When it comes to recording an audiobook, Kadushin says the publishing company might only deliver a book to the actors/narrators days before they record. Collins, who has read the Navy SEAL story “Lone Survivor” and the teen romance “Beautiful Creatures.”Īudiobook sales now top $1 billion every year, and Amazon’s recorded books division, Audible, hopes soon to have nearly 200,000 recorded titles for sale. We invited two of the more acclaimed narrators of audiobooks to talk with the Frame: Ilyana Kadushin, who has recorded Stephenie Meyer's best-selling “Twilight” novels, and Kevin T. The narrators were mostly celebrity authors, with people like Amy Poehler, Oprah Winfrey and Nelson Mandela nominated for reading their own books.īut the thousands of other audiobooks recorded every year are performed by the literary equivalent of character actors - you may not know their names, but you'll recognize their voices. Heard a good book lately? Monday, the Audio Publishers Association announced its five finalists for the best audio book of 2014.
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