Question:
What in a print book should be included in an audiobook?
Answer:
The table below is a guideline for what to include.
Options are Yes, No, and Maybe/Sometimes.
| Book Section | Include |
| Opening Credits | Y |
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| Author Accolades | N |
| Table of Contents | N |
| Acknowledgements | N |
| Author's Note | N to S |
| Bibliography | N |
| Bio | N |
| Cast/Characters | N |
| Chapters | Y |
| Dialog attributes (she said...) | Y |
| Endnotes | N to S |
| Endorsements | N |
| Epigraph | Y |
| Footnotes | N to S |
| Forward | Y to S |
| Glossary | N |
| Illustrations * | Y to S |
| Index | N |
| Prologue | Y |
| Reference Materials (graphs, etc) * | Y to S |
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| Closing Credits | Y |
* Illustrations, graphs, tables, and other graphical representations of data are typically done in an audiobook companion PDF.
Exception Notes:
- The producer or publisher can choose when to break the rules. Along with the distribution platforms, they are the rules.
- Narrators are not editors, nor the author - word-for-word, except when dealing w/illustrations and an audiobook companion PDF.
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