Open and Relational Parenting Audiobook

After publishing my first book in August, I received requests for an audio version for those who prefer to read with their ears. After a few months of work, I’m happy to announce that the audiobook version of Open and Relational Parenting: Loving Parents Reflecting a Loving God is now available on Spotify and several other outlets.

Creating the audiobook was an interesting process, so I’ll provide a bit of “behind the scenes” information. I began by reading the book and editing the audio myself. I play bass for a band and recorded, mixed, and mastered one of our albums, so I thought this process would be easy.

But I learned that reading one’s own book is different. For me, verbal mistakes were common, and editing was tedious.

Here’s where I appreciate AI. With the help of ElevenLabs, I was able to clone my voice by reading a chapter from one of my books. ElevenLabs created audio tracks for the book, and I meticulously reviewed and edited them along the way.

I subscribed to ElevenLabs’ “Creator” plan for three months. During the first month, I received a 50% discount, so I paid $55 plus tax to create the audiobook. I distributed it through Voices by inAudio, which submits it to audiobook platforms, including Spotify.

The result is excellent. It mostly sounds like me, reading my book.

The primary exception is the pronunciation of the Hebrew word hesed, which this ElevenLabs model doesn’t handle well. I apologize to my Hebrew-speaking friends for the inadequate pronunciation. Beyond that, this audiobook sounds like me reading my book.

The audiobook is available on Spotify, Everand, and Kobo, and will soon be available on Audiobooks.com and Barnes & Noble (Nook). It is not available on Audible because they do not yet allow AI-trained author voices on their platform.

I hope the audiobook version of my book is helpful to many people!

Here’s a sample from the book’s introduction:

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