“I don’t like the sound of my voice” is the most often phrase I hear when recording. And yet I have yet to hear a horrible voice. Except my own voice. I sound horrible! No one likes the sound of their own voice. This is because...
“You know what’s really cool? Wake up every morning, decide what you feel like doing, and do it.” ― Amanda Palmer
One way of financing your audio book is by using a crowdfunding scheme like Kickstarter.
Crowdfunding is a scheme where in return for money given to you by “patrons”, they receive, for example, something in return from you.
So for donating money to your new audio project, they could get in return a signed hard copy of your book.