The Finding Gideon audiobook is finally available!
The wait is over. Audiobook lovers across the globe can finally listen to Finding Gideon. So many people have asked about narration. It felt incredibly important to be the voice for the story since I am the one who lived it. The first few chapters were read hunched over my microphone inside a sagging blanket fort before a friend convinced me to sit in front of my closet.
I decided from the beginning that I would give readers the most authentic listening experience possible. I may be a bit of a ham who always dreamed of becoming an actress, so it wasn’t hard for me to add inflections. But I wanted to be honest with listeners. If something was funny, I laughed. If it was hard, I cried. I cringed, got angry, hoped, and prayed all into the microphone.
It really felt like I sliced myself open and bled into the mic. I imagine listeners will either really love it or really hate it.
Where to purchase it?
Finding Gideon can be found at multiple audiobook retailers. Here are the links to everywhere it can be purchased as of Feb. 10, 2024.
Publishing the audiobook has been eye-opening. I submitted it for publication over a month ago and Audible still hasn’t approved it (as of Feb. 10, 2024). There were multiple warnings that they were taking an unusually long time to approve audiobooks right now.
What has been even more shocking was learning that Spotify pays authors double what the leading audiobook publisher pays. So don’t mind me when I insist people listen to audiobooks on Spotify. I even learned that Spotify premium accounts include 15 hours of audiobook listening each month!
We also make money every time someone listens through a library app, which is a great way to enjoy the book, support the author, and not spend a dime!
How to Request an Audiobook from the Library
Because Finding Gideon is a brand new audiobook, it’s likely your library will not have it in stock. It is really easy to request it! Either go to your library in person and request a form or google your county’s library to find the page. For instance, I googled “Fairfax County Library.” Every library has a book request form. On the left side of the Fairfax County Library page was a list of links. I clicked “Books, Movies, Audio” and at the bottom of that page was a link stating, “to suggest a title, fill in this form.”
Here is the information Fairfax County Requested:
Item Title: Finding Gideon: A Broken Dream, a Missing Horse, and the Faith of a Mustard Seed
Author: Sarah Hickner
Subject: horses, faith
Classification: biography
ISBN: 9781736750285
Publication year: 2023
If you loved it, tell somebody
If you loved a book, tell somebody. Pass it on. It supports the author so she/he can create more books, and it helps enrich the next reader’s life.
I hope you love listening to Finding Gideon, read by me, the author. Here’s the link to listen on Spotify 🙂
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