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Regarding authors reading their own books - I've heard some *terrible* readings on Radio 4. Being a good writer ≠ being a good reader - a good reader would have made those books enjoyable rather than tedious.
Why would the Latin pronunciation of "tympanum" matter? Surely it's the greek "τύμπανο" that goes with "-hedron"? Would have been really annoying if not for the fact that they end up being the same.
As a fan of yours who is also an audiobook narrator, let me say that I also stand when I'm narrating. I approve of your choice! ;^) Thanks for taking the time to shine a light on what it's like to do our work. Although I'll have to wait to finish the video, as I need to get back to recording the cybersecurity certification test prep book I'm currently working on.
I really like the segment where you two are talking about how you say made up words or native pronunciation for names. Even if i weren't getting paid to do it, that sounds fun to discuss anyway
I see a need for an audiobook to talk about how the video of the creation of an audiobook was created. Then you could make a video about how the audiobook to talk about how the video of the creation of an audiobook that was created was created.
I listen to the Bible on audiobook and I'm constantly aware of how incredible of an undertaking it is because the version has so many things that are hard to pronounce and it being such a long book you just can't master the audio so there's a lot of recuts where they came back, fixed a reading, and then spliced it in.
Went to go pre-order from maths gear, thought you might show some love for your old home. Unfortunately it appears I will have to settle for an unsigned, normal dust jacket version
The whole "reading a thing out loud lets you more easily spot errors" is a known phenomenon and why i recommend people do this with important emails and documentation.
I listened to your audiobook of Humble Pi while reading it! I thought it was amazing that you read it yourself as you really put in your own self into the reading. And I was also reading the US version of the book while listening to your EU reading of it, so there we times when I found what you were saying was completely different from what I was reading 😂.
Thanks for the insight Matt! I have seen textbook authors post PDFs of errata on their personal sites, which maybe you could do as well for the first edition of Love Triangle (presuming Penguin has no problem with doing so)?
Some advice for future readings: do some vocal warmups beforehand and even afterwards. You'll feel much better going into the reading, and recover quicker after.
apparently voice actors have a secret to long recording sessions, which is drinking "hulk juice" - nin jiom pei pa koa (chinese cough syrup) before and after the session
8:00 Even if that were a German name... that pronunciation is pretty terrible, lol. Should be something like Yool-yan Tseeg-luh Hoonts The "Hoonts" would likely be the most off, the "oo" being fairly far from the correct sound. Doesn't matter in the end, since he's apparently American, but fucking hell, what happened to that "h" sound in "Hunts" with the attempted German pronunciation lol
You might consider pulling something that Jasper Fforde did with his Thursday Next books. He not only listed errors online, but would tell you to print off the corrected text and use it like a sticker, calling it an "upgraded" book.
That brought back memories of reading my PhD thesis aloud (to myself) so that I could find and correct errors and improve the flow. My throat hurts just thinking about it!
Doubtful. I'm sure whatever compensation is negotiated during the contract. Maybe he gets just a little more of the royalties from being both the author and VA of the audio book. That's probably something that you might get hypotheticals on, but I wouldn't expect details of any contract like that to be available.
Brilliant, Matt! Thanks for keeping us in mind while you were hard at work, your candid recordings of your work with Rich were honestly fascinating. I appreciated how you adapted the space to your own comfort, and Rich clearly didn't mind - it looks like he just adores working with you. I don't know how else to explain it except to say that I got Keith Moore vibes from Rich in the best ways. Anyways, from 6:09 to 7:00 I was transfixed on the bug on your shoulder, and I found it hilarious that you swapped the camera to be considerate at 20:00, only to walk past the area's most reflective wall. Cheers from southern US :)
6:53 I know you said that as a joke, but if you look at the waveform on the screen at 18:34 it does kinda look like a bunch of little sausages scrolling by
The reason why I preordered the audio book (and have bought Humble Pi as audio as well) is exactly because Matt has recorded it himself. I like listening to him and I am not sure if someone else could deliver his craziness properly 😅
