APA Sponsors
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APPLE BOOKS
Apple Books is the best way to discover and enjoy books and audiobooks all in one place. With an incredible catalog of millions of books and audiobooks, personalized recommendations, and a vast array of free titles, Apple Books helps millions of customers uncover their new favorite titles. Audiobook customers listen subscription-free with Apple Books’ $9.99 collection, refreshed monthly, as well as the audiobook of the week and a full range of popular titles. Customers in more than 154 countries and regions can read and listen in 40 languages on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac and listen on the go with Apple Watch and CarPlay. More information is available at apple.com/apple-books.
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Pozotron
Pozotron Studio is an AI-powered software suite designed to save hours in the audiobook, voiceover, and scripted audio production process. Pozotron’s tools significantly reduce production stresses and costs while increasing audio quality at the same time. Using state-of-the-art technology, Pozotron focuses on boosting efficiency and accuracy for professionals in scripted audio production—not replacing them with automation. To learn more and access your free trial, visit pozotron.com today!
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Audible
Audible is the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, offering global audiences a powerful way to enhance and enrich their lives through extraordinary content. Audible’s catalog includes more than 800,000 audio titles, including Audible Originals as well as audiobooks and podcasts from leading studios, print, audio and magazine publishers and world-renowned entertainers. Audible is also home to ACX, the all-in-one marketplace for independent creators to create their audiobooks and reach a global audience.
Bookwire
Bookwire was founded in 2010 as a service provider for publisher distribution of audiobooks, eBooks and digital content. Working with over 2,500 publishing clients, Bookwire has since become one of the leading international businesses in digital publishing technology. Our innovative software "Bookwire OS – One Solution” is designed specifically for publishers, consolidating all production, distribution, marketing and analytics processes in one place and distributes over 900,000 eBooks and over 300,000 audiobooks worldwide. Our experts at Bookwire are eager to assist you in expanding your audiobook business across various sales channels and reach a wider audience.
Eljin
Eljin is the largest payer of SAG-AFTRA audiobook talent in the US. Eljin’s on-line portal lets publishers and producers pay union talent quickly, easily, and securely—all in compliance with privacy protocols and federal/state mandates. Narrators and their agents receive electronic deposits directly to their bank accounts via ACH. Monthly remittances to the union allow members to earn credits toward important health and retirement benefits. In Q2 2020, look for the release of the new Eljin platform, open to publishers, producers, narrators, and agents. All payment information in one place. Secure. Compliant. Global. Contact us at support@eljininc.com for more information on opening an account.
hoopla
hoopla is the digital brand and service of Midwest Tape, a trusted physical media provider to public libraries for almost 30 years. hoopla partners with libraries across North America to provide online and mobile access to hundreds of thousands of movies, music albums, audiobooks, eBooks, comics, and TV shows. With hoopla digital, library patrons can borrow, instantly stream and download digital media with a valid library card, from a public library that partners with hoopla digital. All content is accessible via hoopla digital’s free mobile apps for Apple and Android devices, and online at www.hoopladigital.com.
Ingram
Ingram is an industry-leading provider of comprehensive services for publishers, retailers, libraries and educators. With an expansive global network connected to over 39,000 retailers and libraries across the globe, Ingram’s services include digital and physical book distribution, print on demand, and digital learning. CoreSource, Ingram’s digital asset management and distribution platform, provides publishers with the ability to easily manage their digital supply chains, and deliver ebook and audio content directly to a global network of audio distribution channels.
John Marshall Media
Outstanding audio. Amazing experience. Every time. For over 25 years John Marshall Media's clients have hired us to produce, record, and edit their most important audiobooks. Harper Audio, PRH, Macmillan, Scholastic, and many smaller publishers trust us with more and more titles every year. Yes, we’ve done the Grammy, Audie, Earphone, and Webby winners. So have our competitors. But what separates us from them, and what keeps our clients coming back, is the experience: Amazing . . . every time.
One Night Stand Studios
One Night Stand Studios is a full-service audiobook and voice arts creative studio. Our boutique production company works with authors to bring their books to life in audio: consulting, casting, producing, and mastering audiobooks that listeners and fans can’t get enough of. We’ve produced hundreds of independent and self-published titles, featuring some of the most talented and sought-after actors, for all kinds of amazing writers, from best-sellers to first-timers. We love collaborating with authors to inspire new audiences through the sound of their books.
