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Books are listed in no particular order.


There's Money Where Your Mouth Is: An Insider's Guide to a Career in Voice-Overs
by Elaine A. Clark
Aimed at seasoned actors as well as vocal talents who lack show-biz experience, this career manual offers the most complete guide to a lucrative field.
About the Author: Elaine A. Clark, a voice-over performer, casting director, producer, and copywriter, lives in San Francisco.

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The Art of Voice Acting: The Craft and Business of Performing for Voice-Over, Second Edition
by James R. Alburger, Mel Hall
Voice-over work is not limited to Hollywood and New York, but is available everywhere. This book will help the performer get into this business and earn a good living at it.
About the Author: James Alburger is an experienced voice-over trainer who runs clinics and workshops on voice-overs. A recipient of 11 Emmy awards, James Alburger has spent 25 years as the sound designer and audio supervisor for KNSD-TV, an NBC owned and operated station in San Diego.

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Word of Mouth: A Guide to Commercial Voice-Over Excellence
by Susan Blu, Molly Ann Mullin
Along with voice over tips there are regional listings of agencies, schools and studios complete with address and phone numbers.
About the Author:
Susan Blu is an accomplished voice talent, casting director and a voice acting teacher.

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Voice-Overs : A Practical Guide with CD
by Bernard Graham Shaw
Voice-Overs is an insider's guide to voicing radio and television commercials. Bernard Graham Shaw draws upon his nearly 20 years of voice-work experience to teach valuable studio skills and offers practical advice on how to build a voice-over career.
About the Author: Bernard Graham Shaw is an experienced voice-over producer who has taught voice-over and studio techniques since the early 1980s. Among his students are members of the BBC and the Royal National Theatre.

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Voiceovers: Putting Your Mouth Where The Money Is
by Chris Douthitt, Tom Wiecks (Editor)
Learn all about interpreting scripts and taking direction. Preparing your demo tape. What happens during recording sessions. How voice casting works. Exactly how much voice-overs pay. And much more.
About the Author: As a recording studio sound designer, Chris Douthitt has worked with much of America's finest voice talent for over twenty years. He's recorded everyone from Hollywood legends to nervous first-timers. He's also written, produced, directed and acted in many commercials himself, getting a look at the process from every perspective. By regular involvement in voice workshops and classes, Chris has helped hundreds of newcomers get started in the business. He, his wife Carol and 5 cats live on Whidbey Island in the state of Washington.

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Making Money in Voice-Overs: Winning Strategies to a Successful Career in TV, Commercials, Radio and Animation
by Terri Apple, Gary Owens
From Rugrats to Big Macs, voice-over careers are the best kept and highest paying secrets in the world. Most voice-over sessions last only ten minutes to an hour. Teri Apple's book helps the actor, radio DJ, vocal impressionist and amateur cartoon voice succeed in voice-overs, no matter where you live.

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VO: Tales and Techniques of a Voice-Over Actor
by Harlan Hogan
From the Author: VO demystifies the world of commercial voice-overs, showing readers exactly what happens during a voice-over session, how the field has changed, and how to forge a career as a voice actor. "Voice-over is a business, and the real work is getting the work," the author observes. "That work is done outside the voice booth."

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You Can Bank On Your Voice
by Rodney Saulsberry
Saulsberry, a successful voice-over artist, provides an invaluable resource for novices attempting to break into this unique area of show business. Serving up tips on how to choose an instructor, how to find an agent, and how to tackle an audition, he lays out a practical blueprint for getting started as a voice-over actor. For those who have secured a coveted job, he offers technical support, financial advice, and long-range career planning. This accessible guide to the entire voice-over industry delivers a detailed account of an exciting and lucrative profession.
Margaret Flanagan Copyright © American Library Association. All Rights Reserved.

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Creating Character Voices for Fun & Profit: A Professional Guide
by Patrick Fraley
A humorous and practical approach from one of the most successful voice-over actors in Hollywood. This effective instructional tape includes techniques and exercises with dramatic examples from professional workshops PLUS everyday applications such as adding voices to speeches, storytelling, and reading to children. 2 cassettes. About the Author: Patrick Fraley, one of the most successful voice-over actors in the industry, has performed in thousands of TV and radio commercials, 27 feature motion pictures, including The Fisher King, and has lectured and taught at more than 100 schools. He has supplied character voices for over 2,000 cartoons, including Krang in the animated hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Denver in Denver, the Last Dinosaur, and Cousin Itt in The Addams Family.

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How to Read Copy: Professionals Guide to Delivering Voice-Overs and Broadcast Commercials
by Adrian Cronauer
This book helps with essentials for voice-over artists. Things to know before diving into the business. Helps with the reading of copy and interpretation for all voice over needs.

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Broadcast Voice Handbook
by Ann S.Utterback, Ph.D., Michael Freedman
Internationally recognized broadcast voice specialist and top-rated speaker Ann S. Utterback has expanded her preeminent book on broadcast voice with this third edition. With over thirty years of experience in voice, Dr. Utterback knows what it takes to create and maintain an effective broadcast voice. Broadcast Voice Handbook teaches you how to find your best voice, and how to care for your voice so that it will last a lifetime.

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The 3-Dimensional Voice: A Fun & Easy Method of Voice (The Wilson Voice Series)
by Joni Wilson
The 3-Dimensional Voice is an easy to read instruction manual for the Human Voice written with wit and wisdom for EVERYBODY who owns one! It is packed full of simple solutions to the voice problems that challenge us everyday. You'll learn to turn a weak voice into a powerhouse and to change the sound of your voice as easily as you change the dial on your radio. Endorsed by Mark Victor Hansen of the Chicken Soup For The Soul series, this book is for everyone who believes they are "stuck" with the voice they came in with. About the Author: Joni Wilson has found perfect balance between the business and creative worlds. She has been a top voice and performance coach for over 15 years. She is a professional singer, speaker, seminar leader who owned her own dinner theater in Colorado, hosted a TV talk show, performed stand-up at the Comedy Store and recently recorded a CD of Big Band Swing favorites. Joni is author of the Wilson Voice Series, a five book in-depth study of the human voice. The 3-Dimensional Business Voice, book #2 in the series will be available this summer. Joni is a member of NSA and teaches business professionals to "Love the Sound of Their own Voice."

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Take It from the Top!  How to Earn Your Living in Radio & T.V. Voice-Overs
by Alice Whitfield
Comprehensive guide through the art/business of radio and television commercial voice-overs. About the Author: Acknowledged in the entertainment industry as one of the Superstars of Broadcast Voices, Alice Whitfield has, for over 25 years been a writer, casting director, producer and performer. She is the founder of Real-To-Reel Recording, Inc., one of Manhattan's top creative production houses. She has produced, directed and coached such entertainment celebrities as Dick Van Dyke, Jason Robards and King Of Queens co-star, Leah Remini. She is one of the most sought after voice-over coaches in the country.

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Discover Your Voice: How to Develop Healthy Voice Habits
by Oren L. Brown
Brown taught voice at the Juilliard School and was a pioneer in voice therapy. He has expanded the 19-page syllabus for his students into a comprehensive text for self-study, study with a private teacher, or classroom instruction. He speaks of concepts, perceptions, exercises, acoustics, and physiology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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