09-Podcasts & Teleconferencing
Podcasting with Audacity
My good friend Dustin Wax over at The Writer’s Technology Companion has recently completed an informative 5-part series on Podcasting. It’s worth checking out: podcasting can be a useful approach to sharing and marketing your writing.
Dustin points to the freeware Audacity as a principal tool. I agree wholeheartedly. The software deserves […]
Help! Can you shed light on Dragon Naturally Speaking?
I received a question this morning from newsman Rick Smith that I cannot answer. Certainly, some among our readership of several hundred writers can shed some light on it:
Tom,
How does Dragon Naturally Speaking work when you tape record an assortment of different people? Can the software turn that into copy pretty well, or is […]
A Taste of Grammar and Alternate Routes to Publication
Open Culture carries an interesting item about two podcasts about grammar, one of which attracts about 100,000 downloads a week. Makes one wonder: Is the US rediscovering literacy?
One of the podcasts has led to an audio-book, with a print book in the works. Another example of unusual and creative routes to publication.
Some […]
Podcast Primer
Few members of my writers group know anything at all about podcasts, despite their utility for writers. I suspect that’s generally true of writers, except for the young generation.
Website Open Culture, a great resource for writers, has put together a useful Podcast Primer for the novice, with enough information that even experienced users will […]
A Guide To Podcasts About Writing
If you enjoy listening to “podcasts” about writing, here is a fabulous guide to a selection of such programs. Collected in one place by “Professor” Sallie Goetsch of Podcast Asylum are actual podcast playback modules — just click on the program you wish to listen to and the program will stream through your computer. […]
Harry Potter and AudioBook Players
Publishers Weekly’s email newsletter just conveyed news that England’s V-Burny Audio Books website is stealing a page from NetFlicks:
One orders an audiobook at the store’s website.
The book, preloaded onto a Play2Go portable audio player, arrives at your door via Royal Post.
You simply press a button to listen — no hassles with downloads or transfers onto […]
More on Amazon and Audio
Amazon in today’s email to newsletter subscribers touted its new AmazonWire features, drawing attention to its regular podcasts, author interviews and readings and audio books. This arena at Amazon is growing significantly. To stay up to date, check the website — and you may even wish to subscribe to the RSS feed, if […]
Harnessing Audio To Promote Books: Open Culture & Amazon
Blog Open Culture, which provides a doorway to podcasts featuring various arts from literature to music, recently posted an informative article entitled “The Book World Goes Sensibly Digital” about new developments in the world of audio books. It seems traditional publishers are beginning to deal with audio in more realistic and innovative ways. […]
More Audio: Successful Podcasts by Authors
As luck would have it, less than 24 hours after posting about AudioBooks, I’ve come across a New York Times article from March 1 detailing how aspiring writers are turning to the internet and podcasting to distribute their work, build an audience and attract attention from print publishers: Authors Find Their Voice, and Audience, […]
AudioBooks: Another Route to Publication
My interest in AudioBooks was rekindled a couple weeks ago when I passed through the Los Angeles International Airport. During my mandatory stop by the airport bookstore, I discovered a new product: Playaway - Ready To Go Audio.
The product provides a preloaded audiobook in a handy audio player: no downloading, no transferring titles […]
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