Sure, microphones and book narrators have been around a long time. But with a $60 microphone, a computer, a bit of egg crate foam, an Internet connection, and a glass of water and we can record--and distribute--our audiobooks ourselves.
Finally, we can create ads for audiobooks! Here's the news. Here's a walkthrough of how to actually create an ad in BookBub.
My only concern with using dictation is how my mind, and how my imagination, will adjust to it.
I want to write my own stuff, and, you know, it would be nice to put myself in it. But I would like to...