The Art of Voice Acting, The Craft and Business of Performing for Voice-Over
by James R. Alburger, Mel Hall

This book introduces performance techniques and offers many useful tips, including how to build a career as a voice-actor. Complete with a large variety of scripts to use for practice and a CD-ROM with actual examples and voice-over demos, it takes readers step-by-step through a recording session, a review of equipment set-up, and some of the difficulties they might encounter when recording and performing. Read more

VO: Tales and Techniques of a Voice-Over Actor
by Harlan Hogan

One of the country’s top voice-over talents shares his secrets to success in this insider’s guide to the voice-over industry! Not only does veteran actor Harlan Hogan offer a fascinating personal account of the crazed clients, practical jokes, and amazing coincidences encountered during his 25-year career . . . he also provides a wealth of tested tips for surviving and thriving as a voice-over actor! This indispensable guide features dozens of techniques to help readers train their voices, gain experience, make a demo, join unions, get an agent, and more. It also includes strategies for finding work in venues outside film and television, including games, automated telephone systems, and even websites. Actors, broadcasters, and anyone else who longs to make money speaking into a microphone will cherish this informative, insightful, and often hilarious glimpse at the business. Read more

Word of Mouth: A Guide to Commercial Voice-Over Excellence
by Susan Blu, Molly Ann Mullin

Susan keeps on track and winds you through the proper elements of building a career and knowing "how to" when it comes to the basics, demo tapes, agents, auditions and more. Susan & Molly also list many contacts with agencies, workshops, etc. Read more

Voiceovers: Putting Your Mouth Where The Money Is
by Chris Douthitt, Tom Wiecks (Editor)

Perhaps the most complete overview yet of the voice-over business, this book explains more than just the voice talent's job. It describes the whole production process and what's expected of you by the writer, engineer, ad agency, agent, talent union -- and, of course, the client. Learn all about interpreting scripts and taking direction. Preparing your demo tape. What happens during recording sessions. How voice casting works. Exactly how much voice-overs pay. And much more. Read more

How to Read Copy: Professionals Guide to Delivering Voice-Overs and Broadcast Commercials
by Adrian Cronauer

Adrian Cronauer's book is a valuable exercise in the basics of copy interpretation. Before you can perform copy as an actor you have to know how to interpret copy--to make the writers words sound like they're your own and that you're speaking them just as you're thinking them. Read more