Seth Rubin - AudioBook Narration & Production

phone area code 480 number 984 8369 -- e-mail voice at sethrubin dot com

These samples condensed for easier downloading.  To hear high-quality samples, why not request a demo CD?
NON-FICTION - Biography (3:36)   Listen (.mp3 630k)
FICTION - Popular/Comedy (5:39)   Listen (.mp3 659k)
FICTION - Popular/Suspense (4:02)   Listen (.mp3 710k)
NON-FICTION - Inspiration/Self-Help (3:06)   Listen (.mp3 365k)
MEDICAL/TECHNICAL (1:20)   Listen (.mp3 236k)

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Standard Rates & Terms

The right reading to make your book shine!
 
Vocals are tailor-made to your material - e.g. compelling, comic, suspenseful, sensual, intelligent, etc. - but unobtrusively enough that listeners will remember your book, not the narrator.

Seth can narrate your book:
  • As part of full audiobook production done at his studio
  • Via phone-patch from his studio
  • In-person at your studio (usually SouthWest U.S.)
Seth's Training Includes...
             
  Audiobook Narration
   - Private sessions with Grover Gardner
 
  Character V.O.
   - Private sessions with Paul Liberti
 
  Standard American Accent
   - N.Y. Speech (Sam Chwat)
 
  V.O. Studio Technique & Other Classes
   - Edge Studio, New York, NY
Your audiobook produced start to finish...
 
Vocals are tailor-made to your material - e.g. compelling, comic, suspenseful, sensual, intelligent, etc. - but unobtrusively enough that listeners will remember your book, not the narrator.

Free Previews
 
Hear Seth narrate a sample of your work at no charge.  Send a section of your manuscript, and receive a sample audiobook master CD.  Request several interpretations of the text, if you desire.

Size to Fit (Abridgement)
 
As an option, your manuscript can be abridged to fit your desired running length (e.g. 8 hours).

Seth's Studio Includes...
        
   - Premium DPA Microphones
   - Digidesign Digi 002 Rack Studio
   - 1.8GHz iMac G5 with 1.25 Gb RAM
   - Pro Tools 6
   - Waves Renaissance 6-band Eq
   - BF76 Compressor
   - Maxim Limited

Payment can be made by Check, Most Major Credit Cards, or PayPal
 
Master Production
$150 per complete hour of audio - includes narration, recording and post-production, master CDs and regular delivery.  E.g. $1200 for an 8-hour audiobook.
 
Full amount due upon completion.  A $300 advance depost is required unless completed work runs less than four hours.
 
One hour minimum per project.  Time counted in 15-minute increments.  Rush production and/or Overnight/Express delivery may incur additional costs.
 
Narration
$200 per first hour of studio time.  $100 for each additional hour after that, counted in 15-minute increments.  One hour minimum per project.  For in-person recording, travel reimbursement may be requested, especially outside the southwestern U.S.
 
Abridgement
$3 per page removed, when abridgement part of a full production.  For abridgement alone (i.e. no narration/production), $2 for each page in manuscript. Rates may vary with words-per-page or heavy redaction.  Supply two manuscripts and a return-postage-paid envelope - one manuscript will be returned to you with edits marked.
 
Rates quoted above are subject to change.  Seth Rubin audiobook narration and production is a service of ThoughtProcess Technology LLC, which also processes all credit card and PayPal payments made.