BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.18//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMCommunityCalendar NAME:RMCommunityCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:KWL Live Q&A - No Market for That Book with Ruthie Bowles DTSTAMP:20250709T073844Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:400-7-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":noreply@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n KWL Live Q&\;A - No Market for That Book with Ruthie B owles\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxfUfgs0S78\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n her websites\n\n https://nomarketforthatbook.com/about-ruthie-and- no-market-for-that-book/\n\n https://www.audible.com/author/Ruthie-Bowles/ B0BVMWBX1J?msockid=365e31650f74658e0ff6276d0e6a6431\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n THO UGHTS time indexed\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 00:04:00 Ruthie tells a great story about entering the industry\n\n00:06:00 question\, through your time in th e industry\, do more or less writers want audiobook narrators who are famo us actors? \n\n00:07:00 Tara ask\, how did you get involved? \nRuthie answ ered\, She saw a book \, ten ways to get paid to read. Ruthie knew it was oversimplified. In 2019 she had her first audio narration gig while she st ill worked as a marketer. She outsourced her sound engineering and she st ill works with him. And she recorded in her office\, at first.\n\n00:11:00 Ruthie answered\, through your time in the industry\, do more or less wri ters want audiobook narrators who are famous actors? \nNot a huge consider ation in the indie space\, mostly in the traditional space. A famous actor will need to transition and may not be able. \n\n00:13:00 Tara\, How do you work with author?\nRuthie asked\, sometimes author don't know. But the y can hear something and they feel it. \n\n00:16:00 Tara\, do you jump int o a book series?\nRuthie\, she hasn't had an experience jumping into a lon g series. She has to notice where other people took characters. But she co mprehends she is\n\n00:19:00 Diversitymatters ask\, How long would it take to do 200 page book and what is the cost?\n9\,300 words is industry stand ard for one book\, so word count \, and then you have to break up your boo k. She aims for an hour finished hour work a day. She has her fees on her website. $300 per finished hour. So you will not pay me to one to three ho urs. Usually when you work with an audio engineer you are paying for finis hed product. \n\n00:23:00 Tara\, what is a sensitivity reader?\nShe tends to give feedback on work to see if their are problematic characterizations . But not to knock down but to work to improve the manuscript to see ways to increase the quality of the story.\n\n00:27:00 Tara\, how will it work out? \nRuthie says\, I will refer to things written\, but sit with it. Wri ters have to breath when they get a sensitivity review. She doesn't have a uthors schedule the call until after they get the report. And remember the intention of the sensitivity reader.\n\n00:30:00 Tara\, can you tell us a bout your company\, there is no market for that book?\nRuthie\, in her exp erience people in chat on line say\, no market exist.\nTara\, in her exper ience\, all genres have a market. \nRuthie\, Alot of her work wasn't equit ably accessible. You choose what you want to do and do what you can. She w anted audio rights. The community talsk about the things they need and wan t\, and she want to fill those needs and wants in the industry.\n\n00:37:0 0 Tara\, what are other challenges facing marginalized authors. \nRuthie\, publishing has a big realm. Marginalized authors are less likely to get m arketing space. So she wants to know who out in the industry. Marginalized authors may not have variety for who may get to narrate their book. publi shing houses find it hard to find marginalized narrators because they usua lly don't want it. \n\n00:43:00 Tamara morgan\, Can you speak to partnersh ip with respect to royalties?\n Ruthie\, she was a reduced PFH rate and we split the royalties 50/50. She was first but now she knows another who is doing it.\n\n00:47:00 Tara\, what about the future of collaboration in au diobooks?\nRuthie\, there is a growing desire to hear stories. Most of the authors she know likes to be artist of the written word. But\, as a narra tor\, she is an artist\, a voice artist. and she performs from that place. Do we have enough audio book narrators for all the books? no\, but we hav e enough actors or others to be narrators. So now is a critical turning po int. But her friends love her work. \n\n00:52:00 Tara\, do you have any a dvice for authors who want to build a brand and be aunthetic?\nRuthie\, if you don't anchor what is true to you\, you will blow every which way. In terms of brand building\, dont' start with what you present\, but what is important to you. You have to show up for this on the good days and the ba d days. If you only think of the facade on the bad days you will not show up. If you are being authentic to anyone\, you have to be authentic to you . Radical authenticity\, concentric circles of trust. The cool people will get the things that will ruin my brand. She tries to be the genuine thoug htful human being\, it isn't about false positivity\, but it is about show ing up as the person in my soul. And that will be the standard her company is upheld to. When people trust is what you mean in what you say. controv ersies you don't have to speak to. If you are doing the work\, it will be evident\, and that turns into a brand in what you are saying is what you a re presenting.\n\n01:00:00 Tara\, what more from you?\nRuthie\, she has a book on kobo plus. She has a story in an anthology\, and a pink horror sto ry. \n\n01:03:00 Tara\, what are you audiobooking now?\nRuthie\, the imagi nary book festival. Calling In\, how to make change with those you would r ather cancel.\nShe enjoys it. For anyone who agrees there can be a lot of good on the internet but don't want to engage in certain things\, read thi s book.\n\n\n\nquestion\, are sensitivity readers hired for making edition s of old famous books?\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250709 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR