Everything You Need
to Bring Your Book
to Life!

Bowker is partnering with John Marshall Media (JMM), a multi‐Grammy winning audio production company, to help convert your manuscript to audio. Over the past 30 years, JMM has created over 20,000 of the world’s best‐selling audiobooks. Now they are helping independent publishers and authors produce audiobooks that sound as good as the major publishers.

Whether you require author or professional narration… single voice or multi‐cast production… or distribution and marketing services, you’ll get step‐by‐step guidance through the entire process. And you’ll enjoy the white‐glove treatment provided by the highly trained JMM staff. Get your quote today!

Here’s what sets JMM apart from the rest

Production: The Highest Standards

Strict processes, checklists, double checking, and a personal touch. That’s why JMM produces such outstanding audio. And with 21 studios in 2 countries, and partner studios all over the world, they can record anywhere — even in‐home recording if needed.

• Casting. Author or professional narrator? We can help you decide and then produce outstanding results with either option. With its long history of producing quality audiobooks, JMM has developed an extensive database of over 1,000 of the industry’s best narrators. We will suggest several narrators and you can select your favorite based on sample readings from your manuscript.
• Recording. With studios around the world and provisions for in-home recording, JMM gives you multiple options for recordings by author or professional narrator. Daily checks of the day’s recordings are made to check studio quality, performance, and pronunciation. You’ll receive the ultimate in hands-on management to ensure optimum results.
• Post-production. A rigorous quality control process includes editing review and feedback that will flag any issues. Mispronunciations or word errors are re-recorded, inserted and double-checked for adherence to final specifications. A highly trained quality control engineer reviews the entire program.

Distribution: Global Reach

JMM offers a full-service distribution platform that can produce, distribute, and market your audiobook all in one place and all managed under one roof. With 106 retail, library and school outlets, this powerful digital distribution platform reaches millions of listeners globally wherever your audience prefers to listen.

• Retail Distribution. JMM has key distribution partnerships with leading retailers worldwide, including Apple Books, Audible, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, Spotify, Storytel, and many more.
• Library and School Distribution. The library and school markets are huge buyers of audiobooks, and for certain demographics they can be a large percentage of sales. This distribution platform gives you access to them all.
• UrBookStore App. Sell directly to your listeners. JMM can create your own customized online bookstore and app so you can personally reach out and sell directly to your own audience.

Marketing: Finding Your Audience

JMM partners with publishing-focused marketing experts to guide your promotional efforts. Their audiobook marketing capabilities deliver on all aspects from strategy and planning, to creative and outreach, to advertising and optimization.

• Digital Advertising. Get your books in front of buying customers through targeted campaigns designed for instant purchases: search, social, channel.
• Search Optimization. We work with you to optimize your metadata, headers, content, your Amazon author page, GoodReads, social media, and website.
• Blogs, Podcasts, Reviews, Influencers. Leveraging relationships with hundreds of blogs, podcasts, reviewers, and influencers, JMM will get you the media placement you deserve.