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Guides to making and publishing audiobooks.

Practical advice for authors on turning books into audiobooks, and getting them heard.

Where AI-narrated audiobooks can go
LatestPublishing and stores

Where Can You Publish AI-Narrated Audiobooks?

Every store, distributor and library platform, whether it accepts AI narration, the label it wants, and how to get your audiobook there.

Philip Ghezelbash··10 min read

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Prepare your manuscript for AI narration
Making an audiobook

How to Prepare Your Manuscript for AI Narration

What to change in your manuscript before an AI voice reads it, from numbers and abbreviations to footnotes, tables and chapter headings.

Philip Ghezelbash··7 min read
Add music and sound effects
Making an audiobook

How to Make an Audiobook with Music and Sound Effects

When music and sound effects help an audiobook, the rights you need, how to mix them under the narration, and the store rules to stay within.

Philip Ghezelbash··6 min read
Fix AI audiobook mispronunciations
Making an audiobook

How to Fix AI Audiobook Mispronunciations

Why AI voices mispronounce words, how to find every mistake, and how to fix it once for the whole book in each of the main tools.

Philip Ghezelbash··6 min read
Character voices with AI
Making an audiobook

How to Create Audiobook Character Voices with AI

How AI gives each character their own voice, how to cast your book so it sounds right, and what each tool and store allows.

Philip Ghezelbash··6 min read
Words per hour in an audiobook
Files and specs

How Many Words Per Hour Is an Audiobook?

The standard figure, a calculator for your own word count, typical lengths by genre, and why the number matters for price and cost.

Philip Ghezelbash··5 min read
10 best ElevenLabs alternatives
Making an audiobook

10 Best ElevenLabs Alternatives in 2026 (Free & Paid)

Ten tools that do what ElevenLabs does, or one part of it better, with their real prices and free plans, checked in October 2026.

Philip Ghezelbash··14 min read
Do audiobooks need an ISBN?
Files and specs

Do Audiobooks Need an ISBN?

Which stores ask for an ISBN, which give you one free, what one costs, and when it’s worth buying your own.

Philip Ghezelbash··6 min read
Audiobook statistics 2026
Selling and promotion

Audiobook Statistics and Market Trends (2026)

The latest numbers on sales, listeners, platforms, libraries and AI narration, each with its source, and what they mean for authors.

Philip Ghezelbash··7 min read
MP3 vs M4B: which to use
Files and specs

Audiobook File Formats: MP3 vs M4B and Which to Use

What MP3 and M4B are, which one each store accepts, and the exact specs your audiobook files need to pass.

Philip Ghezelbash··6 min read
The right audiobook cover size
Files and specs

What Size Should an Audiobook Cover Be?

The one size that works everywhere, each store’s rules, and how to turn your ebook cover into a square that still reads at thumbnail size.

Philip Ghezelbash··4 min read
Sell audiobooks on Shopify
Selling and promotion

How to Sell Audiobooks on Shopify

Turn your Shopify store into an audiobook shop: the free Digital Products app, file limits, delivery, tax and the apps worth knowing.

Philip Ghezelbash··7 min read
Sell audiobooks on Payhip
Selling and promotion

How to Sell Audiobooks on Payhip

A simple store for your audiobook with audio previews and tax handled: setup, files, pricing and fees, step by step.

Philip Ghezelbash··7 min read
Sell audiobooks on Gumroad
Selling and promotion

How to Sell Audiobooks on Gumroad

Sell your audiobook straight to readers from a Gumroad page: setup, files, pricing, fees and tax, step by step.

Philip Ghezelbash··7 min read
Publish your audiobook on Spotify
Publishing and stores

How to Publish an Audiobook on Spotify

The free, non-exclusive way onto Spotify, step by step, with the file specs, how Spotify pays, and how AI narration works there.

Philip Ghezelbash··7 min read
Publish your audiobook on Kobo
Publishing and stores

How to Publish an Audiobook on Kobo

Getting your audiobook onto Kobo step by step, from switching on the audiobook tool to pricing, royalties and AI narration.

Philip Ghezelbash··7 min read
Publish your audiobook on Google Play
Publishing and stores

How to Publish an Audiobook on Google Play

Selling audiobooks on Google Play step by step, who can sign up, the file specs, and how to label an AI narrator.

Philip Ghezelbash··7 min read
Publish your audiobook on Audible
Publishing and stores

How to Publish an Audiobook on Audible

The ACX route step by step, what Audible pays under its 2026 royalty model, and where AI narration does and doesn’t fit.

Philip Ghezelbash··7 min read
Publish your audiobook on Apple Books
Publishing and stores

How to Publish an Audiobook on Apple Books

Apple doesn’t take audiobook uploads directly. Here’s how to get yours there through a partner, what it pays, and how AI narration works.

Philip Ghezelbash··7 min read
How to promote your audiobook
Selling and promotion

How to Promote Your Audiobook

A practical launch plan and the promotion tools each store gives you in 2026, including what works for AI-narrated audiobooks.

Philip Ghezelbash··9 min read
How to make an audiobook
Making an audiobook

How to Make an Audiobook

A step by step guide to making an audiobook from your book, with real costs, honest trade offs, and the store rules to know before you start.

Philip Ghezelbash··12 min read
Create an audiobook with ElevenLabs
Making an audiobook

How to Create an Audiobook With ElevenLabs

A detailed, screen-by-screen walkthrough of ElevenLabs’ Audiobooks workflow, from preparing your manuscript to exporting store-ready files, with the settings that matter and the mistakes to avoid.

Philip Ghezelbash··15 min read
How much does an audiobook cost to make?
Making an audiobook

How Much Does It Cost to Make an Audiobook?

Real 2026 prices for every way to make an audiobook, from a professional narrator to doing it yourself or using AI, plus the costs people forget.

Philip Ghezelbash··8 min read
Does ACX accept AI audiobooks?
Publishing and stores

Does ACX Accept AI Audiobooks?

What ACX’s rules say about AI narration in 2026, the only AI routes onto Audible, and where AI-narrated audiobooks can go instead.

Philip Ghezelbash··7 min read
Can ChatGPT make audiobooks?
Making an audiobook

Can ChatGPT Make Audiobooks?

What ChatGPT’s voice features and OpenAI’s text-to-speech API can really do for an audiobook, what the terms allow, and where ChatGPT helps most.

Philip Ghezelbash··7 min read
8 best places to sell audiobooks
Publishing and stores

8 Best Places to Sell Audiobooks in 2026

Where your audiobook can earn, what each store pays, which ones take AI narration, and how to sell yours step by step.

Philip Ghezelbash··10 min read

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