How to Become a Reader for Audio Books
Reading is an art and not an easy one to master. Those who can read well can leave a pleasing effect on the ears of the listeners and can make a good written piece feel like an extraordinary one. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea and this ability is gained after hard work.
Some people adopt reading as a profession and make a reasonable livelihood with it. Reading of audio books is a difficult task to perform and needs a lot of experience and skill. If you feel that you have the ability to read well and want to make a career as an audio book reader, you must work extremely hard day and night to achieve that goal.
Instructions
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Listen and Practice
Listen to others who have read audio books and learn from them. You must give a lot of attention while listening and make it a routine that you listen to something different every day. Understand how the delivery is made by the professionals and how they express emotions through their voice. Read the same passage before and after listening to the audio tape. It is also not a bad idea to record your own voice and listen to your latest and previous recording of the same passage to see how much progress you have made.
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Read in Public
You can volunteer to read at your book club or at your public library when there is an event. This will give you the confidence of reading and will also get you a crucial feedback from those who will be listening to you. You can also record these readings as you will be able to keep track of your progress.
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Take Classes
Taking acting classes can also help as some of the book readers are professional actors and therefore understand how to better deliver a dialogue in a certain situation. Also this will help you stay in touch with talent agencies who recruit artists that read for the audio books.
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Apply
Keep on applying for jobs, not necessarily for a book reader right away bit for smaller yet similar jobs. Make an audio tape of good quality for demonstration of your skills and when some advertises, you can send the copy of the tape or CD along with your resume. Persevere and you shall be successful.
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