Chapter lead-in quotes

The situation: you started each chapter of your book with a quote from other works or lines from poems.

Do you have to include them? No. But if you include one, you have to be consistent and include all of them.

Remember that your listener can't see that these are quotes and not part of the narrator's voice. Surrounding them with a pause will help set them off.

Review the copyright permissions you received when you included quotes in your printed book. Permission to include it in there does not not automatically give you permission to include it in audio form.

Chapter names

It will help your listener if you add the word “Chapter” to each chapter, even if they are numbered “One”, “Two”, “Three”, in the printed book. Instead of just saying “Three”, say “Chapter Three”.

Ending your audiobook

Decide how you want to end the audiobook. You could say “The End”, which is appropriate for a child's book. For an adult book “The End” may not sound right. In that case, you could leave a healthy pause, then add a statement that summarizes the book. “You have been listening to (title), written by (the author), read by (the author). Thank you for listening."