Death Valley Audiobook Chapters And Book Marketing Tips With J.F Penn
The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers
Joanna Penn
4.8 • 745 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
What are some ways you can market a book during a launch period using audio, video, and text? What does my JFPenn voice clone sound like narrating the first two chapters of my thriller, Death Valley?
J.F. Penn is the Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers, dark fantasy, crime, horror, short stories, and travel memoir. Jo lives in Bath, England and enjoys a nice G&T.
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Show Notes
* Examples of multimedia book marketing for a book launch — Death Valley Book Trailer; Books and Travel interview with Death Valley expert, Steve Hall; also on YouTube; Video of Death Valley pictures, and more
* Two chapters of Death Valley, a thriller, written by J.F. Penn and digitally narrated by my JFPenn voice clone on ElevenLabs, produced by Simon Patrick, 10XB
You can find DEATH VALLEY at JFPenn.com/deathvalley. The Kickstarter runs until 15 April, and then the link will redirect. It's also available on Amazon for pre-order (available in June).
Transcript
Hello Creatives, I’m Joanna Penn and this is episode #802 of the podcast and it is Wednesday 2 April 2025 as I record this. In this extra inbetweenisode, I’m sharing the first two chapters of my new thriller, Death Valley, which you can listen to after this introduction.
Of course, I hope you enjoy the story and want to join the Kickstarter at JFPenn.com/deathvalley but I also thought it might be useful for you in several ways:
Firstly, it is made with my voice clone on ElevenLabs, so if you have had your doubts about digital narration with AI, then perhaps this might help you think about it some more.
I have found it quite strange proofing the story and listening to my voice, but I love it, and the amount of time it saves me, and effort, is well worth it. My audiobook narrator voice is different to my more casual podcasting voice so you will notice that, but I hope you agree that it really does sound like me. I am planning on licensing it as well in the hope of creating another stream of income.
If you notice points where you think, that’s sounds strange, or that’s wrong, well, the same thing happens when you listen to human narration. I think this is within the same levels I’d expect from a human.
Why else might this be useful for you? Well —
It’s book marketing,
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Creative Pen podcast. I'm Joanna Penn, thriller author and creative entrepreneur, |
| 0:08.0 | bringing you interviews, inspiration and information on writing craft and creative business. |
| 0:14.7 | You can find the episode show notes, your free author blueprint, and lots more at thecreativepen.com. And that's Pen with a |
| 0:23.7 | double N. And here's the show. Hello creatives. I'm Joanna Penn, and this is episode number |
| 0:30.2 | 802 of the podcast, and it is Wednesday the 2nd of April 2025 as I record this. In this extra in-betweenisode, I'm sharing the first two |
| 0:41.7 | chapters of my new thriller, Death Valley, which you can listen to after this introduction. |
| 0:47.3 | And of course, I hope you enjoy the story and want to join the Kickstarter at jfpen.com |
| 0:53.0 | forward slash Death Valley, but i also thought it might be |
| 0:56.4 | useful for you in several ways first of all it is made with my voice clone on eleven labs so if you |
| 1:03.8 | have had your doubts about digital narration with ai then perhaps this might help you think about it |
| 1:09.1 | more i have found it quite strange, |
| 1:11.7 | proofing the story and listening to my voice, |
| 1:14.1 | but I do love it. |
| 1:15.7 | The amount of time it saves me and the effort it saves me is well worth it. |
| 1:20.7 | Now, my audiobook narrator voice is different to my more casual podcasting voice, |
| 1:25.7 | so you will notice that. |
| 1:27.0 | But if you have listened to me narrate my short stories podcasting voice, so you will notice that. But if you have listened to me |
| 1:28.6 | narrate my short stories before or audiobooks, I'll hope you agree that it really does sound like me. |
| 1:35.5 | I'm planning on licensing it as well, so hopefully that will bring in another stream of income, |
| 1:40.9 | and hopefully that will do the same for many other narrators. If you notice points |
| 1:46.4 | in the narration where you think that sounds strange or that's wrong, it must be AI, well, |
| 1:50.8 | the same thing happens when you listen to a human narration. So I think that is within the same levels |
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