Audio Voicing

My book moved into the audio voicing stage in November.  I was sent to a site to choose from a few different voices.  It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be.  I had one of my sons help me with this.  I stared at the characters on my book as I listened to each voice.  I turned in my top 3 choices.  I am now waiting to hear back with a sample for me to ok.  The next step will be checking the narration for errors.  After that the book will move into the artwork stage.  This is where they take the artwork from the book and fit the packaging for the audio book.  I sent the audio department an email today to see when I would be sent the sample. 

A week ago, I noticed that my book was placed on the Publishers on line book store. So I decided to go ahead and create a fan page on facebook and begin to tell my friends about it.  I shared the link to my book and people started ordering!  I was thrilled.  It was hard to go to sleep after that.  I also bought a journal to start writing down marketing ideas that I learn about from others or think of on my own. I found my publisher's facebook page and joined that.  I began reading and meeting other authors.  I have asked many questions and have been given some great advice.  Some of them became fans of my facebook page and I became fans of theirs.  It is nice to finally meet other authors from the same publishing company.  I wish I would have found the Publisher's site a long time ago.

 I am waiting till after Christmas to call the marketing director.  I want to ask him if the early orders will be sent out yet, even if the audio part isn't finished yet.  I will need to place an order so I will have books on hand to begin selling before the official release date.