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November 3rd, 2015 / By
Johnny Heller /
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Dick Hill,
FOR THE HELL OF IT,
Grover Gardner,
Hillary Huber,
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Jeffrey Kafer,
Jo Anna Perrin,
Lee Child,
Marathon,
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New York,
Peter Berkrot,
Scott Brick,
Tavia Gilbert
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 7 NO. 7 AUDIOBOOK NARRATION – MYTHS AND MYSTERIES By Johnny Heller So you’re wondering how you can make money, become famous and not work too hard. You hop in your car, hit play on your audiobook and go for a drive. Suddenly, it hits you—Audiobooks! Those people are famous. They probably make lots of money and all they do is read a book! Hell! That’s it! You can read out loud! You should narrate books! WooHoo! What a great car ride. Since I’ve been inundated of late with pleas from people I don’t even know about how to get into this audiobook business …
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February 16th, 2015 / By
Johnny Heller /
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Amanda Rose,
Barbara Rosenblat,
Dick Hill,
Jared Garcia,
Jeffrey Kafer,
Katy Kellgren,
Marc Avila,
Peter Acker,
Peter Berkrot,
Simon Vance,
Tavia Gilbert,
Zane Birdwell
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 7 NO. 2 by Johnny Heller GOOD GOD – IS IT ALREADY FEBRUARY? Well here we are, we just put 2014 to sleep and greeted 2015 with a rousing “HUZZAH!” only to realize that we’ve done none of the things we said we were going to do to make this “our” year. What are the chances that we can put a stop to our freefall into the same bad habits that ruined our 2014? If we are like most people (and we are – as we are most people) there are zero chances to fix things. Absolutely none. May as well continue to binge …
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June 9th, 2014 / By
Johnny Heller /
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abbreviated audio,
APA,
APAC,
audio book,
blog,
comedy,
Dick Hill,
Elizabeth Wiley,
FOR THE HELL OF IT,
Johnny Heller,
narration,
narrator,
news,
Paul Gagne,
Peter Berkrot,
Robert Fass,
Tavia Gilbert
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 6 NO. 3 By Johnny Heller 6/9/14 AFTER APAC – NOW WHAT? You came to New York City. You saw the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and paid $15 for eggs and toast. You watched people jostle each other for the privilege of standing in the front of the queue waiting to cross a street. You noted that one Irish bar looks exactly like every other Irish bar right down to the staff. You went to exotic shopping stores and bought things you don’t need that were on sale so they only cost $80 more than they would’ve cost had you bought …
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April 2nd, 2014 / By
Johnny Heller /
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abbreviated audio,
ACX,
Andi Arndt,
Audiobook Pros,
comedy,
Dick Hill,
Facebook,
FOR THE HELL OF IT,
Jeffery Kafer,
Johnny Heller,
Kathe Mazur,
Peter Berkrot,
Simon Vance,
Tom Dheere,
Twitter
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 6 NO. 1 So here we are with a brand new launch of Abbreviated Audio! Welcome to our new site. Here are some stats: the site was designed by Bryan Burton and Hannah Barudin of FanBoy Designs. You should contact them about your website. And mention us. And, yes, you need a website. Which brings us to one of today’s topics: WEBSITES, SOCIAL MEDIA, MARKETING AND THE AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR As a world famous artsy fartsy type – beloved by all but the most jaded and Simon Vance – I am frequently asked many questions. Questions like: “Are you leaving soon?” “You can’t stay …
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