FOR AUTHORS WHO NARRATE THEIR OWN BOOKS

Turn your book into a conversation that converts.

At the end of every chapter, your voice steps in and coaches the listener — your words, your framework, your way. Passive listeners become people who do the work. And you see it happening.

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Turn information into transformation.
QR code — try a live CoachBook sample on your phone
Scan it. Your phone is about to
talk to a book.
Your audiobook
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1. They listen — to you. Feels just like their favorite audiobook app.
COACHING MOMENT
"You just walked through defining the dream. Want to talk it through?"
🎤 Start the conversation
2. The chapter ends. Your book speaks up.
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LIVE WITH DONNIE
DONNIE IS SPEAKING…
3. They talk. You answer — in your voice.
THE PROBLEM

You finished the book.
Now what?

You didn't write it to sell copies. You wrote it so people would change — and so the right ones would find their way back to you: as clients, as audiences, as the next room you speak in. But a book is a monologue. It can't ask the listener what they'll do about it. It can't follow up. It can't tell you who it reached.

YOUR LISTENERS

Most nonfiction gets played at 1.5× on a commute and never acted on. They finish exactly where they started — and they don't come back.

YOU

You poured years into that book, and you can't tell if it's working. No idea who's listening, where they're stuck, or whether a single person did the thing.

WHY IT MATTERS

A message worth a book deserves to be done, not just heard. And the author shouldn't be the last to know.

THE PROCESS

Three steps. One conversational book.

We built the first CoachBook on our own audiobook — it's the sample you just tried. Then we turned it into a process. You hand us your self-narrated audiobook, or record one in the Studio; we hand you a book that coaches every listener, chapter by chapter, in your voice.

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Send us your book

Your audiobook in your own voice (or record one in the Studio), plus your manuscript, transcripts, talks — whatever shows how you actually think and coach. More source material means a sharper coach.

02

We build your coach

We train a voice coach on your material — your frameworks, your phrasing, your coaching mannerisms — and clone the voice from your own narration. You approve it before it ships. It never improvises outside your book.

03

Listeners listen. Then they talk.

A QR code in your book opens the CoachBook app. They hear you read. At the end of each chapter, your coach asks what they're going to do about it — and they answer out loud, to you.

WHY IT MATTERS

A book is a monologue.
A CoachBook is a relationship.

TRADITIONAL BOOK
  • Played at 1.5× and forgotten
  • Answers only the questions you anticipated
  • No idea who's listening or where they're stuck
  • Ends at the last page
COACHBOOK
  • Talked back to, chapter after chapter
  • Answers the question this listener actually has
  • Shows you which chapters drive the most conversation
  • Ends where your next offer begins
WHAT COMES BACK TO YOU

Your book starts reporting back.

A printed book tells you nothing after it ships. A CoachBook hands you three things no author has had: impact you can see, income you can trace, and proof you can hand a meeting planner.

01

See how your book is actually used

Which chapters spark conversation, what listeners say they're working on, where they stall. Topics and sentiment — never a transcript dump. Your listeners' trust is part of the product.

02

Get booked from inside the book

When a listener is ready, your calendar is one tap away — inside the chapter that convinced them. You see which chapter it was.

03

Prove it landed — to planners, and to yourself

Walk into your next meeting-planner call with the Proof tab: how many in the room kept going, what they committed to, who booked. And when a stranger in another state commits to the thing your Chapter 7 told them to do — you'll see that too. Not knowing was the worst part of publishing. Now you know.

SELL ANYWHERE — COACHBOOK
Author Intelligence
Your book doesn't just teach anymore. It listens — and tells you what your readers are actually working through.
SAMPLE DATA
WHERE THEY CAME FROMWHO TO REACH OUT TOWHAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGHPROOF
140
READERS
1,289
COACHING SESSIONS
9.2 per reader
34%
REACH A COMMITMENT
23
OPENED YOUR CALENDAR
What they're working through
Every coaching conversation grouped by what the reader actually wanted to work on. Bigger circle, more often it came up.
Prospecting386
Confidence & Mindset148
Closing141
Other203
Vision196
Relationship Building92
Travel51
Pipeline & Numbers47
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READER'S OWN SITUATIONQUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOOK ITSELF
The words they use
Verbatim, from their own descriptions. This is your stage language.
"I have zero sales with my new company and would like to make some."
"I would like to have more confidence and a better mindset when it comes to selling, which is something I currently avoid."
What the book didn't answer
Next book, next keynote, next workshop — the demand is right here.
"Does this work when the buyer is a committee, not a person?"
"How do I follow up without feeling like I'm chasing?"
Someone who has spent six hours listening to you and three conversations talking with you doesn't need to be sold. They need a calendar link.
BUILT FOR

Nonfiction authors who don't want their book to be the end of the conversation.

