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Title: The Independent Author's Guide to Audiobook Production

Subtitle: A Professional Narrator's Secrets for Success on ACX

Author: Michael Burnette

Narrator: Michael Burnette

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-18-16

Publisher: Michael Burnette

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Thanks to a revolution in the audiobook production business, audiobooks are now well within reach of independent authors. In fact, through ACX, the Audiobook Creation Exchange, you can have your book turned into a professional quality audiobook with, amazingly enough, no upfront costs at all.

It can be hard, though, to recruit the right narrator for your audiobook - the web is full of stories from authors who tried and failed.

Now, an experienced, full-time audiobook narrator takes you to the other side of the microphone to reveal the strategies and tips that will attract the best available talent on ACX to create a winning audiobook for you.

I'll take you step by step through the process, show you the key elements - I call them the Three Cs - that will convince me (or another fabulous narrator) to produce your audiobook. I'll tell you what to include in your book's listing on ACX and what not to include.

I'll walk you through exactly how I evaluate a potential project, how to evaluate potential narrators, and how to promote your audiobook for best results.

I'll even give you a backstage tour of how an audiobook is created, from pre-production to final quality checks.

All in about two hours! Two hours from now you could be well on your way to easily adding another revenue stream to your bank account, with no upfront investment, all from work you have already done when you created your book!

I'm a full-time professional audiobook narrator, and have delivered nearly 200 hours of finished audiobooks on the ACX platform.

Members Reviews:

Very Helpful

This is a great listen for both authors wishing to know more about the audiobook production process and for aspiring narrators.

Interesting even if you not a author

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes especially if they listen to lots of audio books or an author.

Any additional comments?

Have you ever thought how a audio book gets made? Why some audio books sound great while other are sometimes lacking in production or sound? How are Audible books priced and who gets paid what? I'm not an author but I listen to many hours of audio books per week and this audio book finally shed some light on things I've always wondered about when it comes how my audio book is made.

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Title: Photography Business: 2 Manuscripts

Subtitle: Special Tips and Techniques for Taking Pictures that Sell + A Complete Beginner's Guide to Making Money Online with Your Camera

Author: T. Whitmore

Narrator: Terrence Wood

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-16

Publisher: Terrence Wood

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Are you an amateur photographer or someone who wishes to turn a hobby into a professional career? Perhaps, you have studied and earned a degree in photography, but you have yet to find a job that allows you to make a full time income? If this sounds like you, then you have found the right book to help you generate income from your photography skills.

What galleries and professional photographers want is to see an established portfolio and online presence. They want to know you are capable of gaining attention from your target audience.

Things have also changed in the industry, where anyone can start to publish their work online and make a little income from it. Your goal to make a full time income is admirable and possible, even if there is someone with better artistic skills.

Selling any product is about marketing. If you truly want to generate income, then you need a marketing tactic that will get you noticed, have a good call to action, and ensure that you can make the sale final.

Think of your photography business as needing to make sales, which means you need people, and people want truth in advertising, with an interesting gimmick that gets their attention. It doesn't matter if the product or service is brand name, when you have a decent product or service to sell.

In this book, you are going to learn about the top ways you can make money full time with your photography skills. You will also learn the following:

Members Reviews:

Great for learning terms & camera info.

With recent sales on business based books, I have listened to a number of business books over the last few weeks and see a trend in all of them. They all have the approach of "Look around yourself and assess if you have a cell phone, internet, etc and utilize those in your business".

What this book does well is teach you photography terms, camera settings, etc. The best parts of the book were where it discussed cameras and how to use them, including camera settings, etc.

Where the book seems weak: I hate to knock a narrator, but the narrator seemed very stressed in trying to present the material. It was not a long book, and with the good material, was worth the buy, but the narrator seemed to stress the enunciation and pronunciation of every word and term. Imagine if someone was giving you great information in the presence of a running jet engine. They would enunciate and pronounce each word with a great amount of emphasis to make sure you heard it.

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Title: The New Oil

Subtitle: Using Innovative Business Models to Turn Data into Profit

Author: Arent van 't Spijker

Narrator: Randal Schaffer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-11-16

Publisher: Technics Publications

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

The New Oil shows how data changes the traditional business paradigm, how it drives innovation and enables market disruptions, and how it offers opportunities to companies developing business models based on data as a key asset. The New Oil shows how data impacts not just high tech, high-profile companies, but also old school, low-tech industries all around the world. Data lives and breathes within every single company.

Well over a century ago, oil drove the development of innovations such as the internal combustion engine, central heating, and plastics, changing our world and our economy. Oil, as a technology, fueled an economic force that inexorably changed the way people lived and worked. Today, data is fueling a very similar change: it is the driving force for new business models and disruptive technologies that impact companies in every imaginable industry.

