{"id":7,"date":"2013-02-12T07:34:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T07:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/l-gproductions.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2021-10-23T23:51:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T23:51:24","slug":"audiobook-narration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/l-gproductions.com\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"Audiobook Narration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rather than reading a printed page &#8211; even on a Kindle or Nook &#8211; more and more people want to listen to a book while driving, exercising, walking, or simply relaxing in a comfortable environment. If there&#8217;s any doubt about that, NPR ran a program called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thedianerehmshow.org\/shows\/2013-01-29\/growing-popularity-audio-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Growing Popularity of Audiobooks<\/a> on January 29, 2013. We also recommend\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2011\/09\/the-coming-audiobooks-boom\/245729\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Coming Audiobooks Boom<\/em><\/a> printed in <em>The Atlantic<\/em> in September 2011.<\/p>\n<p>However, the quality of the audiobook is becoming more and more important. It&#8217;s no longer sufficient for just anyone to read a book into a microphone. Today&#8217;s standards require a professional approach with both the voice and the recording equipment, as well as the final editing.<\/p>\n<p>L&amp;G Productions is proud to offer <a title=\"Bio for Stephen Davis\" href=\"https:\/\/l-gproductions.com\/?page_id=50\">Stephen Davis<\/a> to narrate your audiobook, who will &#8211; for a limited time &#8211; produce your book as a finished, fully edited audiobook for $400 per finished hour.* (You can listen to a few samples of his work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acx.com\/narrator?ie=UTF8&amp;p=A2AJCVO9XV8FZI&amp;openid.assoc_handle=acx&amp;aToken=5%7CNry2W6NQAmSd9gtYm6e1DjJMbDvjqUlhlYecHMj%2FMUxyyDOabnXilV%2FC0hi7AKkts2KxgNUwxr8E%2Bs%2B8FBpTM6fOZuFEegQDuJvA5maEppEYAzrYP9zuvDQlF4D4GuDDT7w4xkorG0sk%2FSqAPaFfICvXIh1uNGCQL5wutioDGrucBx6fBdk8sidnVnto17XQpU3TlNPNHvQIcWOPgfURbi3bF9TJd%2FoW1EfHM2GZEHQ%3D&amp;openid.claimed_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fap%2Fid%2Famzn1.account.AH6ZUDG6M5YKPSIOPNP5WQ7LX5WQ&amp;openid.identity=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fap%2Fid%2Famzn1.account.AH6ZUDG6M5YKPSIOPNP5WQ7LX5WQ&amp;openid.mode=id_res&amp;openid.ns=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0&amp;openid.op_endpoint=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fap%2Fsignin&amp;openid.response_nonce=2013-02-13T18%3A01%3A53Z-4337885816536306717&amp;openid.return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acx.com%2Fnarrator%3Fie%3DUTF8%26p%3DA2AJCVO9XV8FZI&amp;openid.signed=assoc_handle%2CaToken%2Cclaimed_id%2Cidentity%2Cmode%2Cns%2Cop_endpoint%2Cresponse_nonce%2Creturn_to%2Cpape.auth_policies%2Cpape.auth_time%2Cns.pape%2Csigned&amp;openid.ns.pape=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fextensions%2Fpape%2F1.0&amp;openid.pape.auth_policies=http%3A%2F%2Fschemas.openid.net%2Fpape%2Fpolicies%2F2007%2F06%2Fnone&amp;openid.pape.auth_time=2013-02-13T18%3A01%3A53Z&amp;openid.sig=Ssu5xBFybKYiblRgFZqAvUxYJZ1tjmBzO2jBBjY4geg%3D&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>How many finished hours will you book be? You can roughly estimate that 9,000 words will equal 1 finished hour. For example, if your book is 60,000 words long, it will mean it will be about 6-7 hours long as an audiobook and cost $2400-2800 to produce.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like more information about L&amp;G producing your audiobook for you, or an exact quote to produce your audiobook, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:MoreInfoPlease@l-gproductions.com\">MoreInfoPlease@l-gproductions.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*(A &#8220;finished hour&#8221; means the length of time it takes to listen to your completed audiobook from start to finish. It does not have anything to do with how much time Stephen will spend on narrating, editing and formatting your audiobook. It usually takes around 6 hours of work to produce 1 &#8220;finished hour.&#8221;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rather than reading a printed page &#8211; even on a Kindle or Nook &#8211; more and more people want to listen to a book while driving, exercising, walking, or simply relaxing in a comfortable environment. If there&#8217;s any doubt about that, NPR ran a program called\u00a0The Growing Popularity of Audiobooks on January 29, 2013. 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