Audiobooks for authors

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Drop in a chapter. Bookly finds every speaker, casts a voice for each one, directs the emotion of every line and scores the scene. You listen, approve, and publish.

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the-drowned-kingdom.docx3 voices · 6 cues
Chapter One · The Last Bell

At the edge of the drowned kingdom, the last bell began to sing. bell, far off No hand pulled its rope. No wind moved through the tower.

“That bell was buried,” said Mara. uneasy, low

“Buried things do not always sleep.” calm, certain

Blue fire opened between the stones, and every shadow turned to listen. stone cracks score swells

“Something is answering it.” “No. Something is remembering it.”

“If you ring it, the kingdom will know you survived.”

“Good. Let it know where to find me. Let it ring.” defiant final bell

  • NarratorMeasured, intimate
  • MaraWarm, unflinching
  • The WardenDeep, weathered
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  1. Finds chapters and speakers
  2. Directs emotion line by line
  3. Casts a voice per character
  4. Scores music and sound
  5. Masters to retail loudness
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You get

Chapter mastersOne MP3 per chapter
Loudness and peak reportChecked per chapter
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How it works

One chapter, four movements.

The same scene from the top of the page goes through every step, so you watch one story get made instead of reading a feature list.

Reading pass · Chapter 1

Narrator
At the edge of the drowned kingdom, the last bell began to sing.
pace: slowbell, far off
Mara
“That bell was buried.”
uneasy, lowclose mic
Warden
“Buried things do not always sleep.”
calm, certainpause before
Read like a directorEvery line gets a speaker, an emotion and a pace. Sound cues come from your prose, so the bell rings because your sentence said it did.
Why Bookly

From the studio bill to your first chapter.

The old way$3,500+

Typical studio narration per title, often $5,600, with months of waiting before you hear a word.

Typical studio quotes
With Bookly$27

Generation for a 90,000-word novel at the Pro rate of $0.30 per 1,000 words.

From current plans
What you keep1 voice

Per character, held for the whole book. Consistency is where cheap text-to-speech falls apart.

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