Google Play Books Auto-narrated Audiobooks

What Google Play Books Auto-narrated Audiobooks is

Google Play Books Auto-narrated Audiobooks helps publishers turn eligible ebooks into digitally narrated audiobooks. It requires an EPUB ebook offered on Google Play and ownership of the audiobook rights for the title in the selected language and countries. The product page lists English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, and Brazilian Portuguese as supported input languages. Publishers can choose from more than 50 narrator options with different language, accent, and gender combinations, then edit pronunciations, narrator voice and speed, character voices, and pauses. Finished audiobooks can be published on Google Play Books or downloaded for distribution elsewhere. Google says conversion of an existing ebook can take under two hours and publishers receive a 52% revenue share on auto-narrated sales through Google Play. Creation, publishing, and downloads are listed at no charge for a limited time. Google says the format suits books with limited dialogue and emotional content better than image-heavy or data-heavy titles. For sales on other retail platforms, the audiobook must also be sold on Google Play in each country where it is sold elsewhere, and its Google Play list price cannot exceed the other platform’s price.