How much does it cost to turn my book into an audiobook?

$19 per finished hour of audio, quoted from your parsed manuscript before you pay. Around 9,300 words makes one finished hour, so a 90,000-word novel is roughly ten finished hours. $79 per finished hour adds human quality control.

When do I find out the price?

Before you spend anything. Upload the manuscript, we read it — that takes under a minute and is free — and then you see the chapter count, the word count, the estimated finished hours and the exact price for each option.

What does human quality control add?

A person goes through the finished book before it is handed to you. It is not an automated check; it is someone listening.

Can I change the voice after I hear it?

Yes. One whole-book voice swap is included, and it re-opens the 3 included regenerations on every paragraph, so you are not penalised for changing your mind.

Is the audiobook ready for the stores?

Yes. Every chapter is checked against the audiobook retail standard, and you get the export package plus the 60-second retail sample.

Narrate Your Book — A Finished Audiobook at a Fixed Price

For authors

Your book, narrated and ready to publish.

Upload the manuscript. We read it, tell you exactly what it will cost, and you decide. $19 per finished hour — the price is fixed before anything starts.

Upload your manuscript

PDF, EPUB, Word or plain text. We read it and price it — that part is free and takes under a minute.

Two ways to do it

Pick the finish you want

Both include the whole production. The difference is whether a person goes through the book at the end.

Standard

$19per finished hour

The whole production, start to finish, at a price you know before you begin.

Narration of the whole book in a voice you pick from our catalog.
3 regenerations of any paragraph, so you can re-read a line until it sits right.
One whole-book voice swap if you change your mind about the reader.
Retail audio checks run against the audiobook standard, chapter by chapter.
A 60-second retail sample — the one listeners hear before they buy.
An export package built for the major audiobook stores.

Standard + human quality control

$79per finished hour

Everything in Standard, and then a person goes through the finished book before you get it — listening for the things a check cannot hear.

Places on this tier are limited, because the review is done by hand. We will tell you when your book is ready rather than dropping it on you unannounced.

What to expect

The honest version

Four things worth knowing before you upload anything.

The price comes from your parsed manuscript

We read the book first, count what is actually there, and quote from that — not from the size of the file you uploaded. Roughly 9,300 words is one finished hour.

You pay before we start

You see chapters, word count, estimated finished hours and the price, and you decide. Nothing is narrated until the payment goes through, and the price you agreed is the price.

This is a synthetic reading, not a hired actor

It is even, clear and consistent across a long book, and it is very good — but a performance by a professional narrator is a different thing and costs a different amount. If you want a person in the loop, the quality-control tier is where a person goes through the book.

You keep control of the text

Chapters, paragraphs, pronunciation and pacing are all yours to edit, before and after the first pass.

Want to work out the length first? Use the free audiobook length calculator — it uses the same words-per-finished-hour math we quote from.

Already publishing and want to talk to us first? The Audiobook Authors Program is the other door into the same product.

Questions

Before you upload

Upload your manuscript and see the price. Nothing is charged until you say yes.

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