OverDrive
Reach more readers with your ebooks, audiobooks and more in OverDrive’s global catalog. Increase discovery and sales to more than 92,000 libraries and schools representing millions of readers. With 30+ years as a trusted digital partner, OverDrive is the leading digital distribution platform for thousands of publishers of all sizes and all genres. The Libby reading app was named to Popular Mechanics’ Best Apps of the Decade, while the Sora student reading app is one of TIME’s Best Inventions. In 2021, OverDrive acquired Kanopy, the popular streaming video service for public libraries and colleges.
Podium Entertainment
Podium is a market leading publisher committed to discovering, developing, and amplifying the works of both emerging and bestselling authors. The company delivers the highest quality content across all formats while utilizing industry-leading production capabilities and delivering exceptional value in marketing, distribution, and monetization.
Podium remains at the forefront of what’s trending and is an industry leader in the genres of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Romance, and has been a pioneer in bringing the popular sub-genres of LitRPG, Gamelit, and Progression Fantasy to a broad audience.
SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. With national offices in Los Angeles and New York, and local offices nationwide, SAG-AFTRA members work together to secure the strongest protections for media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.
SKYWIRE PAYMASTER SERVICES
SKYWIRE: Fast. Friendly. Affordable. Proudly serving the audiobook community since 2017, facilitating the payment of SAG-AFTRA audiobook projects.
Spotify
Spotify transformed music listening forever when it launched in 2008. Discover, manage and share over 100 million tracks and 5 million podcasts titles, for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features for music including improved sound quality and an on-demand, offline, and ad-free music listening experience. Today, Spotify is the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with 489 million users, including 205 million subscribers in more than 180 markets. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it.
Yoto
Yoto is an interactive audio platform for kids. Yoto offers a catalog of stories, songs, activities and more to inspire creative play and learning without a screen. The carefully connected audio players – the Yoto Player and the Yoto Mini – put kids safely in control. No cameras. No microphones. No ads.
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The Great Audiobook Adventure
The Great Audiobook Adventure is the leading audiobook narration program created by The Global Actor and The TreeCave. This comprehensive program is specifically designed to help actors build thriving careers working with publishers. TGAA’s methodology - Think Scrappy and Be Brave - is applicable to experienced narrators who want to grow their network AND those new to the world of narration who may need to start at the beginning. Adventurers are recognized by every major publisher, direct for the Big 5, narrate 1000s of audiobooks, were nominated for Audies and won Earphones Awards. Start your own Adventure and find out why!
Libro.fm
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks through your local bookstore, giving you the power to keep money within your local economy, create jobs, and make a difference in your community. Whether you are paying for monthly membership, giving an audiobook gift to a friend, or buying audiobooks for yourself or your organization, Libro.fm splits the profit from your purchases with your local bookstore.
Narrator Life
Created especially for working audiobook narrators, narrator.life brings you master classes in the art and business of audiobook narration, to help you define and achieve sustainable success. Our faculty members share a passion for challenging working artists in both technique and entrepreneurship. We gather in-person (Palm Springs Retreat) and online (Open Studio, 21 Targets), and recently added narrator.life 365, our members-only online community networking space. Together, we discuss best practices in business, deepen our mastery of our craft, and share the joys and challenges of this career we love in a private forum that promotes deeper conversations.
Voiceworks Audio
Voiceworks Audio is an award-winning vocal arts production house, with locations in NYC and Westchester, NY. Whether it be audiobooks, ADR, podcasting, voiceovers, narrator coaching, or anything we can all dream up together, Voiceworks is dedicated to telling stories, and fostering a community of artists who collaborate to bring those stories to life. Communication and reliability are the hallmarks of our service, while producing the highest quality product. Above all, we value the humans that write words, and capture recordings, and speak, and sing.
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AudioFile Magazine
AudioFile is the comprehensive source of audiobook reviews and recommendations. Thirty years after starting as a print newsletter, today AudioFile is a multi-platform resource to audiobooks for consumer listeners, professional library selectors, and the audiobook industry. AudioFile publishes weekly at AudioFilemagazine.com, e-newsletters, active social media programs on Facebook, Twitter, and SoundCloud and in print 6x year. AudioFile also runs the wildly popular teen audience development project, AudiobookSYNC.com and maintains numerous content licenses for audiobook review syndication.
