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Easy Listening: The Importance and Challenges of Audiobook Proofreading for Misophonia

By Andre Cole

July 29, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Easy Listening: The Importance and Challenges of Audiobook Proofreading for Misophonia

Misophonia is a condition that affects only about 15 percent of the population, yet understanding the condition and avoiding its triggers has benefits that extend far beyond that narrow demographic.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: audio, audio processing, audiobook, chewing, copyeditors, curb-cut effect, duration, Editing, Misophonia, pitch, pops, proofreading, publishers, sensitivity, sound, tone, triggers, voice, volume modulation, whispering, whistling

Listening Is Reading: The New Audio Frontier

By Chris Leal

March 18, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Listening Is Reading: The New Audio Frontier

With the popularity and proliferation of digital devices like the iPhone and iPad, audiobooks and their close cousin, the podcast, have become uniquely convenient for those multitaskers looking to fill extra time during their commute or workout. This does bring up the question of whether or not this practice of listening rather than reading is a legitimate method of comprehension.

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: audio, audiobook, indie press, libraries, media, production, small press

Making Casting Decisions for Audiobooks

By Selena Harris

February 28, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Making Casting Decisions for Audiobooks

Imagine you are listening to an audiobook. The story takes place in the South, and you’re immersed in a scene of intense action. Suddenly, you hear the voice actor say “you all,” rather than the “y’all” you have been hearing up until this point. You pause, and suddenly you’re not thinking about the story. You’re removed from the world you spent the past half hour in, and now you’re thinking about the actor, maybe picturing them in front of a microphone, watching them as they make the fatal mistake. It takes you a few moments, and maybe a quick rewind, to get back into the story. How do publishers avoid these mishaps in an audiobook recording?

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: audiobook, casting, production, recording, voice actor

OverDrive and Your Local Library

By Hazel Wright

February 21, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

OverDrive and Your Local Library

Public libraries exist to provide free and easy access to information to the population they serve, and the OverDrive app has made providing and obtaining that information easier than ever.

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: app, application, audiobook, borrowing, ebook, ereader, Kindle, Libby, library, library card, overdrive

Audiobook Production: An Interview with Ooligan Author Brian K. Friesen

By Liz Pilcher @pilcher_liz

July 9, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Audiobook Production: An Interview with Ooligan Author Brian K. Friesen

Ooligan author Brian K. Friesen made an audiobook for At the Waterline, and we got the chance to hear about his process and the exciting results!

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: audiobook, audiobooks, author, briankfriesen, interview, Ooligan, ooliganpress, production

Kobo Dives Headfirst into Audiobook Market

By Kaitlin Barnes

January 22, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Kobo Dives Headfirst into Audiobook Market

The appeal of audiobooks lies in their ability to give someone the experience of a novel within the always-on-the-go lifestyle that our culture has embraced. Prior to the wide availability of audiobooks, for many there simply isn’t enough time in the day to sit down and read a book. A book’s greatest strength, its ability to allow one to escape from reality, was also its greatest weakness, as it meant that time couldn’t be spent doing other things.

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: amazon, Audible, audiobook, Kobo, multitasking

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