Deyan Audio is one of the world's largest independent producers of
audiobook
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s, having produced in excess of 12,000 titles. The company, based in southern California, was founded in 1990 by Bob and Debra Deyan.
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HarperCollins
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Hachette Hachette may refer to:
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* Hachette (publisher), a French publisher, the imprint of Lagardère Publishing
** Hachette Book Group, the American subsidiary
** Hachette Distribution Services, the distribution arm
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Simon & Schuster
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Listening Library
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McGraw Hill
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Audible
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'' and many others. They handle all aspects of production, including casting and directing for thousands of audiobooks. Deyan Audio hires from a list of over 1500 actors.
The company owns 9 recording booths and employs 102 editors and engineers, and 30 directors. In 2014 the company created two additional businesses; Game Changer Studios and The Deyan Institute of Voice Artistry and Technology.
Branches
The company operates Game Changer Studios out of its Northridge location. Game Changer is a production studio specializing in ADR, video game production, interactive toy production, voiceover and dubbing. Game Changer clients include Weston Woods, LeapFrog, Mattel, Insatiable Press, Audible, etc.
The Deyan Institute for Voice Artistry and Technology, also operates out of the Northridge location. The Institute began offering classes in April 2014 in audiobook performance, direction, production, voiceover and editing.
Corporate History
Deyan Audio was started by Bob and Debra Deyan. The company started in their home in Van Nuys, California in 1990, doing their first recordings in a clothes closet. The company grew and moved to a larger location in Tarzana California in 2007. They expanded again in 2013, adding their Northridge location.
Awards
Deyan Audio has won four
Grammy Award
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s and been nominated eleven times, in addition to numerous
Audie Awards
The Audie Awards (, rhymes with "gaudy"; abbreviated from ''audiobook''), or simply the Audies, are awards for achievement in spoken word, particularly audiobook narration and audiodrama performance, published in the United States of America. They ...
, ListenUp, Benjamin Franklin, and Earphone Awards.
Bob and Debra Deyan won the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013 from the
Audio Publishers Association The Audio Publishers Association (APA) is the first and only not-for-profit trade organization of the audiobook industry in the United States. Its mission is to "advocate the common, collective business interests of audio publishers." Membership is ...
, for their work in helping to pioneer the audiobook industry.
References
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External links
Deyan Audio official website
Deyan Institute of Vocal Artistry and Technology official website
1990 establishments in California
Audiobook companies and organizations