by Mary Ellen Boyd | Jun 22, 2016 | ACX audiobook
It might happen in the First 15 Minutes submission, it might happen later, but guaranteed, somewhere along the line your producer will make a mistake. Anything from forgetting how to pronounce a character’s name to getting the stress on the wrong word to...
by Mary Ellen Boyd | Jun 22, 2016 | ACX audiobook
You have hit the “Make Offer” button, and given them up to 72 hours to respond. They contact you and accept your offer with delight. (All three of my readers accepted with delight, I can only assume that is the norm.) You’re in contract with an...
by Mary Ellen Boyd | Jun 22, 2016 | ACX audiobook
We’re looking at your one audition, or maybe two. They are both “almost” right. You think you might be able to live with them, but there’s just something about those auditions that holds you back from jumping on the “Make Offer”...
by Mary Ellen Boyd | Jun 22, 2016 | ACX audiobook
Across the top of your ACX page, there are several hot links in blue. One of them is “Auditions,” and at this point in the process, you are watching that blue link like a hawk. All of a sudden a number appears. You’ve got your first audition, or...
by Mary Ellen Boyd | Jun 22, 2016 | ACX audiobook
You’ve got your book up on ACX, ready for a reader. So do dozens, hundreds, of others. You’ve made your book sound as appealing as possible, picked the best scene in the book to intrigue any reader who happens along. And nothing happens. One day, two,...
by Mary Ellen Boyd | Jun 22, 2016 | ACX audiobook
You have an account, you’ve claimed your first book, and you’re beginning to learn your way around the site. New terms and rules are buzzing through your head. The whole goal of this is to get the right person to read your book. To do that, you have to...
