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How Audacity helped me to get my audiobook published on Audible
Audible are very picky when it comes to audio quality, but a free tool helped me to succeed in getting published
Earlier this year, I exhibited at the London Book Fair. I spoke to quite a few publishers about audiobooks and they were surprised that, as a self-published author, I managed to get my audiobooks published on Audible. Here’s how I did it.
When I submitted my first audiobook to Audible, it was rejected due to poor quality audio. So, I rerecorded the whole book and resubmitted it. It was rejected again. I did this two more times, only for it to be rejected twice more.
I had a decent microphone, a Blue Yeti, and a very quiet room, but I just couldn’t manage to get the quality to a high enough standard for it to be accepted by Audible. That’s when I stumbled across the free software Audacity.
What is Audacity?
Audacity is the most amazing audio editing software ever, and it’s free! You can download it here: https://www.audacityteam.org/
