Sound Recording" function, which is located in the "Start" menu. Listen to the resulting excerpt. If your voice sounds too low, increase the volume.
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In the presence of a large number of extraneous noiseuse a specialized program for processing audio files (Sound Forge, Free Audio Recorder, Total Recorder, etc.). With it, you can not only remove noise, but also accompany your audiobook with calm music, surf noise, etc.
Tip 5: How to sell your site
Today for the sale of your site there isSet of forums and Internet exchanges. There you will be able to accurately assess the cost of the site, find a buyer who is interested in concluding a deal. In some cases, you can legally formalize the contract of sale, find the guarantor of the transaction for a certain percentage of commission. There are also various organizations engaged in buying sites.
Sites are sold online. Here you can profitably sell your site. Many sellers make mistakes in selling, which are easy enough to avoid if you know a number of subtleties.
Where is the sale of the site possible?
1. Stock exchanges. For example: - telderi.ru - here you can sell for a decent money and a newly created site, and more developed (on the exchange, both sellers and buyers are checked, thus safe transactions are carried out) - pr-cy.ru - this service is very popular among webmasters (this the stock exchange is more likely to sell medium-level development sites). 2. Forums for webmasters: - maultalk.com, webmasters.ru/forum - there are many buyers for sites of inexpensive price categories - forum.searchengines.ru - a forum with a large number of visitors, on which it is possible to find a buyer for any project.How to carry out the sale?
In order to quickly and profitably sell yourresource, you can use the tips outlined below: - create a topic on the forum for evaluating the site, get users' opinion about its value, - put the site on the auction (if the project is worthy, then you can get the maximum profit) - site located on free hosting, transfer to paid (it is important for many buyers) - to be able to properly submit even a low-quality site, find advantages for the buyer - be able to set out the reasons for selling beautifully; - beware of scammers, so work with unknown people on exchanges and forums through guarantors; - to look for buyers on their own, in this case you can sell the site more (do not have to pay commissions to the exchange) - in order to raise the price, make a list of the merits of the site, indicate it when selling - fix small inaccuracies and defects on the site.How quickly and at what price to sell the site?
For urgent sale it is necessary to go to the forum, wherecreate a topic-auction with an expiration date. If the price is lower than average, then on similar sites, you can find a buyer even within one day. The cost of the site will depend on the buyer, on how he understands the quality of sites and their pricing. The price also depends on the project, the possibility of earning money on it. Demand for resources with earnings on contextual advertising, the sale of banners, etc. The cost of the site, the income from which comes from the sale of links, is calculated in the form of net income for the half year. If the site earns on contextual advertising, net income is taken for a year (or two) - this will be the price. In the second case, the income is more stable, predictable and legal. We need to evaluate the design, content, age of the resource and so on. Everything is taken into account, after that the optimal cost of the site is established.Tip 6: How to download an audiobook
There are many resources on the Internet thatprovide opportunities for downloading audiobooks. Among them: licensed digital content stores, torrent trackers, file sharing, specialized sites and even social networks.
Licensed digital content stores
Download an audiobook by paying a certain amount,it is possible in such online stores as "LitRes" and OZON. Payment is made using electronic settlement systems. This is a simple, convenient and absolutely legal way to purchase digital content. Similar stores cooperate with publishers, so the authors of audio books sold there will receive the due rewards for their works. To download an audiobook, for example, from the "LitRes" store, go to the following link: http://www.litres.ru. To look at the assortment, use the buttons of the catalog navigation menu. If you are interested in a particular work, enter the desired name in the search bar. Provided that the desired audiobook is present on the site, immediately after input, the corresponding information on availability will be displayed. Clicking on it, you will go to the page from which you can download the file to your computer. To do this, click on "Buy and download," select a payment system and follow further system prompts. In addition to sources that distribute audiobooks exclusively in a legal way, there are others that provide illegal access to a portion of the content. But do not neglect these resources and consider them immoral, as they are often used by the authors themselves in the framework of the law, if they wish to share their own works free of charge. Next we will talk about such ambiguous sources.Specialized sites
Audiobooks fans club, available under the linkhttp://abook-club.ru, is a community of enthusiasts who themselves voice the texts and upload the records to the network. Here you can find a large number of audiobooks that are not available in online stores. Of course, not all of them are comparable to professional works, but many are performed at a very decent level. To find the required audiobook, use the rubricator on the main page of the site. After selecting a particular product, the display will show detailed information about the methods of downloading. Most often for these sites are links to torrent trackers and file sharing, with which you can upload files to your computer.Social networks
Another resource that can be storedaudiobooks, is a social network "VKontakte". To download the necessary audio files with this service, you can use special tools. As an example, we can consider VKSaver.Tip 7: How to download an audiobook in iPhone
In a noisy city, it often turns outit is more convenient not to read the books yourself, but to listen to their audio versions. To do this, you can use a regular player or mobile phone, for example, iPhone. However, there are some nuances of recording audiobooks in a popular Apple device.
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First, download and install the programiTunes, which is required to download files to the iPhone. Open a web browser, enter http://www.apple.com in the address bar and press Enter. Click on the iPod link, then click on Download iTunes. On the next page, click Download Now. Specify the location on the hard disk of the computer to save the installation file. After the process is over, double click on the downloaded file and perform the installation. Launch iTunes and connect iPhone to your computer.
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Next, you have two options for recording audiobooks. The first one is to download them in .mp3 format, as usual musical compositions. The second option is to convert audio books .m4b into a special format.
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To download the first way, create a new oneplaylist in the iTunes interface. Select File -> New Playlist. Then add the necessary audiobooks to it. After they are copied, click on the item "Music" and select "Synchronize music". To start the process, click on the "Apply" button. After that, all the selected files will be in the iPhone.
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To load in the second way, performconverting audiobooks .mp3 files to .m4b. To do this, download and install the free MP3 to iPod Audio Book Converter. Run the installed application. Click on the Add button and select the required files in the window that opens. Choose the type of conversion: save all files to one audiobook or each individually. Also you can specify the name of the book, author, genre, etc. After that, click the Start conversion button.
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Then, in the iTunes interface, select the "Audiobooks" section. Add the received .m4b files to it. Synchronize the program with the iPhone to download audiobooks into it.
