Comments on: Tracking down podcast novelists

By: Evo

Evo — Mon, 14 May 2007 03:23:00 +0000

Hi Jeremy,

Wonder why Tee hasn’t gotten back with you? We’ll do some track-down and get that answered. Thanks for your tenaciousness!

By: Jeremy James

Jeremy James — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:58:49 +0000

I’d love to get my serialized novel THE VEINGEL up at Podiobooks.com, but so far, two of my emails have gone unanswered. Maybe posting a comment in this thread will help?

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:43:56 +0000

http://www.childrenofthegods.net/
I believe they would make a great addition to podiobooks.com

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:47:55 +0000

http://mickaloha.com/fpn/

http://www.freepodcastnovel.com

Here is another person that offers his own free podcasts, he has a few.

I have also sent him your info.

By: dianne

dianne — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:44:32 +0000

I sent out several messages and the first author has replied back. So far I am trying to help problem-solve some problems that are being faced. Hopefully the other authors will get back to me quite soon.

By: Gail

Gail — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:22:53 +0000

Dave, the images are of grown persons, after imbibing more or less alcohol, skulking through the shrubbery with flashlights, and of the extreme cuteness of this pup I only heard described. (The stains seemed incidental. Besides, they weren’t my rugs!!)

By: dianne

dianne — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:46:38 +0000

I’ll send out an email to JM in a moment and try to find a contact for the others. Hopefully any contact that I do make will gain some interest from these authors. I’ll update you when I find out more.

By: Evo

Evo — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:47:39 +0000

Dianne,

Thanks for the suggestions. Please feel free to reach out to these authors you are so fond of and let them know about our site. At this point, I’m limiting my search to folks who are already producing audio versions of their books. However, I welcome you (or others) to make that suggestion to other novelists.

By: Dave Donelson

Dave Donelson — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:25:28 +0000

Thanks, Gail. Glad the imagery of Hunting Elf stuck with you. Our carpet still has stains from the little bugger, too. Look for chapter 1 on podiobooks soon.
Dave

By: dianne

dianne — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:46:21 +0000

Jim Munroe wrote a book called Flyby Action Figure Comes With Gasmask (now on www.manybooks.net) some years back and has a website if you’d like to contact him. http://nomediakings.org/

By: dianne

dianne — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:46:21 +0000

I forgot to add the following to the group: http://www.slappedbyanangel.com.au/ The book came out on Valentine’s Day and has a lot of potential.

By: dianne

dianne — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:45:04 +0000

Independentbook.com has some great authors that might be worth checking out. There are a number of stuff to sift through but the bulk of the fiction would make great additions to the podiobooks line-up. Here is a list of some faves that I can think of off of the top of my head: -

1. Gemrins Bane by Don Anderson (now a paperback at Lulu)
2. Empire Series by Richard Stotts

I’d also check out some of the ‘free’ stuff for download at lulu as well. There are a lot of forgotten authors that have barely had exposure so podiobooks might help get some recognition for good writing. Also, I’d recommend that some of the members involve themselves in websites like Libri Vox. There are hundreds of classic literature still not made into audiobooks. And finally, try out www.thoughtaudio.com as well. The website that produces high quality audiobooks free for download.

I’d like to see some anime-esque stuff on the website as well in the near future. Perhaps some religious texts, history books and manuals would offer something more as well to a website offering a catalogue comprised mainly of non-reference books.

By: Matthew Olshan

Matthew Olshan — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:13:44 +0000

Hi Evo,

Last week I read Podcasting for Dummies, went out and bought a Blue Snowball, studied the Podiobooks Author Submission guide, and got to work. I emailed the fruit of my labors, chapter one of my new novel, The Flown Sky, to Tee on Friday. I hope that was the right thing to do.

I’ve posted the chapter one podcast on the novel’s official website, www.theflownsky.com. I invite you to check it out. The Flown Sky is a fantasy for clever 8-12-year olds. The book launch is on Thursday, so the timing couldn’t be better!

Please let me know what else I need to do to bring the podcast to your attention.

All the best,

Matthew

By: Sandra Schwab

Sandra Schwab — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:59:10 +0000

Other languages, hm? What about a poetry collection in German? I’ve got tons of old poems of mine, which aren’t too bad, I think. (I think.) For a selection just click on my name.

By: Evo

Evo — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:27:33 +0000

I’d love to have audiobooks in languages other than English. Alas, none have come forward with the offer. And we can’t very well have an empty category, now can we?

By: Prospero

Prospero — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:47:00 +0000

Well - what about audiobooks in other languages? Shouldn’t there be a section? Would be pretty neat if you ask me - but, sigh, who asks me about anything?
Ad Astra

By: Gail

Gail — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:58:22 +0000

Welcome also to “Hunting Elf,” which I listened to late last year, I think. I’ve been rather immersed. I enjoyed that very much, the imagery is with me still! Go, Dave!

By: Gail

Gail — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:54:47 +0000

Update: I have nagged Damon of “In search of #6″ and he says it will be here soon.
Brownie point for me!

By: Nate Lowell

Nate Lowell — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 13:56:00 +0000

Dave?

I used the iTunes thing.

> install the iTunes software
> add a file to your library
> select the audio file
> right-click and pick “Get Info”
> Cover art is on the last tab
> Everything else is on the second tab

I had to add Podcast as a type in mine, but it let me just type over the genre that was there and when I clicked “OK” it all got resolved.

By: Dave Donelson

Dave Donelson — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:51:16 +0000

All right, I’m on the bandwagon. Traffic to Hunting Elf increased 70% yesterday…the day of the blog posting. You convinced me, Evo, that even an old fart like me can handle the technical details to meet your standards. I converted the first chapter to stereo, etc. Now all I need is a decent ID3 tag editor that matches what you want. Any suggestions?
BTW, I’m on deadline for three different magazines this week, so this ain’t gonna happen overnight. But I’m convinced. Look for the first chapter soon.