Living Audiobooks
On New Reality Journeys, a Living Audiobook brings your narrated work together with the conversations, reflections and experiences around it.
Publish a complete book or release it chapter by chapter. Add a video introduction, invite questions, share supporting material, or simply begin with your voice and your words.
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What makes an audiobook “living”?
A Living Audiobook can grow alongside its author and listeners.
The story itself might be complete, while new interviews, reflections and companion pieces keep opening doors into it. Or the book may still be taking shape, with listeners following its development.
You choose what suits the work.
- Publish progressively — share chapters at a pace you can sustain.
- Add another dimension — include video, illustrations, transcripts and downloads.
- Invite reflection — offer questions, exercises, meditations or space for private journalling.
- Open a conversation — let listeners comment and ask questions on individual chapters.
- Give listeners a reason to return — add new material, with update notifications for those who favourite your journey.
Your Living Audiobook can be beautifully simple or richly layered. There’s no requirement to include everything.
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Start with what you have
A book ready to be heard
Bring an existing recording to NRJ, or begin narrating a published book. An introduction or author interview can give listeners a personal way into your work.
A back catalogue with more to give
Return to earlier books with fresh perspective. Add what you’ve learned since publication, revisit an exercise, or share the story behind the story.
A manuscript still taking shape
Reading aloud can reveal rhythm, repetition and passages that need attention. You can also choose to share work in progress and invite early listener responses.
An idea that begins in your voice
Some books begin by being spoken. Record a reflection, a letter, a poem or a story—and discover what develops from there.
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Meet the idea behind the format
Hear Tom Evans, author and co-founder of New Reality Journeys, explore how Living Audiobooks can connect storytelling, creativity and the people listening.
Discover ways to begin, what you might add, and how a book can continue developing after publication.
Create a connection around your work
A question about one chapter can begin a conversation. A reflection can become a companion piece. A listener’s response can help you see familiar words from another perspective.
For nonfiction, this might help someone put an idea into practice. For fiction, it might offer a glimpse into your characters, setting or writing process. For poetry, it might create space to linger.
You decide how much you want to share and how you want to participate.
Explore your next chapter
You don’t need a finished audiobook to start a conversation.
Tell us about your book—or the seed of one—and we can explore a starting point together.
Authors publish on NRJ as Guides. Before you join, you can review the subscription, publishing requirements and Guide revenue-sharing arrangements.