What can we do for you?
Readers are listening… but are they listening to your books?
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Audiobooks have been the fastest-growing segment of the publishing industry for more than a dozen years.
While the number of listeners and the number of books being listened to grows year over year, it can be hard to be heard above the din.
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Whether it's a casting or distribution consult, managing advance listening copies or a full-on social media promotional tour, our carefully curated team of reviewers and influencers is passionate about helping authors raise the volume on their audiobooks.
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Whatever stage you're on in your audiobook production journey, we can work with you to create a marketing plan to fit your needs.
Audiobook Consult
40 or 60 minute meeting to include:​
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Evaluation of how you're presenting your audio on website and social media
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Suggestions for raising your audiobooks’ visibility on those channels, including a release plan for new books
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Promotion plans for new releases, full series or sales
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Casting, Producing & distribution options
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Selling audiobooks direct from your website
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Assistance with taking your audiobooks wide
ALC
Management
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Hosting of review copies on Bookfunnel
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Delivery of audiobooks to strictly vetted, experienced audiobook reviewers
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Written reviews (not just ratings) to be posted in multiple locations
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Reviews specific to audiobook production
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Post release distribution of Audible Codes to select, trusted reviewers if applicable
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Collection of review post links for your records
Promo tour
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Choice of 3 different blasts: Narrator Reveal, Preorder, Now in Audio, Audio Sneak Peek, Audio Teasers, Release Day, Sale, Series in Audio
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Creation of promo graphics for blasts (see this page for examples) and one Headliner video with narration clip
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Current Listen and Review posts from influencers
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ALC management and hosting (see above)
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One Feature in our Super Fan Newsletter
Audiobook
SuperFan Club
Features
The news is limited to 3 features in each category per week.
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Choose from:
- New Release
- Sale
- New on hoopla
- Now on Kobo Plus
- New Audio Box Set
- Author or Narrator Interview
- Giveaway
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Our curated list currently has 3500+ subscribers with a 45% open rate. Listeners are interested in romance, cozy mystery and other genre fiction.
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Featured books will be hosted on our Listeners Page for 2 - 4 weeks and past issues are catalogued on the SuperFan News page.
Audiobook Lovers Facebook Group
All promotion in our Facebook group is free to any author or narrator.
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Join our Facebook group and share your audiobook news in our weekly Hype Posts on Thursdays.
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Schedule a live event to discuss a new release or sale.
Refer a friend and get a $25 discount when they book a promotion.
Book multiple tours at a discount.
Book eight weeks in advance of release date at a discount.
Deposit of 50% required to secure booking. If promotion or ALC management needs to be rescheduled, we require 72 hours notice, otherwise you will be charged in full.
If you're not ready to commit but would like to get a sample of our checklist, as well as hear about specials and marketing tips, join our mailing list below:
Reviews
“Audiobook promotion (well, any promotion, let's be honest) can be so overwhelming, but Karen does a fantastic job of breaking it down so you can make things happen. It's so great to have a resource in this area and I plan to use Karen again and again!”
- NY Times and USA Today best-selling author Erin Nicholas
“Karen knows the audiobook industry inside and out. I couldn’t figure out how to gain any traction, but Karen came up with an organized, creative plan to promote my book. I was blown away with the results and can’t wait to use Home Cooked Books for my next release.”
- Indie author Jill Brashear
“Karen is the BEST! She is communicative, forthcoming and supremely organized. Her knowledge of the audiobook industry goes deep and her connections with audio lovers are strong. As someone juggling careers as both an author and a full-time narrator, my plate is quite full, so it gave me enormous peace of mind knowing Karen was steering the marketing ship of my last audio release... and it was the best one yet! I plan on partnering with Home Cooked Books again and again!”
- Erin Mallon, indie author, playwright and audiobook narrator
"Home Cooked Books gave my audio release the boost it needed. Karen is timely and professional. She knows the audiobook world and has a wide array of connections. 10/10 would use her services again!"
- Traditionally published author Kelly Siskind
“Karen & Home Cooked Books did a wonderful job arranging the blog & review tour for my audiobook. If you’re looking for a partner to launch your audiobook in the near way possible then look no further.”
- Amazon bestselling author L. Steele
Disclaimer
We seek to represent only fully professional audiobook productions narrated by humans and reserve the right to turn down any author for a promotional tour. Our reviewers and influencers are not paid but are passionate audiobook listeners. We cannot guarantee positive reviews or a certain number of reviews. We do, however, require that specific mentions of the narrator’s performance and overall audiobook production are included in reviews. Reviewers who accept download codes without posting reviews are removed from our roster.
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