How are narrators chosen?
• How are narrators chosen? Sometimes it is the author who is considered the best choice to read his own work, predominantly in nonfiction. When an outside narrator is called for, audiobook publishers look for professional narrators or actors and actresses that have voice and dramatic training, are able to use dialects and accents, can respond to direction, have the stamina that being in a closed studio for many hours requires, and ultimately deliver the feeling behind the author’s intent of the book or project. Frequently, the author approves the choice of narrator. The role of the narrator is ‘cast’ as it would be for many other forms of drama, only in most audiobooks, the performer usually plays all of the parts (although there are also many programs performed by multiple narrators or a full cast).
