Press Release Summary = \"Podcasting Your Virtual Book Tour\" takes independent authors and publishers step-by-step through the process of creating a \"virtual book tour\" podcast, and distributing it online to millions of iPod users.
Press Release Body = Boston, MA March 15, 2006
Book tours and public readings are an important part of any newly published book\'s promotion and marketing. But not all authors are able to travel, due to time, money, or health constraints. \"Podcasting Your Virtual Book Tour\", by author and podcaster Kay Stoner, teaches authors and independent publishers how to create a virtual book tour with podcasting -- online audio that can be downloaded and listened to on a computer, or on an iPod.
Apple\'s iPod popularity has been phenomenal, by any measurement. According to RTE Business, \"Apple Computer chief executive Steve Jobs says the company sold a record 14 million iPod music players in the fourth quarter, a leap from 4.5 million in the same period of 2004... The number of iPods sold far exceeded the 1.25 million Macintosh computers sold in the same quarter.\" However, listeners don\'t need an iPod to listen -- anyone on a computer that\'s connected to the internet and can download and listen to audio, can enjoy podcasts.
\"I got the idea for podcasting a virtual book tour from watching C-SPAN\'s Booknotes program,\" says Kay. \"Watching C-SPAN and seeing groups of people gathering to listen to authors talk about their books, I thought that if people like me are tuning in to television programs about book readings, they would also be interested in downloading audio of book readings.\"
With \"Podcasting Your Virtual Book Tour\", almost any author with a standard personal computer, a microphone, free audio editing software, and an internet connection can record a series of readings and then upload them to the internet as podcasts for all the world to hear. The virtual book tour experience can be just like a recorded \"real-life\" tour, with readings of selections from the author\'s work, audience participation, questions and answers, and other ambiance the author wishes to include.
This 98-page manual teaches authors how to plan their \"tour\" and script their readings, how to find the sound effects that add to the ambiance, how to put all the pieces together with free audio editing software, how to publish the audio as a podcast, and how to promote it for all the world to hear. With podcasting, an independent author can create their very own virtual book tour, on their own time, on their own terms, for very low cost with their own home computer.
Web Site = http://www.virtualbooktours.net/vbtindex.html
Contact Details = Podcasting Your Virtual Book Tour by Kay Stoner First Edition Thought2Form Productions, LLC P.O. Box 15108 Boston, MA 02215 Phone: 617-816-1382 URL: http://www.lulu.com/content/188331 http://www.virtualbooktours.net/vbtindex.html
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