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The only way to keep breathing off the audio is to not record it in the first place. Now, you can give yourself motion sickness by rocking back and forth every time you need to breathe, which also means you need to focus on WHEN you need to breathe, which is a pain in the ass. You’ve not gonna be able to do it. Not reliably anyway. I briefly tried this cause the mic I have sounds best if you're on top of it. Unfortunately, if you are on top of your mic, it records every sound that comes out of your mouth. Even breathing through your mouth doesn’t stop it, especially if you have 24/7 allergies like I do. Forget it. I breathe like a freight train, and I’m always congested. It’s also time to record Little Bitey, so now I gotta find a way to truly keep that shit off the audio. In other news, AVIA I is done. The metric was - I'm sick of fucking playing with it.
Read more: Getting Better: How to Keep the Breathing Off the Audio
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Initially, I was going to tell you how to debreath your audio automatically, but the truth is that if you’re using Audacity, you can’t. I did find a way using the Auto Duck feature, but that put static in the middle of the vocals. The minute you hear it, you won’t use that method anymore. Just to be sure I had all the freaking information on debreathing, I talked to two sound people. The end result of those conversations – You can’t debreath the audio automatically, and you will drive yourself nuts doing it manually.
Read more: How to Make Passable Audio and not Spend Your Life DeBreathing
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So you’ve finally reached the point where you’re ready to create audio books. Maybe you’ve publish two or three books and they’re selling well, or maybe you’ve written more than 20, like me, and one of them finally decided to do well enough that you think audio books are the next logical step to increase your sales and give readers more options. Congratulations. You’re on to the next step of the publishing process, and you’re about to take extreme DIY self-publishing to the next ludicrous level.
First Things First: You Need:
A microphone that hooks to your computer – I chose the USB Microphone, TONOR Computer Cardioid Condenser PC Gaming Mic with Tripod Stand & Pop Filter. This microphone works with Windows and Linux. However, as you all know by now, I have a Linux machine, so the directions forthcoming were created while on that machine. It may be slightly different for Windows. The microphone I chose is USB, and it does not have any buttons or dials. If you want a gain/volume buttons on your mic, choose a different one.
Audacity – It’s a free download that can be used on Windows, Linux and Mac.
ACX Check – An add-on plugin for Audacity. Trust me, you need to download this and get it working. You’ll save yourself many many many many many many hours and headaches.
Read more: How to get an Audio Book to Pass the ACX Automated Checks
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I don’t talk too much about the time when I was submitting query letters, synopsis and sample chapters to agents. I don’t tend to look backwards. I’m not going in that direction. What I do is I keep my eyes focused ahead of me. That’s not to say I don’t learn from my past mistakes. I do. Then, I move forward with that knowledge and experience. I also weigh every decision very carefully. I weigh the pros and cons, and I make the best decision according to all the available information. Making the decision to query was no different. I weighed the pros and cons of self-pub against trad pub and decided the risk was worth it. If I got into trad pub, I would have the experience of agents, editors and publishers behind me, and I would be able to learn from them. I figured it was worth the few months to a year to give it a shot. I send my first query letter on 12/11/2016. I sent my last query letter on 1/29/2018.
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As an independently published author, you have the ability to publish your works of fiction and nonfiction on many different publishing sites. The most common site is Amazon, using Amazon KDP. This gives you the ability to publish ebooks and print books at your convenience, locate a plethora of readers and monitor your sales virtually in nearly real-time. However, Amazon KDP’s sales reporting can appear to be inaccurate at times. In this article, I’m going to explain the common reasons your KDP sales may appear to be wrong.
No One Has Purchased Any Version of Your Book
The main reason authors see zero sales is obvious, even if it is unbelievable and incredibly disheartening. No one has purchased any of your online books or print books or flipped any pages, if your book happens to be part of the Kindle Unlimited program. This reason is incredibly discouraging, especially if your social media book posts are getting interest, and individuals have expressed an interest in purchasing your latest work of fiction. The hard truth is that until they click the Buy Button, there won’t be any sales, no matter how eager your audience seems to be to purchase and read it.
Read more: Understanding Why Your Sales on Amazon KDP Don't Match What You Think They Should Be
