I've been pondering a question to ask our professional readers.
When as an audiobook reader, you are marketing your voice, should you:
A) Add a face to the voice?
B) Preserve the mystery so as to be all things to all listeners?
Obviously the utterly gorgeous will probably go with the visual reveal, Hollywood-style, but 4'11" Walter Mitty types like me have to do all they can to increase the odds.
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Chris
Preserving the Mystery or Not?
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I think it depends whether you use your real name or a pseudonym.
If you use your real name anyway, it's likely that people will google to find out how you look like, so you can just as well use a photo on your website.
Personally, I don't think what people look like is important (unless you want to be the next Miss Universe), but others may disagree.
If you use your real name anyway, it's likely that people will google to find out how you look like, so you can just as well use a photo on your website.
Personally, I don't think what people look like is important (unless you want to be the next Miss Universe), but others may disagree.
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There can be bias introduced when a picture is available. Just yesterday on the radio, I was hearing of an instance where two co-workers in the same field send out the same form letter email to (customers, potential customers, whomever; I don't remember exactly). It includes a picture of the sender to make the note more personal.
The emails of the visible minority had a substantial decrease in responses.
This is anecdotal, of course, but I do like the "all things to all people" approach, especially with voices. It doesn't matter your age or color; it matters how your voice sounds. Or at least, it should.
IMHO, and YMMV, and any other acronyms I can think of.
The emails of the visible minority had a substantial decrease in responses.
This is anecdotal, of course, but I do like the "all things to all people" approach, especially with voices. It doesn't matter your age or color; it matters how your voice sounds. Or at least, it should.
IMHO, and YMMV, and any other acronyms I can think of.
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America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
I don’t, mainly because I don’t want someone to look at the pic and decide I’m too old for the book. You may not have this issue.