How to Publish Your Audiobook on Draft2Digital

Draft2Digital is one of the larger indie distributors, and it added audiobooks to its lineup alongside the ebooks it has handled for years. If you already know the platform from the ebook side, publishing audio there is a natural next step. This guide walks through how to take a finished audio file and get it live on Draft2Digital, and where AudioProducer.ai fits in that flow.

The short version: you make the audio, you download the file, and you upload it to Draft2Digital yourself. We export the finished MP3. We do not submit it for you, and we do not host or distribute anything. The retailer side of this is yours to drive, and that is a good thing, because it means you keep the account and the payout relationship.

What Draft2Digital distributes

Draft2Digital is an aggregator. You upload once, set your metadata and price, and it pushes your title out to the stores and library channels it partners with. That is the whole pitch of going wide from a single dashboard instead of managing each retailer by hand. For a full look at the wide-versus-exclusive tradeoff, see our guide on going wide non-exclusively.

What it does not do is make the audiobook for you. That part happens before you ever open the Draft2Digital dashboard. You need a finished, chaptered audio file first, which is where AudioProducer.ai comes in.

Preparing your exported files

Start with a clean manuscript and turn it into audio. With AudioProducer.ai you paste or upload your text, pick a voice, and generate the narration. If you want to narrate in your own voice, voice cloning is available, and it requires consent: use your own voice or a voice you have clear permission to use. When the audio is ready, you download the MP3. That downloaded file is what you hand to Draft2Digital. Our full walkthrough of the generation step lives in how to make an audiobook with AI.

Before you upload, do a listen-through. Check that chapter breaks land where you expect, that pronunciations are right, and that the opening and closing sound the way you want. Fixing a mispronounced name is cheap now and annoying after a title is live across a dozen stores.

Audio requirements to check

Every distributor has its own file rules, and those rules change, so treat the current Draft2Digital help pages as the source of truth rather than any number you read in an article. When you sit down to upload, confirm the current requirements for file format, how chapters should be split, running-time limits, and the cover-art dimensions Draft2Digital wants for audio titles. Have those specs open in one tab while you prepare your files in another.

A few things are worth checking on your side regardless of the platform: consistent volume across chapters, no long silences at the head or tail of a file, and metadata that matches between your files and what you type into the dashboard. Clean input saves you a rejection and a re-upload.

Uploading and setting metadata

Once your files pass your own listen-through and match Draft2Digital's current specs, log into your Draft2Digital account and start a new audiobook project. You will upload your audio, add the cover, and fill in the metadata: title, author, narrator, series information if it applies, description, categories, and price. Take the description seriously, because it is what a browsing listener reads before deciding.

Draft2Digital reviews submissions before they go out to stores, and acceptance is up to them. We export the file; we do not guarantee that any retailer or aggregator will accept a given title. Read the submission checklist before you hit publish so you clear their bar on the first pass.

Going wide from one dashboard

The reason to use an aggregator at all is reach without the busywork. One upload, one metadata form, and Draft2Digital handles the fan-out to the channels it covers. You can select which channels you want and which you would rather skip, so if you are also on a retailer directly, you can leave that one off the aggregator list to avoid duplicate listings.

Draft2Digital is one route among several. Some authors pair it with a direct relationship at a store like Findaway Voices, and plenty of people publish audio without going through ACX at all, which we cover in self-publishing an audiobook without ACX. Pick the mix that matches where your readers already are. The full guide index lists every platform-by-platform publishing guide.

Frequently asked questions

You bring the finished audio; Draft2Digital handles the distribution. AudioProducer.ai is the step that turns your manuscript into that finished file.

Does AudioProducer.ai upload my audiobook to Draft2Digital for me?

No. We generate and export the finished MP3 file, which you download. You upload it to Draft2Digital and submit it through your own account. We do not distribute, publish, or host to any store or aggregator.

What does AudioProducer.ai cost to make the audio?

You can start free with 1,200 words and no card. Paid plans run from $39.99 per month if you need more. You generate the audio with us, then take the exported file to Draft2Digital, whose own pricing and terms are separate from ours.

Can I narrate in my own voice?

Yes. Voice cloning lets you narrate in your own voice or a voice you have permission to use. Consent is required either way, so only clone a voice that is yours or one you have clear authorization for.