This group is BUSINESS...where are the jobs today that pay narrators? Who has these jobs? What are the sources we might contact with a demo to get narration jobs? Sure, we can talk about narration techniques too...
A thought from Bettye.... You are entering the PUBLISHING INDUSTRY. Learn about it!
You must have a killer audio book demo to get paying work in this field especially from PUBLISHERS. You also must separate jobs you do on your own in your home studio from voicing for publishers, often in their studios. When you read for publishers, the pay is better and you often don't do the audio engineering. Mostly, they prefer readers in their own studios. The audio book jobs advertised on the online pay to play sites are usually from vanity publishers or the authors themselves or for other reasons...not publishing house jobs. Know the difference. And get used to the fact that audio books usually pay for THE FINISHED AUDIO HOUR. How long will it take you to get one finished audio hour that is perfect? That depends....could be two studio hours could be twenty studio hours with you engineering and voicing it too! Be very cautious on your price bidding.
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The first requirement to get hired as an audio book narrator is to have a fabulous audio book CD demo and then send it with cover letter to publishers everywhere in this audio book field. Separate out the type of publisher they are: Childrens, self-help, religious, sports, female oriented, westerns etc. and then in your cover letter tell them why you feel you would fit what they publish. Ideally, and if you have a studio you do this yourself, you assemble for example Children's Cuts or a few Religious readings and send it along too showing how you do these. This is in addition to your general audio book demo which will contain literature excerpts of many genres. See? Target. Don't scatter shoot.
Hope this helps
My audio book day in Dallas is April 3 Sunday and will not be a day of copyreading, but rather, vital business stuff although I will instruct in script interp in the literature field.