Audiobook Studio

Producing an audiobook.

Manuscript to finished chapters — casting a narrator, keeping a long read consistent, and exporting masters that pass a retailer's spec check.

The curriculum

Read them in this order

The first lesson gets one chapter narrated. The second is the one that decides how much work the rest of the book is.

What you are walking through

Every project moves through the same stepper. The lessons below assume you know which stage you are in.

Import: Upload a manuscript or paste your text. Review the included sections in Simple view; open Advanced to edit the manuscript passage by passage. Publishing pages detected in PDF bookmarks are kept for reference and excluded from narration by default.
Voice: Choose the narrator and audition the opening prose from your first included chapter. Your saved narrator reads every passage you do not override.
Narrate: In Simple view, prepare and approve a sample before making the audiobook. Review the quoted credits before starting. In Advanced, Listen & review combines the manuscript with a chapter timeline when measured passage timing is available.
Production · optional: Spoken opening and closing credits, intro and outro music, cover art, and the room tone padded onto every chapter. All of it optional.
Export: Package the finished chapters. Readiness checks help identify audio and metadata issues; they do not guarantee retailer acceptance. Saved editions remain available while you prepare an update.

Audiobook Studio

Manuscript to finished chapters — casting a narrator, keeping a long read consistent, and exporting masters that pass a retailer's spec check.

The curriculum

The first lesson gets one chapter narrated. The second is the one that decides how much work the rest of the book is.

What you are walking through

Every project moves through the same stepper. The lessons below assume you know which stage you are in.

Import: Upload a manuscript or paste your text. Review the included sections in Simple view; open Advanced to edit the manuscript passage by passage. Publishing pages detected in PDF bookmarks are kept for reference and excluded from narration by default.
Voice: Choose the narrator and audition the opening prose from your first included chapter. Your saved narrator reads every passage you do not override.
Narrate: In Simple view, prepare and approve a sample before making the audiobook. Review the quoted credits before starting. In Advanced, Listen & review combines the manuscript with a chapter timeline when measured passage timing is available.
Production · optional: Spoken opening and closing credits, intro and outro music, cover art, and the room tone padded onto every chapter. All of it optional.
Export: Package the finished chapters. Readiness checks help identify audio and metadata issues; they do not guarantee retailer acceptance. Saved editions remain available while you prepare an update.