Welcome to Listen Black, Today’s guest is Kimberly M Denesse, the author of Not All Women Wear Hot Pants, Some Carry Guns. Kimberly writes Fat Girl Friendly Fiction and Female Rage Fiction, so you know this is about to be an interesting conversation. *Content WARNING* Rape and sexual assault is discussed briefly. Find Kimberly fatgirlfreestyle.com IG: @fatgirlfreestyle Twitter: @NOLASSBBW FB: Kimberly M Denesse For booking or comments, email booking@listenblack.com  Twitter: _ListenBlack IG: listenblackmedia

On today’s episode, you’ll hear my interview with Chinelo Onwualu, the author of the short stories, Read Before Use, The Night Market, A Love Song for Herkinal, The Wish Box, and What the Dead Man Said.

On today’s episode, you’ll hear my interview with A.D. Lumkile Thomason, the author of Permission to be Black: My journey with JayZ and Jesus. Lumkile is a speaker, poet, and award-winning filmmaker. He has spoken around the nation and in places such as Sudan, South Africa, China, and Palestine. As an adjunct professor at Kilns College, he teaches on human rights, de-colonizing your faith, and filmmaking. A native of Detroit, A. D. has more than seventeen years of experience preaching and teaching the peace of Jesus in ethnically divided countries, cultures, and communities. We discuss everything from being newly published to the revelations of therapy and trauma recognition. IG Contact: @redrev Permission to be Black: My journey with JayZ and Jesus: https://amzn.to/3M9A2Xl   For booking or comments, email booking@listenblack.com  Twitter: _ListenBlack IG: listenblackmedia  

This episode features the author of the children’s book Black Boy Fly, Raheem Logan.  We discuss tackling the unfamiliar, pushing your limits, optimizing your intangibles, and pitfalls to avoid as a first time self-publisher. Contact: https://linktr.ee/rlogan24 Black Boy Fly: https://amzn.to/3gR9HPm For booking or comments, email booking@listenblack.com  Twitter: _ListenBlack IG: listenblackmedia  

This episode features Shayna Small, a classically trained actor, singer, producer and educator based in New York. In addition to audiobooks, you can catch her on The New York Times app, Audm, or on Apple News. CLIENTS Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Hachette, Audible, Apple News, The New York Times, HarperCollins, Podium Audio, Live Oak Media, Graphic Audio, Blackstone, Recorded Books, Brilliance Audio, Dreamscape, and Simon & Schuster. GENRES Fiction, YA, Fantasy, Children, Romance, Editorial Non-Fiction AWARDS MULTIPLE AUDIOFILE EARPHONE AWARDS, SOVAS WINNER, AUDIE NOMINATION (RED AT THE BONE BY JACQUELINE WOODSON) AND AUDIE WINNER (THE OVERGROUND RAILROAD BY LESA CLINE-RANSOME), BOOKLIST’S 2020 VOICE OF CHOICE Website: http://www.shaynasmall.com/voiceover For Booking: info@shaynasmall.com   For booking or comments, email booking@listenblack.com  Twitter: _ListenBlack IG: listenblackmedia

This Listen Black Tuesday’s (#lbt) episode goes over the post-production phase of creating an audiobook. We also listen to a snippet from Ego, Authority, Failure: Using Emotional Intelligence Like a Hostage Negotiator to Succeed as a Leader, by Derek Gaunt (@negoti8or).

This episode features Monique D. Mensah, owner of Make Your Mark Publishing Solutions. She helps indie authors: 📚Self-publish high-quality books 🏷Build their brands 🤑Make consistent book sales Monique is your personal self-publishing assistant and owner of Make Your Mark Publishing Solutions, a self-publishing company dedicated to empowering indie authors with education, resources, services, and strategies to self-publish high-quality books, create Bestseller Brands, and get consistent book sales. Monique is the three-time award-winning self-published author of five novels, with over 50,000 book sales. 👇🏽Take the Biggest Book Launch Challenge👇🏽makeyourmarkps.kartra.com/page/0QU1227 IG: @makeyourmarkps Twitter: MakeYourMarkPS   For booking or comments, email booking@listenblack.com or visit us Twitter: _ListenBlack IG: listenblackmedia

This Listen Black Tuesday's (#lbt) episode goes over the production phase of creating an audiobook. We also listen to a snippet from Permission to Be Black: My Journey with Jay-Z and Jesus, by A.D. Lümkilé Thomason   Audiobook from today's episode: https://amzn.to/3IwNIsO PDF from today's episode: www.tydefstudios.com/how-to-make-an-audiobook Episode Sponsor: www.tydefstudios.com/audiobooks For booking or comments, email booking@listenblack.com or visit us Twitter: _ListenBlack IG: listenblackmedia

This week's episode features 2020 sales data from the audiobooks industry. Stats are from the Audio Publishers Association (APA), Edison Research, and Triton Digital. Key Takeaways General fiction, mysteries / thrillers / suspense genre, science-fiction or fantasy, and self-help audiobooks accounted for just over half of all units* sold in 2020. The health and fitness genre experienced the most growth, with a 209% increase in units sold over 2019, while there was also renewed interest in history, biographies or audiobook memoirs that saw a 49% uptick in 2020. 56% of audiobook listeners are under the age of 45; this is up from 52% in 2020. 70% of consumers agree audiobooks are a good choice for relaxing. Daily audiobook listeners spend more time listening to books than any other form of audio (radio, podcasts, etc.). Genre Breakdowns   If you're interested in publishing with us or being a guest on the podcast, email booking@listenblack.com

This is the 1st episode of the Listen Black podcast with your host Ty. The Listen Black podcast is a bi-weekly show that highlights Black professionals in the publishing and audiobook world. On Tuesdays, check out our Listen Black Tuesday (#lbt) shows. These are packed with nuggets of wisdom and steps that you can take to further your audiobook publishing or narration career in short, replay-able episodes. On Thursdays, we have our special guest interviews. Our guests provide insights for navigating the industry and share their own personal stories and journey.