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How long will my Audiobook be?

How long will my Audiobook be?

A look at determining the length of your Audiobook

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The length of a finished audiobook at retail will depend on two main factors:

  1. Number of words in the manuscript

  2. Rate of the narration

If your manuscript is 20,000 words, then expect the total audiobook time to be about 2.15 hours long (2 hours 6 minutes)

For a manuscript at 100,000 words, the length would be 5 times longer, at about 10.75 hours (10 hours 45…

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