A voice built over a lifetime
Before audiobooks, I made my living with my voice as a salesman, auctioneer, presenter, and storyteller. That background taught me timing, clarity, endurance, and how to hold attention.
Mike Vendetti · Audiobook Narrator & Publisher · Florence, Colorado
A veteran storyteller for books that deserve to be heard.
I'm Mike Vendetti, an audiobook narrator and publisher in Florence, Colorado. Hundreds of titles on Audible across classics, military history, mystery, fantasy, horror, and survival fiction — recorded and produced from my dedicated home studio.
For listeners & buyers
Browse the audiobook catalog
Classics, mystery, military history, Conan, Poe, survival fiction — hundreds of titles on Audible.
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For authors & publishers
Hire Mike to narrate your book
Mature male voice with authority and warmth. Narration plus full audiobook production from a dedicated studio.
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Hundreds of audiobook titles · Public-domain classics · Military history · Mystery · Fantasy · Survival fiction · Narration & production from Florence, Colorado
Start with a story
Listen to my audiobooks
If you want to hear my range, begin with the books and stories that match what you love: classic mystery, sword-and-sorcery adventure, military history, horror, science fiction, and the great public-domain works that still hold up today.
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Recent releases
New and recent audiobook titles, updated regularly.
Stories I'm built to tell
Browse the catalog
Classic literature, public-domain fiction and nonfiction, military history, mystery, fantasy and sword-and-sorcery, horror and weird fiction, survival and post-apocalyptic fiction, short stories and anthologies. Click any cover to open on Audible.
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Why Mike
Why authors and listeners choose Mike Vendetti
A veteran's feel for history
Military stories need more than pronunciation. They need weight, restraint, and respect for what soldiers face. My own military background gives me a personal connection to war literature, military history, and stories about courage under pressure.
A publisher's discipline
Good narration is only part of the work. Audiobooks also need clean files, consistent pacing, careful editing, and attention to platform requirements. I approach each project as both narrator and producer.
Narrator and publisher of hundreds of audiobook titles across major platforms — Audible, Apple Books, Storytel, and more.
Looking for a narrator?
Hire Mike Vendetti for audiobook narration
A good audiobook does more than read the words. It sets the pace, carries the tone, respects the author, and keeps the listener with the story from the first sentence to the final line. I narrate and produce audiobooks from my studio in Florence, Colorado.
A good fit for
- Authors who want a steady, experienced narrator.
- Publishers with public-domain or backlist titles.
- Producers who need a mature male voice with authority and warmth.
- Military history, classics, mystery, fantasy, horror, or survival projects.
- Short-story collections, anthologies, and educational audio.
What I bring to the microphone
- Narration with control. Clear pacing, careful emphasis, listener-first delivery.
- Production experience. Clean files, consistent volume, careful editing, platform-ready audio.
- Genre judgment. A Conan story, a Christie mystery, and a Civil War account each get the voice they need.
- Professional communication. Honest fit assessment and a clear next step before production begins.
How the process works
- Send the details. Title, author, genre, length, timeline, distribution plan, and a sample.
- I review the fit. Writing style, subject matter, character needs, production requirements, schedule.
- We agree on scope. Rate or structure, timeline, deliverables, and review process.
- Recording and production. I record, edit, and prepare audio to your target platform's spec.
A lifetime of voice work: military officer, Silicon Valley sales engineer, professional auctioneer, presenter, narrator, and producer — now recording from a dedicated home studio in Florence, Colorado.
For audiobook narrators
Booth Ready Reader
An interactive narrator's script you can read straight from a tablet, phone, or booth laptop.
Narrators can spend hours marking a manuscript before they ever press record. Character voices, pronunciations, pacing, tone, continuity, tricky names, places, acronyms, technical terms, and emotional beats all have to be tracked before the performance begins.
The Booth Ready Reader turns a plain manuscript into an interactive, browser-based narrator's script. Lines are color-coded by speaker. Tap a character to pull up their voice direction. Pronunciation hints sit inline next to tricky words. Pacing and tone notes appear right where the prose calls for them.
The author's words stay exactly as written. The reader simply becomes easier to read, track, and perform in the booth — on any device, no install, no zip to unpack.
This is script preparation for human narrators, not synthetic narration and not audio post-production.
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About the Narrator
From Vietnam
to Audible.
I've lived more than one life: military officer, Vietnam veteran, Silicon Valley sales engineer, professional auctioneer, and now audiobook narrator and publisher. The common thread is voice. I've spent a lifetime learning how to carry a room, guide a listener, and make words land.
The military taught discipline. Sales taught persuasion. Auctioneering taught breath, pace, and command of a room. Audiobooks taught patience, respect for the author, and the quiet art of keeping a listener company for hours.
I'm drawn to stories with endurance: classics, military history, public-domain works, mystery, fantasy, horror, survival fiction, and short stories that can still surprise a modern listener. The narrator's job is not to show off — it's to serve the story.
Off the mic, I serve on the board of the Florence Senior Community Center, call bingo on Fridays, and write whenever the weather keeps me indoors.
Hear the Booth
Sample the work
Short clips from the YouTube channel — classic literature and ancient history, narrated from the booth in Florence, Colorado. Headphones recommended.
Modernist Literature
The Sound and the Fury
Ancient Strategy
The Art of War — Chapter 3
Ancient Strategy
The Art of War — Chapter 2
Ancient Epic
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Gothic Poetry
The Raven
More on the Mike Vendetti Audiobook Productions channel — or request a custom audition.
Kind Words
What authors & listeners say
A selection of recent feedback from authors I've worked with and listeners who've enjoyed the work.
“Mike brings every character to life. His range and pacing turn a good story into one you can’t stop listening to.”
“A professional through and through. Clean files, on time, and an instinct for the material that you can’t teach.”
“His Conan is the Conan I imagined when I first read Howard. Gravelly, weary, dangerous — perfect.”
Quotes drawn from public Audible reviews and author correspondence. Want to share your own? Get in touch.
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Tell me about your book.
If you're looking for audiobook narration, production help, or a voice for a special project, send the details below. The more information you provide, the easier it is to give you a useful answer — and if the book isn't a fit, I'll try to say so clearly rather than waste your time.