In this article I'll be discussing about how you can record audio-books to make money for your living. But first thing is having a good voice for recording audio-books. If yes then chances are you are on the right path and at the same time you will have to follow the next steps come on your voice-over success journey that is what to record to showcase your first audio-book portfolio. If you have no jobs for audio-books then why not to record some free audio-books. I will discuss here how you can do it.
It is always important to have a good voice for recording scripts or text material even if don't have one you can still improve with practice. Remember that a powerful voice with some intensity can make people listen you anytime. Now it's time to decide what to record as your first portfolio. At the moment, you don't have any script to record and try to record from copyrighted book is not a good idea to show it as your portfolio or your work. If you do so then it is necessary to get a permission from the copyright owners in order to record that book in your voice.
In some cases, if you were not able to find permission for recording audio-book for a script. Don't be disappointed because there are some choices still left for you in order to record your first audio-book as your online showcase portfolio. There is a thing called public domain book which is a collection of tons of books that are totally free from copyright or their copyrights is expired which is a good news for you to record your first audio-book and publish online as your own audiobook work.
It will more beneficial in future if you try to find public domain book that were most popular in the past that might interest you. There are many websites online that can help you find most popular public domain books. I have found some websites where I saw some free public domain books list are:
- www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/
- It offers collects of 50,000 ebooks for free
- www.goodreads.com/list/tag/public-domain
- Some valuable picks of books that are in public book
- www.ebookfriendly.com/free-public-domain-books-sources/
- List sources to 25 huge public domain libraries
- www.authorama.com
- Lists public domain books of various popular writers
- www.openlibrary.org
- List of 1,000,000 free public domain books
- https://dp.la
- Digital Public Library of America
I hope you have found some popular books in the public domain for your first voice-over recording journey. It's time to record your first sample audio-book for your portfolio now and the good things you're also creating public domain audiobooks. Let's do it!
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