Course Description

Audiobooks Through ACX

Expand your reach with a digital audiobook! Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) makes it easy to produce and distribute your digital audiobook. You'll also be able to take advantage of the exciting new Kindle features Whispersync for Voice and Immersion Reading to reach more readers in more ways.

Use ACX to produce a digital audiobook edition of your book using our marketplace of professional audiobook producers and earn royalties of up to 40%. ACX provides access to thousands of talented audiobook producers, and both actors and studios, available for hire for a fee or for a no-cost, royalty-sharing partnership. ACX also provides distribution options to the leading retailers of audiobooks: Audible.com, Amazon.com, and iTunes, as well as their global partners. It's free to try ACX.

Your audiobook may be eligible for the new Whispersync for Voice functionality, which allows customers to purchase your Whispersync for Voice-ready Audible audiobook at a special limited time discounted price. This function allows customers to switch seamlessly between reading the Kindle book and listening to the professionally-narrated audiobook across devices without losing their place. Audiobooks will also be enabled for Immersion Reading, which will allow customers with Fire HD devices to listen to the professional narration as the words of the eBook are highlighted on the screen.

Jessie Bowen

Martial Artists , Author, Publisher, Certified Business & Life Success Coach

Jessie Bowen Author, Publisher, Certified Life & Business Coach, Motivational Coach, and Sports Mind Coach. Meet Your Success Coach Meet Your Success Coach Jessie Bowen, author and publisher for Elite Publications. Jessie has spent over 30 years in the coaching, speaking, and publishing business, with over 20 books to his credit. He holds degrees in business management, Silva Method Lecturer, Life Success Coach, Sports Performance Coach, Motivational Expert, sports hypnosis, martial arts, and martial science. He is a corporate educator for Duke Corporate Education, rated the #1 custom corporate training in the world, providing breakthrough knowledge to support corporate teams, helping them make their breakthrough. As an educator, he has been on the Duke University Physical Education staff for over 28 years, influencing thousands of students in the study of martial arts and mindfulness training. Jessie has been inducted into a number of martial arts halls of fame for his contributions to the martial arts, including the 2020 Action Martial Arts Hall of Honors Excellence in Publishing Award, the 2021 Take Center Stage Author Award, the 2021 International Author Impact Award, and the AFKA Hall of Fame Martial Arts Leader of the Year Award. He has published over 18 books on martial arts and personal development training, including the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Who's Who in the Martial Arts Biography Book Series. In 2018, he launched a new series, the Martial Arts Masters and Pioneers Biography Book Edition. Other books to his credit are Unstoppable Confidence, Change Your Mind, Change Your Life Success Guide, Get Motivated - the Key to Success, and the Law of Attraction. Your Through Determines Your Destiny, Zen Mind-Body Meditation System, and others. His goal in life is to help people transform their current lives into the future of their dreams. As a lecturer and success coach, Jessie can help you connect to a system that is able to teach you the secrets of controlling your mind, rising above reality, and seizing your inner potential for solving problems, achieving your goals, and relieving stress.

Course curriculum

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    • 1 - Overview

    • 2 - Signing Up for An ACX Account

    • 3 - ACX Requirements Page

    • 4 - Hiring A Narrator

    • 5 - Equipment Needed to Create Your Own Audio

    • 6 - Layout of Your Manuscript

    • 7 - Things to Remember When You're Recording

    • 8 - Recording Your Manuscript

    • 9 - Recording and Editing Your Manuscript

    • 10 - Processing Your Edits

    • 11 - Opening Credit_Closing_Credits

    • 12 - Audio Sample Creation

    • 13 - Claim and Upload Process

    • 14 - Claim and Upload Process - Part 2

    • 15 - Claim and Upload Process - Part 3 - Cover Art

    • 16 - Claim and Upload Process - Part 4 - Final

    • 17 - Start Your Author Central Account and Claim Your Book

    • 19 - Your Author Page - Part 2

    • 18 - Your Author Page - Part 1

    • 20 - Conclusion