Audiobooks discussion

If you have a series and you want more readers, should you combine the books into an audio book box set?

I always look for audiobook box sets first from authors I haven’t listened to before. It gives you a better bang for your book, is more appealing when advertised and pulls the into reading other books from that author once you’ve done

This can be a good way to draw people in. Be sure to indicate all books in the set are unabridged versions... I've avoided box sets in audio ever since I got suckered with abridged versions even though the set was listed as unabridged. Not everyone has had my experience and may not be as leary, but specifying each book is unabridged gives readers better information.

I'm planning on combining all my existing first series, three whole books plus the prequel novella into a single audio box set. I've already done it on ebook.
I think my main issue when not cracking the whole audio book thing is that my book one was just over five hours.
Not many people will spend a credit for a five hour book.
The box set will be over 21 hours. Hopefully it'll do better.

C.J. wrote: "I'm planning on combining all my existing first series, three whole books plus the prequel novella into a single audio box set. I've already done it on ebook.
I think my main issue when not crackin..."

As a listener, I would be way more likely to try a 21 hour audiobook than a 5 hour for a credit. Many of the 5-6 hour books are priced less than a credit, though, so you might explore that option just in case. But the other good thing about combining them is that the narrator will be the same for all the books, which is very important to many listeners.

Ann wrote: "As a listener, I would be way more likely to try a 21 hour audiobook than a 5 hour for a credit."

Speaking solely from a financial perspective, it's generally cheaper to buy the ebook first (which then lets you pick up the audiobook at a significantly reduced price) than to use a credit or make a straight audiobook purchase. Before Amazon bumped up the price, you could usually get the audio version of a title for $1.99 if you already owned the ebook. These days in that same scenario I think you'll have to pay 6 or 7 bucks for the audiobook, but in many instances that will still be the cheaper option.