Audiobooks: The Listening Experience
Stop Eating Your Heart Out: The 21-Day Program to Free Yourself from Emotional EatingStop Eating Your Heart Out: The 21-Day Program to Free Yourself from Emotional EatingJune is Audiobook Month!
According to the Audio Publishers Association (APA) the audiobook business is skyrocketing, and 6,000,000 more audiobooks were sold in 2012 than the previous year.
WHY LISTEN TO AN AUDIOBOOK?
We are busier and busier and find ourselves multitasking to use our time wisely. We can enjoy an audiobook while
Exercising
Driving
Watching a child or grandchild’s baseball game
Preparing meals
Cleaning
Gardening
Engaging in a hobby, such as crafting, knitting, or sketching
AUDIOBOOK INDUSTRY FACTS
According to the APA (Audio Publishers Association):
* First known as “talking books” and later “books on tape,” the official term of “audiobooks” was coined in 1994 by the APA.
* The audiobook industry is over the 1.2 billion dollar mark.
* In 2010, 37 percent of the U.S. population had listened to an audiobook at some point in their life. In 2012, the figure rose to 46 percent.
* 25% of Americans had listened to an audiobook in the last year.
* 94% of audiobook listeners had read a book in the past year vs. 70% of non-audiobook listeners.
* The average audiobook listener spends about 5 hours a week listening.
* Audiobooks are a great tool for building literacy. Teachers and librarians report that listening to audiobooks helps children build better vocabularies and also helps them to read with better expression.
MY AUDIOBOOK – A PEAK BEHIND THE SCENES
My book, STOP EATING YOUR HEART OUT, was published in the spring, 2012. In case you are not familiar with the book, it tells my story of the torment and hell of binge eating disorder and discusses and teaches the tools and techniques that I (and later my clients) used to obtain recovery to stop emotional eating and compulsive overeating.
Soon after the book was published I began receiving requests for an audiobook version. And, after months of discussion with my publisher, I was given the rights to record it. Instead of hiring an outside person, I opted on doing the narration – to put my own energy into the recording, to emphasize certain points, and to give the listeners more than just words, but also a piece of myself. But life seemed to get in the way and it took me many more months to carve out the space and time to do it.
August, 2013. I was fortunate to visit one of my most favorite places – Ross Priory, outside Glasgow, Scotland, and stay in a small cottage right on Loch Lomond. Although others had planned to go with me, the Universe had different ideas and I went myself. It was the perfect place to do the recording so I schlepped the equipment I needed.
Every day I strolled, walked, and sometimes even jogged through the magnificent grounds – the path next to the loch, the walled gardens, the grassy hills, unbelievably gorgeous flowers, and especially the old, majestic trees. I was truly being nourished in a non-food way, and my soul was being fed many hours each morning as I basked in the solitude and communion with Nature.
The afternoons and evenings were devoted to recording sessions, and I was surprised that recording was more difficult than I had expected. The first time I mispronounced a word, I was shocked. After a few of these, however, I became accustomed to stumbling, pausing, and starting again.
Then there was the issue of mouth dryness. I had been advised to have apple juice nearby to keep my throat moist. Nevertheless, after awhile my throat was parched and I could hardly swallow. A great excuse to take a break, sit outside by the loch for awhile, and then resume again.
The five days spent in the cottage followed the same routine – spending the mornings being filled up amidst the glorious gardens, the gentle waves of Loch Lomond, and walking, walking, walking the many paths through the trees. Afternoons – record, take short breaks as needed, and record some more.
Months later the editing began. I was horrified to find an outrageous error I made in the following paragraph found in Chapter 6, Day 15: “Even though it says such debasing things, the Inner Critic actually came into being in an attempt to aid you – so that your behavior would be respectable and you would be able to fit in and not be ostracized.” ~Stop Eating Your Heart Out, p. 128
When I read that paragraph, however, I said “Inner Child” rather than “Inner Critic.” Holy, moly! That was a big mistake – it is NOT the Inner Child that says nasty things to us in an attempt to help us. I had to correct this – so I re-recorded that section making the change. I hope you don’t notice when you listen now that I have let you in on my little behind-the-scenes secret!
I chose to publish the audiobook with ACX, which is connected to Amazon, and I was thrilled when they notified me the end of May that it had been published. You can listen to a sample on the audible dot com website
My desire is to get this into the ears of anyone who is compulsively overeating and wants help … and I am excited to let you know that you can get a copy at no cost!
If you are new to Audible, when you sign up you get a free book … so, voila, you can get mine at no charge. StopEatingYourHeartOut.com/audible.
FACEBOOK AND BLOG COMMENTS
Please leave comments on my Facebook page (www.facebook.com/merylbeck) and in the comment section below and I promise to publish the best (with your name and website) in an update on my website. Talk about listening to audiobooks. Why do you listen rather than read? Where and when do you listen?
TWITTER
Do you tweet?
If so, I hope you will retweet your favorite quote from my book with @MerylBeck and #StopEatingYourHeartOut hashtag. As a THANK YOU, I will randomly select a number of qualifying tweets and award a prize – my eBook "Get Energized: 20 Tips & Exercises to Manifest Success" [Note: Chapter 5 of Stop Eating Your Heart Out is all about energy techniques. The Get Energized eBook provides additional ways to keep your energy high and balanced, decrease emotional eating, increase feelings of well being, and magnetize success!]
I am looking forward to reading your comments.
Many blessings,
Meryl
- See more at: http://stopeatingyourheartout.com/201...
According to the Audio Publishers Association (APA) the audiobook business is skyrocketing, and 6,000,000 more audiobooks were sold in 2012 than the previous year.
WHY LISTEN TO AN AUDIOBOOK?
We are busier and busier and find ourselves multitasking to use our time wisely. We can enjoy an audiobook while
Exercising
Driving
Watching a child or grandchild’s baseball game
Preparing meals
Cleaning
Gardening
Engaging in a hobby, such as crafting, knitting, or sketching
AUDIOBOOK INDUSTRY FACTS
According to the APA (Audio Publishers Association):
* First known as “talking books” and later “books on tape,” the official term of “audiobooks” was coined in 1994 by the APA.
* The audiobook industry is over the 1.2 billion dollar mark.
* In 2010, 37 percent of the U.S. population had listened to an audiobook at some point in their life. In 2012, the figure rose to 46 percent.
* 25% of Americans had listened to an audiobook in the last year.
* 94% of audiobook listeners had read a book in the past year vs. 70% of non-audiobook listeners.
* The average audiobook listener spends about 5 hours a week listening.
* Audiobooks are a great tool for building literacy. Teachers and librarians report that listening to audiobooks helps children build better vocabularies and also helps them to read with better expression.
MY AUDIOBOOK – A PEAK BEHIND THE SCENES
My book, STOP EATING YOUR HEART OUT, was published in the spring, 2012. In case you are not familiar with the book, it tells my story of the torment and hell of binge eating disorder and discusses and teaches the tools and techniques that I (and later my clients) used to obtain recovery to stop emotional eating and compulsive overeating.
Soon after the book was published I began receiving requests for an audiobook version. And, after months of discussion with my publisher, I was given the rights to record it. Instead of hiring an outside person, I opted on doing the narration – to put my own energy into the recording, to emphasize certain points, and to give the listeners more than just words, but also a piece of myself. But life seemed to get in the way and it took me many more months to carve out the space and time to do it.
August, 2013. I was fortunate to visit one of my most favorite places – Ross Priory, outside Glasgow, Scotland, and stay in a small cottage right on Loch Lomond. Although others had planned to go with me, the Universe had different ideas and I went myself. It was the perfect place to do the recording so I schlepped the equipment I needed.
Every day I strolled, walked, and sometimes even jogged through the magnificent grounds – the path next to the loch, the walled gardens, the grassy hills, unbelievably gorgeous flowers, and especially the old, majestic trees. I was truly being nourished in a non-food way, and my soul was being fed many hours each morning as I basked in the solitude and communion with Nature.
The afternoons and evenings were devoted to recording sessions, and I was surprised that recording was more difficult than I had expected. The first time I mispronounced a word, I was shocked. After a few of these, however, I became accustomed to stumbling, pausing, and starting again.
Then there was the issue of mouth dryness. I had been advised to have apple juice nearby to keep my throat moist. Nevertheless, after awhile my throat was parched and I could hardly swallow. A great excuse to take a break, sit outside by the loch for awhile, and then resume again.
The five days spent in the cottage followed the same routine – spending the mornings being filled up amidst the glorious gardens, the gentle waves of Loch Lomond, and walking, walking, walking the many paths through the trees. Afternoons – record, take short breaks as needed, and record some more.
Months later the editing began. I was horrified to find an outrageous error I made in the following paragraph found in Chapter 6, Day 15: “Even though it says such debasing things, the Inner Critic actually came into being in an attempt to aid you – so that your behavior would be respectable and you would be able to fit in and not be ostracized.” ~Stop Eating Your Heart Out, p. 128
When I read that paragraph, however, I said “Inner Child” rather than “Inner Critic.” Holy, moly! That was a big mistake – it is NOT the Inner Child that says nasty things to us in an attempt to help us. I had to correct this – so I re-recorded that section making the change. I hope you don’t notice when you listen now that I have let you in on my little behind-the-scenes secret!
I chose to publish the audiobook with ACX, which is connected to Amazon, and I was thrilled when they notified me the end of May that it had been published. You can listen to a sample on the audible dot com website
My desire is to get this into the ears of anyone who is compulsively overeating and wants help … and I am excited to let you know that you can get a copy at no cost!
If you are new to Audible, when you sign up you get a free book … so, voila, you can get mine at no charge. StopEatingYourHeartOut.com/audible.
FACEBOOK AND BLOG COMMENTS
Please leave comments on my Facebook page (www.facebook.com/merylbeck) and in the comment section below and I promise to publish the best (with your name and website) in an update on my website. Talk about listening to audiobooks. Why do you listen rather than read? Where and when do you listen?
Do you tweet?
If so, I hope you will retweet your favorite quote from my book with @MerylBeck and #StopEatingYourHeartOut hashtag. As a THANK YOU, I will randomly select a number of qualifying tweets and award a prize – my eBook "Get Energized: 20 Tips & Exercises to Manifest Success" [Note: Chapter 5 of Stop Eating Your Heart Out is all about energy techniques. The Get Energized eBook provides additional ways to keep your energy high and balanced, decrease emotional eating, increase feelings of well being, and magnetize success!]
I am looking forward to reading your comments.
Many blessings,
Meryl
- See more at: http://stopeatingyourheartout.com/201...
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