Amazon's Audible has announced a significant expansion of its AI narration capabilities, offering publishers access to over 100 AI-generated voices across multiple languages.
ElevenLabs has released an app called ElevenReader. Authors can publish their works and the model is paid based on amount of engaged listens. I think the threshold is 11mins. So kind of like KU but for audiobooks with AI narration
I posted some things using Narrakeet and 11 Labs. Still lots of work. And you must write a story for narration. I use cloudtts.com to help with editing. Its free.
Wiess is right. We don’t need to give Amazon anything more.
I don't see myself doing anything that would require exclusive content: I'm wide.
Besides, I believe the majority of my readers are all middle-aged and older who enjoy reading rather than listening (as evidenced by substantial paperback sales).
Amazon: the love-hate relationship we wish was different.
In the two decades I've been writing and publishing books, I've had exactly two requests for audiobooks. I don't know why, but it's only been two people who asked if I had that available. I love audiobooks, but they have to be books I've already read. I like to listen to the story being read to me when I truly need to relax and unwind, so I'm not anti-audiobook. I'm anti-paying-thousands-of dollars for something hardly anybody even wants. This sounds intriguing, but I don't like or trust Amazon at all. I sell hardly any books there anyway. I'm watching this to see how it shakes out.
I won't use Amazon's AI. Bezos doesn't need to build another super yacht.
ElevenLabs has released an app called ElevenReader. Authors can publish their works and the model is paid based on amount of engaged listens. I think the threshold is 11mins. So kind of like KU but for audiobooks with AI narration
I'll be a little self promotional but here my first book on the app:: https://elevenreader.io/app/reader/shared/cf7040893a79bcaf4d1136b6f109b6fb9cabe85328b3ff85eee7d530e95523ca/Ce0tCbZOlfjb7LSL8RWO
I posted some things using Narrakeet and 11 Labs. Still lots of work. And you must write a story for narration. I use cloudtts.com to help with editing. Its free.
Wiess is right. We don’t need to give Amazon anything more.
I don't trust Amazon. I detest KU.
I don't see myself doing anything that would require exclusive content: I'm wide.
Besides, I believe the majority of my readers are all middle-aged and older who enjoy reading rather than listening (as evidenced by substantial paperback sales).
Amazon: the love-hate relationship we wish was different.
In the two decades I've been writing and publishing books, I've had exactly two requests for audiobooks. I don't know why, but it's only been two people who asked if I had that available. I love audiobooks, but they have to be books I've already read. I like to listen to the story being read to me when I truly need to relax and unwind, so I'm not anti-audiobook. I'm anti-paying-thousands-of dollars for something hardly anybody even wants. This sounds intriguing, but I don't like or trust Amazon at all. I sell hardly any books there anyway. I'm watching this to see how it shakes out.
I love audiobooks, in general I will hop between audio and text within a book several times. But I also don't have $3k to drop on something right now.