KWL Live Q&A - No Market for That Book with Ruthie Bowles

KWL Live Q&A - No Market for That Book with Ruthie Bowles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxfUfgs0S78

her websites
https://nomarketforthatbook.com/about-ruthie-and-no-market-for-that-book/
https://www.audible.com/author/Ruthie-Bowles/B0BVMWBX1J?msockid=365e31650f74658e0ff6276d0e6a6431

THOUGHTS time indexed

00:04:00 Ruthie tells a great story about entering the industry 00:06:00 question, through your time in the industry, do more or less writers want audiobook narrators who are famous actors? 00:07:00 Tara ask, how did you get involved? Ruthie answered, 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 still worked as a marketer. She outsourced her sound engineering and she still works with him. And she recorded in her office, at first. 00:11:00 Ruthie answered, through your time in the industry, do more or less writers want audiobook narrators who are famous actors? Not a huge consideration in the indie space, mostly in the traditional space. A famous actor will need to transition and may not be able. 00:13:00 Tara, How do you work with author? Ruthie asked, sometimes author don't know. But they can hear something and they feel it. 00:16:00 Tara, do you jump into a book series? Ruthie, she hasn't had an experience jumping into a long series. She has to notice where other people took characters. But she comprehends she is 00:19:00 Diversitymatters ask, How long would it take to do 200 page book and what is the cost? 9,300 words is industry standard for one book, so word count , and then you have to break up your book. 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 hours. Usually when you work with an audio engineer you are paying for finished product. 00:23:00 Tara, what is a sensitivity reader? She 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. 00:27:00 Tara, how will it work out? Ruthie says, I will refer to things written, but sit with it. Writers have to breath when they get a sensitivity review. She doesn't have authors schedule the call until after they get the report. And remember the intention of the sensitivity reader. 00:30:00 Tara, can you tell us about your company, there is no market for that book? Ruthie, in her experience people in chat on line say, no market exist. Tara, in her experience, all genres have a market. Ruthie, Alot of her work wasn't equitably accessible. You choose what you want to do and do what you can. She wanted audio rights. The community talsk about the things they need and want, and she want to fill those needs and wants in the industry. 00:37:00 Tara, what are other challenges facing marginalized authors. Ruthie, publishing has a big realm. Marginalized authors are less likely to get marketing 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. publishing houses find it hard to find marginalized narrators because they usually don't want it. 00:43:00 Tamara morgan, Can you speak to partnership with respect to royalties? 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. 00:47:00 Tara, what about the future of collaboration in audiobooks? Ruthie, 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 narrator, 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 have enough actors or others to be narrators. So now is a critical turning point. But her friends love her work. 00:52:00 Tara, do you have any advice for authors who want to build a brand and be aunthetic? Ruthie, 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 bad 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 thoughtful human being, it isn't about false positivity, but it is about showing 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. controversies 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 are presenting. 01:00:00 Tara, what more from you? Ruthie, she has a book on kobo plus. She has a story in an anthology, and a pink horror story. 01:03:00 Tara, what are you audiobooking now? Ruthie, the imaginary book festival. Calling In, how to make change with those you would rather cancel. She 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 this book. question, are sensitivity readers hired for making editions of old famous books?