AudioBookByMe vs BookFoundry

AudioBookByMe turns documents and scanned pages into audiobook-quality MP3 audio using AI text-to-speech. It accepts PDF, EPUB and plain text files, as well as scanned PDFs and JPG or PNG book-page photos, which it processes with OCR. Its parser can identify chapter headings and skip contents, copyright and index sections. The catalog contains 66 AI voices in 8 languages; voice cloning uses a 10-second sample and supports any accent or language. A pronunciation dictionary lets users save word-replacement corrections for reuse across chapters. Audio is processed in mono at 44.1 kHz and 192 kbps CBR, with loudness normalized to -23 LUFS. AudioBookByMe says its ACX-ready files can be published to Audible, Apple Books, Google Play, Spotify and Findaway. Users retain rights to their books and generated audio while granting a limited license for processing. The free tier allows one conversion per month and adds a brief spoken watermark. Paid plans start at $19.99/mo.

BookFoundry turns an idea or existing content into a book with DOCX, EPUB, and PDF exports. Its listed book types include nonfiction, novels, short story collections, children's stories, memoir and family history, screenplays, and illustrated picture books. The FAQ says books can be written in 18 languages across 49 regional variants. After generation, an editor supports text changes and chapter revisions, with re-exporting at no extra cost. Users can import DOCX, EPUB, TXT, Markdown, or PDF manuscripts, subject to feature availability.

BookFoundry prepares store listing text, keywords, and categories, but does not upload books to stores. Listed outputs include EPUB builds for Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, and Nook, plus DOCX, print-ready PDF, and a high-resolution cover for prose books. The paid one-time bundles are Starter at $14.99, paid once for one credit, Smith Triple at $29.99, paid once for three credits, and Freedom at $99.99, paid once for sixteen credits; credits do not expire. The privacy policy says submitted text may go to Google Gemini, OpenAI, and Anthropic for generation or analysis, and says those providers do not use it to train public models. BookFoundry says human support is available 24/7.