In The New Oil, Arent van 't Spijker explains how companies such as Google, Nike, and Xiaomi are leveraging a "data-driven strategy" to turn data into profit. Many other examples highlight the applications and commercial potential for data. Van 't Spijker describes five typical business models for monetizing data that help you to develop viable business models for leveraging data in your own company. He then shows how to successfully put these business models to practice.

The New Oil will inspire you to follow in the footsteps of market leaders and turn data into an innovative business driver.

Members Reviews:

The Holy Grail for Data Junkies!

This book, I believe published by Technics, the firm owned and operated by my friend and colleague, Data Modeling Rock Star, Steve Hoberman, is actually the most important Business Book about the Value of Data that I have read to date. Kindly allow me to put this is context:

Most of what we see these days relative to the now ubiquitous "buzz word", "Big Data", is focused primarily on technology:

Grid Computing

Hadoop

Pure Data

Exadata

"R"

"Netezza"

et cetera, et cetera, et cetera

You won't be burdened by such technical "mumbo jumbo" when reading this book. Thank God!

This amazing and important book focuses rather on Business Models to enable the Data Value Chain. Remarkable and awe inspiring examples are given from actual business usage. Companies such as Google, Amazon, Nike, and many, many others have learned how literally to flip their business models, by leveraging data. For example, Google started out as a Search Engine. It is now, of course, an advertising platform. The great company we interact when writing this review, Amazon, is another perfect example of leveraging the value of data. I simply can't emphasize enough how much I've appreciated Amazon's excellent recommendation system over the years. It's almost seemed as if Amazon could "read my mind". Well, they can. And that is the point of developing innovative Business Models based on understanding and then exploiting the Data Value Chain.

The title of my review is chosen with set purpose in mind. I've been a dedicated data junky ever since the lovely Glenna Colton taught us Extended Relational Analysis at the First National Bank of Chicago way back in 1984.

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Title: Real Estate Agent Revolution

Subtitle: Comprehensive Beginner's Guide to a Lucrative Career

Author: Michael McCord

Narrator: Rick McVey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-07-16

Publisher: Michael McCord

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 31 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Become a millionaire real estate agent!

Do you have what it takes to be your own boss, find your own clients, and have a paycheck that is only limited by your drive, determination, and results? If this sounds like you, then Real Estate Agent Revolution is the book you have been waiting for.

Inside you will find everything you need to get your real estate agent license, track down your first client, build a list of leads, and maintain a successful business, all on your own terms. Real estate agents typically earn three percent of the total sale price of a property that they help sell. If the average home price is $200,000, then this means you can expect a $6,000 payday - at the minimum - for playing a part in one of the most common big-ticket transactions that takes place across the world every day. If you can dedicate yourself to the cause, then there is no reason you cannot share in the bounty. And this job is available to anyone with a high school diploma, so you can start right away. What are you waiting for? Get ready to make more and work less. Buy this book today.

Inside you will find:

Your career as a world class real estate agent is right at your fingertips! Take action today and purchase this book!

Members Reviews:

Nice book for beginners

This book made it so easy for me to learn about the basis and how to get started. You would be a good agent if you will implement given resources and work individually with your clients with full determination. this book also got to learn how to sell real estate property and how i can make good use of the internet and social medias to my own advantage and truly informed by this book about the secret on how to be a successful real estate agent

Very Informative if Basics

As a new REALTOR I am excited and anxious at the same time. This short audible was very informative of what to expect on this new venture. I seldom write a review however, this audible deserved the minute it took me to post a review.

GOOD BOOK!!!Very Informative...

I know nothing about real estate, I feel if I were to sell my home this book would be of great use. It contains a lot of useful information upon which the average home seller should get the book to become accustomed to easy to understand and can be a useful guide for a beginner.This book was actually recommended by my friend who is this business long time ago. I was truly informed by this book about the secret on how to be a successful real estate agent..I highly recommended this book.!!!!

Helpful for agents like me

I listened to this book everyday and try to practice the tips and strategies that I can use to boost my sales. Great and informative. Highly recommended.

very basic

best for people thinking about becoming an agent. As any sort of agent. Even a newer one most of this info should be known

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Title: Nancy Duarte on Telling Your Story

Author: Nancy Duarte

Narrator: Dave Summers

Format: Original Recording

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-16

Publisher: American Management Association

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Storytelling is an incredibly important business skill. It makes you and your message instantly more memorable. While speed and brevity are essential to a good presentation, a bad story is already too long. Nancy Duarte joins us to talk about the importance of well-constructed stories.

