S: 7 E: 27 Inside Audiobook Production with Becky Parker Geist of Pro Audio Voices

Can listening to a book create a richer experience than reading it on the page? Becky Parker Geist, CEO of Amplify Audiobooks and Pro Audio Voices, joins Books That Make You to explore how the human voice can transform a story. She explains why skilled narration does more than read the words—it draws listeners into the characters, atmosphere, emotions, and meaning of a book. Becky also takes us behind the scenes of professional audiobook production. From manuscript preparation and casting to recording, editing, proofing, mastering, distribution, and marketing. Every decision helps shape the listener's experience. She shares why the right narrator must connect with the specific book and why authors should only narrate their own books when they feel genuinely excited and prepared to do so. The conversation also examines the challenges independent authors face after investing in an audiobook. Becky explains how traditional retail platforms can limit royalties, pricing control, marketing options, and direct relationships with listeners. Amplify Audiobooks was created to offer another approach. The platform brings authors, narrators, and listeners together through live events, real-time audiobook clubs, direct communication, promotional tools, and Reflections, a feature that works like writing in the margins of an audiobook. Discover how audiobooks can become shared experiences rather than simple transactions—and why supporting authors through a different listening platform may be easier and more rewarding than you may realize. #Audiobooks #AudiobookProduction #IndependentAuthors #BookPublishing #Narration #AmplifyAudiobooks Amplify Audiobooks: https://amplifyaudiobooks.com/ Pro Audio Voices: https://proaudiovoices.com/