April 24, 2008 by Victor Volkman.

On Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Irene Watson and Victor R. Volkman spoke with Toby Heidel, futurist with Red Planet Audiobooks in Austin, TX. Toby shared with us the changing nature of the audiobook industry and how small publishers and self-published authors can take advantage of this burgeoning new market without spending a fortune. Trends such as online delivery and market fragmentation can actually work in your favor by creating a level playing field. Red Planet produces and distributes audiobooks for independent authors and small publishers.

Toby is in charge of long range planning for the company, implementing new technologies and responding to developing trends in the audiobook industry. In addition to his work with Red Planet, Toby has a solid background in spoken word entertainment as the long-time Executive Director for the Violet Crown Radio Players, a radio drama re-creation troupe based in Austin, Texas.

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November 3, 2006 by Victor Volkman.

Join us on Internet Voices Radio on Thursday, Nov. 9th, 2006 at 8PM EDT as we speak with professional publisher and author coach Steve Neubauer.  Steve will brief us and lead a lively discussion about key factors in book development: doing your competitive analysis, matching your work to customer expectations of the genre, understanding demographics and its role in marketing, and discovering your promotional strengths and weaknesses.

Steve Neubauer is a co-founder of the publishing firm WordWright.biz, Inc. The company serves as an incubator for new authors and works with professional speakers and consultants to create books about their specialty areas. Steve worked 25 years for IBM as a senior market intelligence professional researching and analyzing emerging social, technological, environmental, economic, and political trends. His analyses helped shape the designs of many products and services that lead the industry in new and innovative approaches.

He now focuses on helping new writers establish themselves and fulfill their publication dreams. Steve and his wife Joan own and operate WordWright.biz, Inc. and help develop new and talented writers. They offer everything an author needs from editing, cover design, typesetting, distribution, royalties, and promotion. Word Wright.biz has published over 60 books that help authors present their books to the marketplace, build credibility, polish their promotional skills, and approach bigger publishers.

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October 20, 2006 by Victor Volkman.

Join us on Internet Voices Radio on Thursday, Nov. 2nd, 2006 at 8PM EDT as we speak with veteran freelance writer, author, and expert on book marketing Patricia L. Fry.  Starting from the basis that writing the book itself is not the first and foremost task, Patricia will take us on a journey of discovering what will work for you and play to your own unique strengths.  Specifically, she’ll be talking about the most basic questions which you must answer for yourself to achive success: is your book idea viable, who is the audience, what is the right kind of publishing model, and how can you promote your book?

Patricia Fry has been writing for publication for over 30 years. She writes articles for numbers of magazines including Writer’s Digest, PMA Independent, Entrepreneur, The Toastmaster, Woman’s Own, Cats, etc. She is also the author of 24 books, including her latest, “The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book.” Patricia is the president of SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network), a 10-year-old networking, supportive organization for anyone interested in publishing. Patricia presents workshops at writers’ conferences and other events throughout the U.S. and beyond. This year, she participated in the Pen Women Conference in Honolulu, The Wisconsin Regional Writers Association Conference in Janesville, the PNWA Conference in Seattle, the SPAN 3-day publishing conference in San Francisco and several smaller events within the state of California. In May, she traveled to Dubai to give the keynote address before 800 Toastmasters at their annual District Conference.

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September 8, 2006 by Victor Volkman.

During the run up to our initial broadcast date, we are releasing four different Sneak Previews which will introduce you to the Authors Access team of Irene and Victor.

These are ordinary MP3 files which you can download and listen in whatever ways that you usually do that.  Click on a link below to start listening.

• Sneak Preview #1
• Sneak Preview #2
• Sneak Preview #3
• Sneak Preview #4

NOTE: Each PODcast is about 5MB so allow up to 30 minutes if you have a slow dialup modem.

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