Do you want to be the NEXT Amazon in new special niche; Audio Books Did you know that audio books are becoming more and more popular by each day? For example, in 2004, over $124 million worth of audio books were sold in the UK and $120 million in Germany during 2005. Experts say that this year the market is expected to rise by 20% in Europe, and a

I am sure that you have heard that listening to something when you are sleeping, increases your chances of retaining that information. That can be true, because when you are sleeping (or otherwise not really paying attention to what you are hearing), your subconscious is doing the work of taking in the information. Your conscious mind knows rig

In order to be successful in putting streaming audio on your website you will need information. In this day and age there is more information available than ever before. Spending time surfing the Internet for audio and recording resources is time very wisely spent. Included below are some of the most valuable resources available as of this writing

No I am not giving you a piece of my mind, do not worry! I really mean "Listen up", that is, to increase the number of times you listen to books. How you may ask? Let's take a look at the "why" of listening to books before I tell you how to do it. Many adults have a major problem and that is time. Most of us are busy with work, business, family

Mastering your finished audio product is considered somewhat of an art. There are mastering engineers that charge an awful lot of money to master your project for you. Depending on your situation this may be money well spent. With the equipment available today you can do a decent job of mastering your project yourself if you are careful. Here ar

Similarities do abound of course between radio drama and pieces performed on the stage, film and television, however, the ability to move, inspire, and create solely through the collaboration of the human voice and the mind is a magnificent feat that requires the utmost discipline, insight and flawless interpretation of a voice actor. To recogni

Hard Disk / Computer-Based Recording One of the biggest trends in recent audio production has been to merge digital audio with computer technology to create a samplebased approach to sound recording. The encoding of audio data into digital memory or onto a storage medium provides us with a means for storing or manipulating defined blocks of digi

People love to listen to audio books on tape or CD, but for quite some time they have been provided with alternative methods of enjoying various literary works. Technological advancements have served to accommodate many different types of media output and more recently, downloadable audio books are becoming very popular. Complete volumes are a

It is quite easy to have a conference call go awry. All it needs is a lack of adequate planning. Sure, Conference calls are easy to make, involve less physical effort (through traveling), and save time. However, on the flip side, a conference call that is badly managed will surely be a disaster. Just as in a regular meeting, everybody has to be inf

I didn't believe it the first time I heard a friend of mine say - "I benefit from the reading of 50 books each year... in my spare time". Knowing how demanding her time was because of her top position in her job and because she is a single mom, I was certain she was lying and I told her so. Smiling, she insisted that it was the truth. I woul

Sitting down to watch television can be an enjoyable, relaxing experience. However, while a person is contentedly watching a commercial about a food or beverage product, regardless of time of day, there are numerous creative elements trying to persuade stomachs that their master needs to eat, especially if that tummy is subjected to food commercia

There are some disadvantages to having audio books available in so many different formats, such as tapes or CD. It is much more desirable to have downloadable audio books in digital formats, as these eliminate the problems that come with buying them on CD, such as cost, delivery time and physical storage. The opportunity to purchase downloadable au

Streaming audio is a method of sending an audio signal to the receiver's computer through Internet. It is different from standard methods of receiving audio files through Internet, where you have to download a .wav or .au file before hearing the audio files. However, with streaming audio, you can hear the audio immediately as it arrives on your PC.

Time was that you had to visit a record store to get the music you wanted. Later, a membership to Columbia House meant you could easily order music from the comfort of your own home, but you had to wait. Technology advanced and media got smaller, delivery faster. Vinyl records were replaced with magnetic tape, cassettes and 8-tracks, then compact d

It seems that each year in this age of the internet, that every day there is a new technology being introduced. If you are like most of us, you are looking for technology to work for you not against you? Have you heard of Voice over internet protocol but not sure if it is worth your time and energy to explore the possible benefits to your business?