How to publish an AI-narrated audiobook on Author's Republic

The short answer

A test, not a confirmed route. Its AI Voice Audiobook Distribution article says it is testing distribution of AI-voice audiobooks, only for titles produced on other platforms, and Author's Republic reviews every title and may reject it — so ask before uploading.

AI-voice audiobooks are not permitted on every retail and library platform, the article does not say which ones take them, and each retailer applies its own acceptance criteria. Author's Republic says it does not use submitted audiobooks for AI voice production or model training.

What to disclose

Author's Republic says it follows the Audio Publishers Association's AI narration naming guidelines to label AI-voice titles on distribution platforms.

Who keeps the master

You supply the finished MP3s, and Author's Republic sends those files on to retailers. The distribution agreement you accept when you submit sets the rights terms, so read it first.

How to publish it

1. 01

   Ask before you upload

   Author's Republic describes AI-voice distribution as a test and does not list which retailers take it. Ask its support whether your title qualifies, and which stores it will reach.

2. 02

   Export the finished audiobook

   The test only covers audiobooks already produced on another platform using AI voice narration, which is what an AudioPod export is.

3. 03

   Declare the AI narration

   Author's Republic labels AI-voice titles following the Audio Publishers Association's naming guidelines. Say plainly that the narration is synthesized.

4. 04

   Expect fewer stores than a human-narrated title

   AI-voice audiobooks are not permitted on every retail and library platform, so the list of stores that carry yours may be shorter.

Sources

Make the audiobook

• Audiobook StudioManuscript to finished chapters, exported as a package that meets ACX audio-file specifications and carries AI-narration disclosure metadata.
• Where AI-narrated audiobooks are acceptedEvery route side by side, with the source and the date checked on each row.

Other stores

• How to publish an AI-narrated audiobook on KoboKobo Writing Life accepts AI-narrated audiobooks. The exact narrator contributor wording it asks for, and the two contributors Kobo wants on every audiobook.
• How to publish an AI-narrated audiobook on StreetLibStreetLib takes audiobooks you produce yourself, but its pages say nothing direct about AI narration. What its guidelines say about AI, and why you ask first.
• How to publish an AI-narrated audiobook on PublishDrivePublishDrive distributes AI-narrated audiobooks to most of its stores when the AI use is declared. Where the declaration goes, and the stores that say no.
• How to publish an AI-narrated audiobook on Voices by INaudioVoices by INaudio only takes AI narration as an LPF package from its approved providers, and AudioPod is not one. What that means, and where to go instead.
• How to publish an AI-narrated audiobook on SpotifySpotify for Authors accepts digitally narrated audiobooks from the providers it lists. The disclosure option to tick, and why you ask before uploading.
• How to publish an AI-narrated audiobook on Apple BooksApple Books digital narration is Apple's own programme and does not take your file. How an audiobook narrated elsewhere reaches Apple Books instead.
• How to publish an AI-narrated audiobook on Google Play BooksGoogle Play's auto-narration reads your EPUB with Google's own voices. How an audiobook you narrated elsewhere reaches Google Play Books instead.
• How to publish an AI-narrated audiobook on AudibleWhy a direct ACX upload is closed to AI narration, why KDP Virtual Voice leaves the master with Amazon, and what to ask a distributor about Audible.