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Scoop.it!
On sites like Amazon, there are thousands of books seemingly written by bots – and many of those are used to dupe audiobook narrators. 
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Scoop.it!
British voice talent, Lorelei King is one of the best known and most successful audiobook narrators in the UK–she has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, and won multiple awards for narration; performing works by such best-selling authors as Margaret Atwood, Patricia Cornwell, Janet Evanovich, and Lynda LaPlante.
Bottom line: When Lorelei generously offers free advice on how to prepare before a session, and how to act–and not act–during a session, we should ALL pay attention....
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Caveat orator! Let the speaker beware! Most veteran audiobook narrators are aware and on the lookout for these types of scams on ACX, but if you're new to the process, make sure to educate yourself on what to look for to avoid being taken in by these nefarious "author" bots. ACX has recently changed the rules, so that there are fewer incentives for scammers to produce sham books, but you know that it's only a matter of time before they find other ways to game the system, like the suspected AI voice-cloning example mentioned towards the end of the article.