Contrary to the list of distributors/publishers/libraries posted on this forum as potential outlets for an audiobook that uses ElevenLabs voices, the only platform accepting ElevenLab's AI voices at this time is Kobo. The list previously cited included: Scribd, Storytel, BooxAI, A.I. Publisher, Authors Republic, Findaway/Spotify, PublishDrive, Ingram/Spark, iReader, OverDrive, BookBaby, Google Play, and of course Amazon/Audible and Apple Books/iTunes. If any of these platforms allow the use of TTS generated AI voices, they force you to use their "corporate A.I. partner" to accomplish that conversion. While no one can argue the success of ElevenLabs on YouTube and other advertising venues, which basically involves video production, finding outlets for such daunting projects as longform audiobooks remains elusive. I have seen a few audiobooks appear on YouTube for a short time. I would guess they are mostly promotional efforts by the big publishers. And there's no way to download an audiobook from YouTube unless you do a 7-hour screen-capture. I think we'd all like to hear a response to this marketing problem from ElevenLabs and not from one of the Discord monitors. Afterall, one of the targets expressly stated by ElevenLabs was longform audiobooks. Please let me know if anyone has had success with another outlet other than Kobo. I just received a positive invitation from Soundwise but have not had a chance to follow up. I'll update this posting later.
#Audiobook Distributors for ElevenLabs Voices
lucid ruin
lucid ruin
I have just re-confirmed the rejection of audiobooks produced with ElevenLabs' voices by Findaway and Amazon--KDP and ACX. I will continue to update.