YouTube video (creator Julie Broad) demonstrating how to convert an eligible ebook into an Audible audiobook using Amazon’s digital/AI voice tool. The video explains eligibility checks, required ebook properties, narrator selection, reviewing narration chapter-by-chapter, and publishing to Audible/Amazon/Alexa. The creator recommends the tool for nonfiction, reader-focused manuscripts with few unusual names or jargon.
Questions this video answers
Usually finishes within five hours after publication.
You must have US or worldwide distribution rights to the book.
Must be a reflowable ebook (no fixed-format layouts); should have a table of contents using Kindle Create or NCX.
English or Spanish.
Not larger than 240,000 words.
Chapters
Do you want to turn your ebook into an audiobook in under 30 minutes without hiring a narrator or renting a studio or spending a single penny? Yeah. Amazon's new digital voice program says just click here to do that. I went ahead and did it. So if you're wondering about it, this video is for you. If your ebook is eligible, setting it up is surprisingly easy. Your ebook needs to be live. Not in publishing, not on pre order. It has to be live for this to appear. Then Amazon will automatically run an eligibility check which usually finish finishes within five hours after your book is published. If your book passes, you will see a shiny new option. Add Audible Audiobook with virtual Voice. To be eligible, you must have the US or worldwide distribution rights to your book. Your book must be an ebook that is reflowable. No fixed format layouts. It should have a table of contents using Kindle, Create or ncx. No comic books, cookbooks, photo heavy layouts. It cannot have an existing Audible audiobook. Your book must be English or Spanish and not larger than 240,000 words. And. And it needs a proper cover and a primary author listed. And your title must be under 200 characters. The fun part, choosing your narrator so you can't hear all the voice. You'll have to go play with them yourself. But I played with a bunch and they have British accents, Australian accents, they have males, females. I do recommend you listen carefully to how certain unique names or industry jargon or acronyms are pronounced. And if you have a lot of them, this is probably not a good fit for your book because you can fix it using the pronunciation editor. Once your voice is locked in, it's time to review the narration and you do this chapter by chapter. I recommend hitting play on the opening, middle and end and, you know, ultimately listening to the whole thing. But you're really looking for anything that might have gone weird in the creation of it. Once you're happy with it, click publish and boom, your audiobook is on its way to Audible, Amazon and Alexa. Is Amazon's digital voice program a game changer? I think if you're looking for a quick, low cost way to expand your book's reach, it's a solid tool, especially for nonfiction authors with clean reader focused manuscripts.