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Title: Online Startups

Subtitle: How to Start a Business and Make Money as an Online Coach

Author: T. Whitmore

Narrator: Terrence Wood

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-16

Publisher: Terrence Wood

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Online Startups: How to Start a Business and Make Money as an Online Coach

Would you like to inspire and motivate people while generating additional income every day? Do you have a dream of launching your own start-up business and becoming a successful entrepreneur?

Online coaching allows you to work from anywhere and make lots of money in the process!

After listening to this book, you'll have a clear understanding of what an online coaching business looks like and how getting set up to start one really works from A to Z.

Here is a preview of what's included in this audio:

How to build your reputation as an online coach

Choosing a niche you will be known for as an online coach

Mistakes to avoid in client relationships

How to price your online coaching services

How to make maximum money as an online coach

Managing your clients

And much, much more!

Get your copy today!

This online coaching for beginners guide is jam-packed with useful information for those interested in entrepreneurship!

Members Reviews:

Recommend to first time online entrepreneurs!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I will surely share this book to my friends and family. Awesome!

Which character as performed by Terrence Wood was your favorite?

The presentation of the book is so simple so anyone can easily understand it.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

This online coaching for beginners guide is jam-packed with useful information for those interested in entrepreneurship

Any additional comments?

This book is excellent for first time entrepreneurs. The authors are concise and clear, as they provide great insight in starting and succeeding with a small business. He is generous with his knowledge and I highly recommend this book for anyone who is considering starting an online business.

AWESOME BOOK.. Five star..

If you could sum up Online Startups in three words, what would they be?

Helpful Book

What other book might you compare Online Startups to and why?

Nothing to compare... The book is incredibly insightful and filled with a great deal of information that simplifies the drop shipping business so that everybody can understand and use the business model to their benefit.

What about Terrence Woods performance did you like?

Terrence Wood has done a great Job the explanations were very good and neat performance

Any additional comments?

The book focuses on online coaching. The information provided is more than just common sense, it gives examples of coaching and business theories and principles developed by leading entrepreneurs.

Nice Start

Where does Online Startups rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

TOP 2

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No reaction

Any additional comments?

A great source for basic information. I would have been happy to see a bit more in-depth information on some of these topics. However, I would still recommend this as a beginning for anyone who wants an excellent overview.

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Title: Busy Entrepreneur's Guide to Time Management

Subtitle: The Busy Entrepreneur's Guide to Everything, Book 1

Author: Michael Clarke

Narrator: Gregory Zarcone

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 07-12-16

Publisher: Toplocker Media

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Wanna master the SECRETS to Time Management? (But don't have TIME to READ a Time Management book?)

Well, you've come to the RIGHT place!

Because in his new book The Busy Entrepreneur's Guide to Time Management,serial entrepreneur - and finalist for the laziest/most distracted person on the planet - Michael Clarke shares how to get more done (in less time) and achieve that relaxed, fulfilled (and insanely successful) entrepreneurial life you've always dreamed of.

In this bite-sized, humourous, No B.S. guide, Clarke will walk you through such time management principles as:

How to Hack Your Brain (and Life) for Maximum Time Management Awesomeness - in which Clarke gives you the LEAST you need to know to master your productivity in just minutes a day

Prioritizing and Planning Made (Stupidly) Easy - Forget all that boring, goal-setting nonsense you've heard before, here you'll find out how to achieve the goals most important to you...without a single boring pie chart!

How to Delegate and Streamline Important Crap (So Ya Don't Have to Do It!) - If you only hear ONE CHAPTER in this book (which would be sad, but the author would get over it) be sure to listen to this ultimate list of lifehacks and short-cuts to get more done...FAST!

Organization Tips for the Chronically Disorganized - Learn how to declutter for good - and in a fun, simple way that doesn't cause you to have a psychotic break

...and so much MORE!

So if you'd like to finally master this thing called Time Management - and you've tried all the books and seminars and mantras and Excel sheets but nothing seems to have stuck - then give The Busy Entrepreneur's Guide to Time Management a try TODAY!

Members Reviews:

Simple Time Management Hacks

Michael Clarke doesnât beat around the bush. He knows you donât have time to read this, but I highly recommend that you do. A quick and entertaining read, âThe Busy Entrepreneur's Guide to Time Managementâ cuts right to the chase, offering practical time management tools and techniques which are easy to implement.

Clarke emphasizes that the specifics of your day-to-day (or rather, your minute-to-minute) are where you can affect major change in your life. Unlike some self-help books, which focus on the distant future and require you to wade through abstract theories, this book teaches you how to fix your time management problems NOW in order to reach your long term goals.

These easy hacks and actionable techniques allow you to efficiently prioritize, plan, organize, delegate, automate, and free yourself from distractions. In doing so, you can take control your valuable time, and take control your life.

