From pages to an audiobook

The same sample, set up for Amazon KDP & Audible as an audiobook.

Follow the dotted road

6 stops on the WriterDesk

01 · House
Pick the house, then Audiobook
Amazon KDP & Audible with Audiobook on. The desk now speaks in tracks and credits instead of pages and trims.
Amazon KDP & Audible · Audiobook
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02 · Preview
The book in listening order
One file for every chapter, then the spoken matter and the closing credits, each with the words it speaks. The file names are ready for upload.
02_the_mark_on_the_gate.mp3
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03 · Facts
Narrator and listing
The narrator's name, a line about the narrator and the release date, exactly as the shop shows them next to the cover.
Narrated by I. Vale
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04 · Cover
A square cover
A 2400 × 2400 JPEG. The title, the author and Narrated by on that square have to match the spoken credits. No barcode.
2400 × 2400
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05 · Check
The audio rules, line by line
Narrator, unabridged, file length and retail sample are Ready. The audio file line spells out the loudness, peak and noise-floor numbers ACX listens for.
−23 to −18 dB RMS · peaks under −3 dB
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06 · Studio
A retail sample, picked for you
One to five minutes from the story itself, not the opening credits. Signed in, the studio reads the book in a narrator voice and makes the files.
1–5 minutes from the story
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The finish
To ACX or your distributor
Upload one file per section, the square cover, and the listing you filled in on Facts.