How long does it take to record an audiobook?
Recording an audiobook takes about 4 to 6.2 hours of work per finished hour, roughly 39 to 60 hours for a 90,000-word novel, before review and store approval.
Step-by-step answers to practical questions about producing an audiobook from a manuscript.
Recording an audiobook takes about 4 to 6.2 hours of work per finished hour, roughly 39 to 60 hours for a 90,000-word novel, before review and store approval.
An AI audiobook generator turns your book into narrated audio. Choose one by its voices, where it can sell and who owns the file. Options compared.
As of October 2026, Spotify and Google Play Books turn an EPUB into an AI-narrated audiobook for free. Their rules on selling it elsewhere differ.
Audiobook production turns a manuscript into retail-ready audio through prep, narration, editing, proofing and mastering. Your route decides who does each step.
Narrate it yourself, hire an ACX narrator, use Audible's virtual voice, or produce a multi-voice audiobook with AudioForge. What each route costs.
It depends on the tool's terms. With AudioForge it is not. Your text is used only to produce your audio, and you can delete it from our servers at any time.
Parse the chapter into a script, check who says each line, give every character a voice, then generate and export. Four steps, one chapter at a time.
Upload a chapter, give every character a voice, and listen. Free during early access, no credit card required.
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