Refreshing take on "Time Management"

As some who really enjoys a nice LifeHacker post about "decluttering" my life or "making the most out of small spaces", Michael's guide to Time Management was a refreshing take on your standard how-to models for ultimate productivity. I appreciate efficiency in most areas of my life and learning how to make the most of my time is no exception, but Michael doesn't cut any corners. He starts off by making a REALLY good point that most guides miss: you need to know HOW you currently try to manage your time before you can really figure out the best ways to improve on it.

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Title: Summary: Fisher, Ury & Patton's Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

Author: Ant Hive Media

Narrator: Daniel Hawking

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-26-16

Publisher: Ant Hive Media

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

This is a summary of Fisher, Ury, and Patton's Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

Since its original publication nearly 30 years ago, Getting to Yes has helped millions of people learn a better way to negotiate. One of the primary business texts of the modern era, it is based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution. Getting to Yes offers a proven, step-by-step strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict. Thoroughly updated and revised, it offers listeners a straightforward, universally applicable method for negotiating personal and professional disputes without getting angry - or getting taken.

This summary is aimed toward those who want to capture the gist of the book but don't have the current time to listen to the whole thing. You get the main summary along with all of the benefits and lessons the actual book has to offer. This summary is not intended to be used without reference to the original book.

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Title: Entrepreneur: 4 Book Collection: A Beginners Guide to Entrepreneurship

Author: Brad Jones

Narrator: Scott R. Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-12-16

Publisher: HRD Publishing

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Discover the ultimate guide to starting a home-based business with Brad Jones' four-book collection, Entrepreneur.

Are you frustrated with your current job? Do you wish you had more disposable income after paying your bills? Are you excited by the idea of working for yourself? Do you want to find quick, easy to follow, and effective solutions to starting your own home-based business?

All these challenges and more are covered in the four-book collection Entrepreneur: A Beginners Guide to Entrepreneurship.

Get four of Brad Jones' books on entrepreneurship. The collection includes:

Brad Jones' Entrepreneur: 4 Book Collection: A Beginners Guide to Entrepreneurship will help you get your home-based business up and running and increase the chances of long-term success.

Members Reviews:

How to Create your own business..

Any additional comments?

How to Create your own business from start to finish...

This book has tips on how to start a Home Based Business.

The author covers goals, business ideas, and marketing.

Overall an interesting and informative book.

Scott R. Smith did well with the narration.

Note:

"This audio book was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review."

a lot a good info

good for anyone trying to be better in business and in life. narrator had a nice and clear voice.

This audiobook was given by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.

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Title: Review and Analysis of Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzer

Author: Instaread

Narrator: Michael Gilboe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-09-16

Publisher: Instaread

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Please note: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book.

Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzer | Key Takeaways & Analysis

Preview:

Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzer is a nonfiction book that offers simple yet effective tools for engaging in productive, healthy dialogue, even in the most emotionally and politically charged situations. The authors, organizational performance researchers, set out to learn about what they call "crucial moments": times when people's actions disproportionately affect their organizations, their relationships, and their lives. Yet, in the course of studying what they call "influencers" - a term for individuals who are known by their peers as effective and possessing an innate authority regardless of the position they hold - for 20 years of research that involved more than 100,000 people, the authors learned that the crucial moments could be linked to crucial conversations. The three defining characteristics that make a conversation crucial are a high-stakes topic of discussion, differing opinions about the topic, and high emotions about the topic....

Inside this Instaread of Crucial Conversations:

Members Reviews:

WILL LIKELY APPEAL TO SOME - BUT NOT ALL READERS

This is an overview of the actual book âCrucial Conversations.â Kind of like an abbreviated Cliff's Notes for the full book. It provides a potential reader enough information regarding this bookâs content to determine if we want to invest the extra money and time to actually buy and read the entire book. The main subject(s) of this nonfiction book are not easy to describe in a few sentences. That is why, as an avid reader, I have personally found âInstareadâ to be a valuable service. Reading this summary will give you all you need to know about whether the full book is the right choice for YOU!

I highly recommend!

"Crucial Conversations" is a powerful book that offers simple tips for engaging in productive, healthy dialogue, even in the most emotionally and politically charged situations. The researchers and authors of this book spent time researching "crucial moments": instances when peoples actions disproportionately affect their lives. They also spent time understanding "influencers": individuals who are known by their peers as authorities on social media. Drawing the connection between these two, the crucial moments and the influencers, Patterson/Grenny/McMillan/Switzer weave a story about how you can have healthy dialogue about partisan beliefs in moments that matter most and with people who have the clout.

This review by Instaread captured the message of the book simply, powerfully, and memorably. The 8 key takeaways provided actionable tips for our politically-charged climate, where presidential candidates and platforms are dividing and destroying our relationships. Learning how to discuss opinions while not having to walk on eggshells is a skill all of us need, and this review described how to do so.