Brick Shop Audio
Brick Shop Audio is a recording studio specializing in audiobook and podcast production, based in New York City with 12+ years of experience. Brick Shop is an established resource for New York based talent that needs a studio home, publishers looking for post-production partners and independent authors who want a full production partner. Our talent and know-how ensures publishers and independent authors a final production of first-rate quality and consistency as they work with a diverse roster of professional narrators, directors and editors collaborating onsite at our studio in Brooklyn, and remotely. When you work with Brick Shop Audio you have a dedicated team of partners for your production, ensuring best in class production quality that works with your budget.
Brilliance Publishing
Brilliance Publishing is part of the Amazon.com group of companies and is the parent company of Brilliance Audio. As a GRAMMY-nominated and Audie Award-winning producer of audiobook recordings, we create a quality listening experience for customers while giving our authors the widest distribution for their works. Through partnerships, we distribute print and audiobooks for other publishers, and we work directly with authors and agents to publish non-fiction books in all formats under our two imprints.
Curated Audio
Curated Audio is a full service audio production service. Our clients include both independent rightsholders and publishers who outsource production.
Deyan Audio
Deyan Audio was founded in 1990 by Bob and Debra Deyan. For over 30 years Deyan Audio has been a pioneer of the audiobook industry, becoming the world's largest independent producer of audiobooks. Deyan Audio has amassed 12 Grammy award nominations and 5 wins in the category of spoken word and received the APA Life Achievement Award in 2013, recognizing our work. The world's biggest publishers continue to turn to Deyan’s two state-of-the-art Los Angeles studios, and experienced staff who produce the highest quality of audio content.
Mia Moravis
A Tony®- and three-time Emmy®-nominated Producer, and Associate/Executive Producer of multiple GRAMMY®-nominated/winning albums, Moravis is the Director/Producer of multiple genres of audioworks, including these GRAMMY-contending series: The Oscar Wilde Story Suite, J. H. Sanderson’s seven-part Roadhouse Sons, and Peter Eisenstadter’s five-part audio theatre classic Greek anthology, The Myth of…. Other works she directed and produced include Manydown and the upcoming BEND. Her narrations include Thomas R. Clark’s The God Provides (for which she spoke Gaelic) and, for Learning Ally, Cat in Amie Kaufman’s and Jay Kristoff’s Aurora Rising.
NetGalley
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies and audiobooks to book advocates and industry professionals. Hundreds of thousands of members rely on NetGalley’s secure, sustainable, and easy-to-use platform to discover books, share reviews, and champion literacy. The NetGalley team coordinates closely with publishers on targeted promotions, and provides training, strategy, and consultation for incorporating NetGalley into overall marketing and publicity efforts. NetGalley is a member of the Firebrand Group, which provides leading software and services to help publishers achieve success.
Outloud Audio
Outloud Audio is an award-winning audio production facility specializing in voice over and audiobook narration with facilities in New York City and Los Angeles. Outloud Audio is staffed by a team of full-time engineers who are deeply experienced at providing highly acclaimed recordings for audiobooks, live action TV and film, animated TV and film, advertising, and video games. Our eight (8) state-of-the-art stages and control rooms provide digital and physical security, fiber connectivity, and deep mic lockers. All stages are fully floated and isolated with separate control rooms. Our administration team provides studio services including scheduling, casting, and signatory administration.
Publisher Spotlight
Publisher Spotlight, a service of Myrick Marketing & Media, LLC, provides marketing and publicity support to the book industry. With more than two decades in the book industry marketing ranging from the independent bookseller world to library marketing to a national book review and at a variety of publishers, we are uniquely positioned to target niche markets in ways that maximize both sales and visibility. Located just outside Nashville, Tennessee, we are also strategically close to Ingram, one of the world’s largest wholesalers.
Tim Bader Audio
Tim Bader Audio is a full-service audiobook production company with studios just outside of Philadelphia, PA. With more than 15 years of experience making audiobooks, we know how to treat every step with care and precision. There is no job too big or too small. Learn more or reach out to us at www.timbaderaudio.com.