Bo Bennett Returns With AuthorVoices AI Relaunch

## Episode Summary Bo Bennett returns to walk through the relaunch of AuthorVoices.ai, explaining why a two-year-old platform that wasn't broken still needed a full rebuild. The conversation covers the shift to ElevenLabs-powered curated narrator personas, a credits-versus-subscriptions pricing split designed for both solo authors and high-volume publishers, and where AuthorVoices fits inside the broader Archieboy self-publishing stack. ## What You'll Learn - Why "two years on the internet is forever" drove a complete rebuild of AuthorVoices.ai — even though nothing was technically broken - How the curated narrator library works: Bo personally selected voices on ElevenLabs based on 15+ years of audiobook experience, and custom accents or dialects can be built on request - Why credits beat subscriptions for most authors: the majority just need one or two books and shouldn't be locked into a monthly fee they'll never use - How high-volume publishers get a separate subscription tier backed by two in-house local production studios — bringing per-book costs low enough to actually profit at scale - That SelfPublishing.pro is the recommended first stop for any author with a manuscript, regardless of where they are in the publishing process ## Notable quotes > "Two years ago was a long time. There's a lot of technology that's improved since then." — Bo Bennett > "It's not just technically feasible, but it's also economically viable — before that, even at $100 a book, that may be cost prohibitive to really make a profit." — Bo Bennett ## About the Guest Bo Bennett is the owner of Archieboy Holdings and the founder behind AuthorVoices.ai and the broader self-publishing tool suite at SelfPublishing.pro. He has been helping authors produce audiobooks for at least 15 years, experience he drew on directly to curate the narrator persona library in the relaunched platform. His hands-on familiarity with what authors and publishers actually want — from preferred voice styles to economic constraints — shapes the product decisions he described throughout the conversation. ## Topics Covered - AuthorVoices.ai Relaunch - ElevenLabs Integration - Curated Narrator Personas - Credits vs. Subscriptions Pricing - High-Volume Publisher Workflow - AI Narration Quality - Self-Publishing Tool Stack