The Audiobook Announcement

After two years and five months of learning about narration, building my booth, practicing, failing, and—the crux of the problem—trying to do everything myself, I’ve made a hard decision that I believe will be good for everyone, including me.

I have licensed my next ten audiobooks to Dreamscape Lore.

“But, Dustin, you don’t have ten books. . . .”

The Books!

The following books have a tentative release for Q3 and Q4 of 2023.

• Arachomancer 1
• Bookworm to Badass
• Arachnomancer 2
• Arachnomancer 3
• Dungeon Runner 1
• Dungeon Runner 2
• Dungeon Runner 3

Dreamscape Lore will also be producing my secret project, a new GameLit trilogy slated for release in 2024. I’d tell you more, but it’s a secret! Expect sneak peeks early next year.

Why Dreamscape?

Dreamscape and I have been exchanging emails since January. We have talked about everything there is to talk about concerning audiobook production and distribution. Their team has been nothing but a joy to work with.

A big reason I didn’t release my audiobooks back when I first started was because of Audible. As a consumer, I love them. As an author, there are a lot of problems. Dreamscape is not exclusive to Audible. They have a great history working with libraries—a major focus for them—and all stores.

Working with Dreamscape has allowed me to focus on writing. My tendency is to do everything myself, from hand-coding this website to designing my covers. I’m a one-man team. But that hurts my publishing schedule, slowing future releases. Dreamscape will help me publish more books.

Want to meet the team? They made a fun TikTok video re-enacting the Super Smash Bros select screen. You can totally see that they are on board with GameLit, which makes them cool in my book (not a pun!). :)

Publishing Strategy

Over the last two years, I’ve run into numerous challenges. To succeed in any profession, you must persevere and learn. And I’ve learned a lot.

I learned that I don’t like publishing a book until the series is done. This way, I can adjust content as needed, and you get the books much quicker once the first book has been released.

I learned that I should treat my eBook, print, and audiobook supporters with equal respect. When I release a book, all formats should be available.

I learned that I can release polished books without an editor, but I’d save a lot of time (and stress) by relying on others to help.

It’s my hope that, moving forward, I will release better books much more often and in the format you want. Working with Dreamscape is but the first step toward a very long journey.

Thank you for joining me on this adventure. :)