Narrating a technical book: some Shameless Self-Promotion here. Two books for that hard-to-shop-for person on your gift list. I considered, briefly, narrating

Narrating a technical book: some Shameless Self-Promotion here. Two books for that hard-to-shop-for person on your gift list. I considered, briefly, narrating my own books, but then after a little research, realized that was a bad idea. It is acting. I auditioned about 25 actors, both on ACX and on Voices, with a 2-minute section from my book that has all three main characters talking (two male, one female). I really wanted to hear how they did it. Maxwell Glick (https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Maxwell+Glick&i=audible&ref=dp_byline_sr_audible_2 https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Maxwell+Glick&i=audible&ref=dp_by...) won. He's done both of my books now. Inventing the Future: https://www.amazon.com/Inventing-the-Future-A-Novel/dp/B09NZG1DXX/ref=sr_1_1 https://www.amazon.com/Inventing-the-Future-A-Novel/dp/B09NZ... (On this one, there is a section of Mesa code. I had to tell him exactly what to say, which I modeled on what a CS professor would say if he was reading off the whiteboard.) The Big Bucks: https://www.amazon.com/Audible-The-Big-Bucks/dp/B0BDBG5VNP/ref=sr_1_1 https://www.amazon.com/Audible-The-Big-Bucks/dp/B0BDBG5VNP/r... What was interesting for me was, on Voices, some of the actors only gave me 20 seconds, and said they'd do the rest if I wanted! I found this incredible: it's only two minutes, for God's sake. I need to hear how you do the voices. In their market, some producers will listen to that 20 seconds, say "Nope!" and turn them off. So they're reacting to that. Sad. Maybe if you don't have people speaking, you can do your own book. Otherwise get a voice actor. Edit: if anyone would like the text for the samples on the Amazon page, just speak up.