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New publishing format for kids' content!

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Becky Parker GeistBecky Parker Geist, BAIPA President, is developing a new iPad app that delivers children’s content in a new, interactive way. Becky is one of the creators of DoodleeBooks (pronounced doo-di-lee-books). “I would like to extend a warm invitation to come to our launch party in San Rafael on June 7, where our creative team will share the DoodleeBooks video and vision. You can also try out the app in its current state of development.: Click here for info and to RSVP: http://bit.ly/LaunchPrty

To learn more about what’s happening with this app: http://bit.ly/DBPrefund

Submissions for publishing in the DoodleeBooks store opens on May 29, coinciding with the opening of Book Expo America in NY, where Becky and her team will unveil a demo of the app. Manuscript guidelines and a link to submit manuscripts will be available at www.doodleebooks.com starting May 29.

DoodleeBooks is an interactive iPad app for kids with:

  • stories personalized with the child’s name in text and audio,
  • an audio soundtrack with narration and sound effects,
  • a creative canvas on each page allowing kids to illustrate the stories themselves
  • and then to share them!

About Becky Parker Geist

An audiobook producer and narrator with 40+ years of experience in the industry, Becky is the CEO of Pro Audio Voices Inc. Typically working with authors and publishers who are challenged in reaching their widest audience, our Pro Audio Voices team provides audiobook production, including complex and unusual projects, and the marketing options including podcasting services to help increase impact.
Committed to leadership, Becky serves as President of BAIPA. She is also a member of NFAA (NonFiction Authors Assn), IBPA, and APA (Audio Publishers Assn)I. She is the author of 6 titles, including The Left Turn: Two Lives Worlds Apart; Audiobook Toolkit for Authors; Selecting a Narrator for Your Audiobook: Insider's Guide to Choosing a Narrator You'll Be Thrilled With!; Game Plan for Educators; and two children's books: Rock-a-Bye Wiship and Grandmother Moon and Other Mother Stories: Book One (co-authored with Vlatka Herzberg). Becky's passion is to help great stories come alive!

Becky Parker Geist (recording/stage name Becky Parker) came to the audiobook world from the acting side of things. After receiving her M.F.A. in Acting, Becky began narrating Talking Books for the Blind through the Library of Congress, narrating over 70 titles in two years, and became one of their most popular narrators and one of only 2 full time narrators. As a professional stage actress, she has toured internationally, regionally and locally.