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Okay, so besides my awful pun that reflects my age, audiobooks have been on the rise, outselling paperback and ebooks. It’s incredible to think about it, especially when they cost so much to listen to, produce, and create. However, with Amazon’s Audible “Free Trial” and a shocking $14.95 per month price tag after that, it really makes audiobooks a very accessible way to enjoy a story. You can click here for more info about the pluses of audiobooks. If you don’t have the cash to front production, its okay. Many narrators work for a percentage and software can make creation a simpler process. Still not swayed? Why not check out a place like Beacon Audiobooks, where the only thing you need to supply is a book cover, which you should already have. Tell them I sent you! (That’s where my audiobooks were published.)

In 2012, $2.3 million new books were published, compared to just under a quarter million only ten years earlier. Do you see why your work as an author is compared to that of an entrepreneur? The expectation that just because you have self-published a book or signed with a publishing house means you can quit your day job is not a reality for anyone anymore, even those authors picked up by a Big 5 Publisher. Check out this article for more information: http://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe/2015/11/us-book-publishing-industry-stats-from-nielsen.html