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Originally Posted by HarryT
That is how it works with reputable publishers. The reason I know is that a friend of mine, an American actress who now lives in the UK, does a lot of audiobook work, and she's told me how it works. She's done a lot of fiction audiobooks for Audible.
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I do know that's how it's supposed to work. I'm talking about major books, reputable publishers and so forth and I still find that quality control frequently leaves a lot to be desired. Some books much more so than others; many books have the polish you'd expect, but the exceptions are not few, alas.
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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Some publishers put more into the audio than others. Someone has to "listen" to the recording and like editing, sometimes that gets sloppy. It could also be that whoever did the listening didn't know how to pronounce it.
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There are two types of errors I find unforgivable: mispronouncing ordinary words and mispronouncing proper nouns which are clearly tricky. Find out! The most understandable is when the proper noun has an aberrant pronunciation that isn't obvious. Two I've run across are Lady Mary Coke and Elbridge Gerry.