{"id":1164,"date":"2018-03-29T07:18:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T07:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.watt-evans.com\/blog\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2018-04-10T00:05:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T00:05:03","slug":"ear-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.watt-evans.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/29\/ear-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ear Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Awhile back I noticed that I still controlled the audio rights to some of my books — specifically, the Obsidian Chronicles<\/a>. And someone pointed me at ACX<\/a>, where I could self-publish audiobooks.
\n\"audiobook<\/p>\n

So in 2016 I decided to give it a shot, and signed up to produce an audiobook of Dragon Weather<\/i><\/a>. I held auditions and found a guy named Shawn Saavedra who seemed to do a fine job, and while it took longer than I’d expected, the audiobook of Dragon Weather<\/i><\/a> came out last summer, and has done better than I expected.<\/p>\n

So of course I signed Shawn up to continue the series. The Dragon Society<\/i><\/a> has just been completed and delivered to ACX\/Audible, and should be available for purchase in a week or two.<\/p>\n

And now we’ve just contracted for Dragon Venom<\/i><\/a> — not sure how long it’ll take, but it’s under way.
\n\"audiobook<\/p>\n

For all three, Bob Eggleton was kind enough to let me use the original cover art for a modest fee, which made it possible to put together some decent covers.<\/p>\n

Anyway, that will finish the series — so what’s next?<\/p>\n

I already knew I controlled the audio rights to Touched by the Gods<\/i><\/a>, which I think would be a good fit for Shawn’s voice and style; he says he’d be interested in tackling it, but not immediately after the current series. So that’s a long-term prospect.<\/p>\n

But tonight a thought struck me, and I checked some contracts, and discovered I also control Night of Madness<\/i><\/a>. I’ve had people asking for more Ethshar, and while Wildside Press<\/a> controls most of the series and is very gradually releasing them (The Misenchanted Sword<\/i><\/a> and The Vondish Ambassador<\/i><\/a> are available, and With A Single Spell<\/i><\/a> is allegedly in the works), I could do Night of Madness<\/i> myself.
\n\"audiobook<\/p>\n

I also still have the rights to the Annals of the Chosen<\/a>. That might be interesting.<\/p>\n

So would those be worth doing?<\/p>\n

P.S. …and today I realize I still have the audio rights to everything published by FoxAcre Press, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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