Announcements and news has been sparse from BW Literature over the past few weeks. This is the result of work on a major project that I’m excited to announce is about to bear fruit! I’ve been hanging out in my studio recording audio, carefully poring over the resultant files to remove clicks, breathing, etc. and finally, On Swift Wings will be available as an Audio Book distributed widely very soon!
Work has been completed on the Audio Book version of On Swift Wings. The final audio book is available NOW on Author Direct – https://shop.authors-direct.com/collections/brett-m-wiens-bw-literature and within a couple weeks after that at this long list of retailers:
24symbols / Anyplay / Apple / Audible, Amazon / Audiobooks.com / AudiobooksNow / AudiobooksNZ / Authors Direct / BajaLibros / Beek / BingeBooks / Bokus Play / BookBeat / Bookmate / Chirp / Downpour / eStories / Fuuze / Google Play / hibooks / Hummingbird / Instaread / Kobo, Walmart / Leamos / Libro.FM / Nextory / NOOK Audiobooks / Papaya / Scribd / Storytel / Ubook / 3Leaf Group / Axiell / Baker & Taylor / Bibliotheca / Bidi / EBSCO / Follett / hoopla / MLOL / Odilo / Overdrive / Perma-Bound / Wheelers
The slowest to approve is Audible (Amazon), but they are also the least generous with royalty payments. As the others become available I’ll be adding links here. Findaway voices is the most generous, and coincidentally, the book should be available from there first. Sign up to my mailing list for an update when it is available there.
The Audio Book clocks in at ten hours and thirty minutes of carefully edited narrated content. This has been approved for distribution after QC by my distributor, FindawayVoices. I found an excellent, up-and-coming narrator to do the Audio Book, and I think that you’ll be pleased with the performance and quality of the recording.
I also want to reward those who have generously reviewed the book. If you have provided a written review of the book, and you are interested, I’d like to enter your name into a draw for one of ten free copies of the audio book. Send me a message on the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BW.Literature/. If you’ve read the book and haven’t yet had a chance to upload a review, there is still a week before it releases. Depending on response, I’ll hold the draw on the ominous Friday, November 13th. Get those reviews up soon and send me a message when it is public. (Note: A positive review is not necessary for entry, just a public review available on Amazon (ca/com), GoodReads
, or any public-facing website.
YouTube Serialization
Secondarily, I’m going to serialize the audio book on YouTube, releasing one chapter per week on my new YouTube channel. The goal is to enable as many people as possible to read/listen to the book. I am passionate about the book and what I wrote therein. Help me spread the word!
This opens another avenue for your support. I could really use likes, comments, and subscribers. This feeds into YouTube’s algorithms and helps get it seen by other people. If I get 100 subscribers, I’m actually able to have a custom named channel.
A preview of the first three chapters coming to YouTube starting on Friday!
Brett Wiens 