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Guides for authors making an audiobook.
How to prepare a manuscript, cast and direct AI voices, get every name right and prepare files for audiobook stores. Written for indie authors and small publishers.
How to send audiobook ARCs and samples with a private listening link
Send review copies, a 5-minute sample or an audition as a page that plays in the browser, with an end date, view counts and an off switch.
Read the guideHow to make an AI audiobook in Spanish, French, German or Portuguese
Native accents you can choose, dialogue in dashes and guillemets cast to character voices, and a word for word check in every language.
Read the guideHow to fix one line in an AI audiobook without redoing the chapter
Record just the sentence that landed wrong, with a short direction, keep the rest of the chapter, and switch back if you prefer the old take.
Read the guideHow much does audiobook production cost? Human, AI and done for you compared
Per finished hour or per word: what a 90,000-word novel costs with a human narrator, with AI you run yourself, and with a done-for-you service.
Read the guideACX audio requirements explained, and how to fix a failed file
RMS, peak, noise floor, room tone and MP3 settings in plain words, why files fail, and the fix for each one. With a free checker.
Read the guideHow to make a multi-voice audiobook with AI character voices
Mark who speaks with one simple tag, let Find speakers cast each character, and keep the narration with your narrator. Same price per word.
Read the guideHow to fix AI narration pronunciation with a pronunciation dictionary
Respell names once, save them to your pronunciation library and carry them into every book of a series.
Read the guideHear your own book first.
Upload a PDF, EPUB or Word file and audition any voice on your own chapter, free. $3 per 1,000 words when you narrate.