NEW AUDIOBOOKS: Roberto is currently in the studio completing two all-new spoken word CD's: "Love Tapas," -- delicious bites of romantic poetry, music and prose; and "Happy New Year, My Man," a collection of Roberto's nonfiction stories about divorce, parenting, New Year's Eve and broken down cars.

Roberto's recent work includes projects directing Grey's Anatomy's Kate Burton; Pulitzer Prize Winner John Updike; Oprah's Book Club winner Andre Dubus III (House of Sand and Fog;) Howard Zinn (A People's History of The United States;) Robert Pinsky (former Poet Laureate of the United States and co-author of Koufax!;) Gregory Maguire (Wicked;) Gary Hirshberg (Stony Field Yogurt;) and many others.

Publishers also fly Roberto to other cities to produce bilingual projects, such as his recent work in Spanish and English with MacArthur Fellowship recipient Sandra Cisneros, author of The House On Mango Street.

He can take your audiobook project from start to finish, including budgeting, arranging for an abridgement if necessary, lining up the right narrator (or deciding to have the Author read it), choosing a recording studio, completing the recording and editing process, and getting your product mastered, duplicated, professionally packaged and ready for shipment to bricks and mortar or online retailers and distributors. Or, we will perform any combination of the above steps to augment your capabilities where needed.

PUBLISHED AUDIOBOOK PROJECTS - a partial list -
Son of A Witch - read by Gregory Maguire
Loose Woman/Woman Hollering Creek read by Sandra Cisneros
The John Updike Audio Collection - read by John Updike
A People’s History of the United States - read by Professor Howard Zinn
Terror In The Name of God - read by Dr. Jessica Stern
House of Sand & Fog - read by André Dubus III and Fontaine Dollas Dubus
Leaping Beauty and Other Animal Fairy Tales - read byGregory Maguire
The American Presidents by The Kunhardts - read by Richard Neustadt
The Zone, The Omega Rx Zone - read by Dr. Barry Sears
Healing Mind, Healthy Woman - read by Dr. Alice Domar
La Casa En Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros - read by Liliana Valenzuela
Busting Vegas... - read by Ben Mezrich
Jamming - read by John Kao
The Anti-Aging Zone - read by Dr. Barry Sears

Roberto’s Audiobook Directing Tips
Listenability
“I like to review the abridgment for “listenability,” and then forget all that and just listen to the reader as if I’d never heard of the book, the story, or the Author. If it isn’t compelling and understandable from moment to moment, I roll up my sleeves and go to work on the performer and/or the text.”

The Audience of One
”Audiobook listening should be a very intimate experience. I try to impress upon the reader that he/she is performing for an audience of one.”

Perform vs. Read
”Here’s what I try to get across to narrators: It’s not a reading in a studio. It’s a performance for all time. And we want to people to be blown away. Forever.”