As mentioned elsewhere in this issue, ElevenLabs is a leading AI text-to-voice generator that can clone voices. It recently announced an Apple and Android app that can bring realistic narration to any book, article, PDF, newsletter, or text that you import. (Narration choices include some trademarked voices, such as Maya Angelou, Deepak Chopra, and Jerry Garcia.) Learn more about ElevenLabs Publishing; they are open to indie authors who want to use their tools for audiobook creation and distribution.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
