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.
Audio has been around since, I suppose, the spoken language. The difference now is distribution and availability. Audiobooks, podcasts, smart phones, voice controlled home...
It's just so easy. It's probably harder to not do it.
The underlying theme of this book is to get your book into audio format as easily and inexpensively as possible without losing quality. One...