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Recording The Author Sound Byte
By Howard Hopkins, Sat Dec 10th
Promoting on the internet can sometimes feel like a cold,detached endeavor. There are scores of places to list a newebook, request a review or drop a press release. But mostcontact with potential readers comes in the form of printedwords on a screen. While that's what you are trying to sell tobegin with, your printed words on a screen, a certain level ofintimacy is missing. Printed words carry the tone in thereader's mind, their interpretation of the author's phrasing andrhythm. That's all well and good but how do you create thatelusive intimacy with your reader that goes beyond the sound oftheir own thoughts? Or entice new readers to "hear" your wordsin your voice when they read? For print authors--and sometimes e-authors--there is the authorsigning. Of course, this is somewhat limited by area and touritinerary. Even so, most e-authors can't afford author tours andthe luxury of reading to their readers and potential readers islimited. So why not create a sound byte those readers can download,either when they buy the book or before? Let them hear yourvoice, so you are more than just a few printed words on ascreen. Become three-dimensional in their mind, get close up andin mono.
Creating a sound byte is not difficult and in fact can beconstructed even on older computers. I created one using Windaton Windows 3.11, but it can be done with sound recorder on laterWin versions. You
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will need a microphone and a bit of practice reading to makesure you do the best you can. I used a cheap sound machine toput in a few crickets (roughly $20 at Walmart) because I wasreading a night scene. I call them evil crickets because thescene involved vampires, but that's beside the point. I would suggest picking a small dramatic passage, one you feelcomfortable reading. Shut yourself in a quiet room if possiblebecause it will take a number of "takes" to get it right and itis amazing how recording can be a cue for the to startbarking. Size can be an issue. Wav files are fairly large--a bitover a meg--for even a minute worth of reading. You can convertit to Mp3 to save a bit on size. For mine I picked a very shortpassage and got it to about 500k. Once you have your sound byte, upload it to your webpage soreaders can download it and listen. Or ask your publisher toplace it as a download with your book listing on their storesite. For those who would like to hear my Mp3 sample, surf on over towww.atlanticbridge.com and check out my listing for THE DARKRIDERS. Or alternately, surf to my personal webpage,http://howardhopkins.com and download a wav sample.
About the author:Howard Hopkins is the author of six horror and western ebooksfrom Atlantic Bridge Publishing (www.atlanticbridge.net) underhis own name and more than twenty print westerns under thepenname Lance Howard. His novels can be purchased at bn.com,www.amazon.co.uk and amazon.com and he lives in Maine.
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