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Coaches & consultants

Your book is already a lead magnet. Turn it into a working extension of your practice.

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Keynote speakers

Every audience member walks out with a book that keeps delivering the talk — and you walk into your next planner call with proof it landed.

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Course creators

A premium companion product that commands premium pricing — without building another course.

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Thought leaders

Scale your voice without cloning yourself. Your ideas, answering your listeners, 24/7.

A QUICK CHECK

Built for independent authors who read their own books.

You own the rights to your book — self-published, hybrid, or independent press — and you narrated your own audiobook, or you're ready to. We don't build on AI voices or hired narrators: your listeners are about to spend hours with someone, and it has to be you. (Traditionally published? Your publisher controls your audio rights. Let's talk anyway — there may be a path.)

PRICING

Three ways to make your book talk.

Start wherever you are — with a finished audiobook, or with a manuscript. Every tier is the full build: your voice, your app, your analytics, a book that answers. One price. No monthly fee.

CoachBook
You already have an audiobook. We make it talk back.
$3,500
  • Responsive voice coach, trained on your book — cloned from your existing audiobook audio
  • At the end of every chapter, listeners talk it through out loud — and your book answers in your voice
  • Your own CoachBook web app, including a sales page
  • Lead capture — listeners can book an appointment with you from inside your book
  • Analytics: logins, engagement, and conversation summaries — see the exact questions your listeners ask
Get started — try the sample or book a call →
MOST POPULAR
CoachBook + Studio
You have a manuscript. You'll narrate it — we make that easy.
$5,500
  • Everything in CoachBook, PLUS:
  • Record your own audiobook in a guided browser studio built for authors — the text scrolls as you read, so you never lose your place
  • Fix a flub by editing the words, not the waveform; small slips are repaired automatically in your own voice
  • One click checks every chapter against Audible's specs, then publish straight to ACX — Audible, Amazon, and Apple Books
  • Your real voice becomes the voice of your CoachBook
Book a call → or try the sample →
CoachBook + Directed Studio
You have a manuscript. You want a pro in the room while you record.
$7,500
  • Everything in CoachBook + Studio, PLUS:
  • A narration coach with 25 years in professional audio. Capacity cap — spots open as books finish
  • Setup session: mic, room, levels, and a walkthrough of the studio before you record a word
  • Chapter One reviewed with written notes before you commit to the rest of the book
  • Live coaching during your first real recording, a mid-book check-in on pacing and fatigue, and a full listen of the finished book before you publish
  • Direct access for questions for 90 days
Book a call → or try the sample →
PLATFORM
No monthly fee — until your book gets busy.
Every CoachBook includes 40 coaching conversations a month, for as long as it's live. When more people than that are talking to your book, step up a plan. Hosting, Author Intelligence, and updates are included at every level.
Included
$0/mo
Up to 40 conversations a month
Every CoachBook, from day one
Speaker
$40/mo
Up to 80 a month
A growing readership
Star
$100/mo
Up to 200 a month
An active coaching or consulting practice
Super Nova
$350/mo
Up to 800 a month
Stage giveaways and company rollouts

A conversation is one coaching session at a chapter break — typically three to five minutes. Go over your plan in a month and you're simply billed at the next plan for that month. No per-minute surprises.

Studio tiers cover a manuscript of up to 30,000 words (about three finished hours); longer books add 4¢ per word. Founding-author pricing — it rises as our library of published CoachBooks grows.

If your CoachBook books you one client or one keynote, it paid for itself.
QUESTIONS

Things authors ask us.

Will the AI say things I didn't write?+
No. Your CoachBook stays inside your source material. If a listener asks something outside the scope, it redirects them back to what your book actually teaches — or tells them to reach out to you directly.
Do I need to record a voice sample?+
Usually not. With CoachBook, we clone your voice from your existing audiobook audio — no new recording needed. With the Studio tiers, you narrate the book yourself, and that narration is what we clone from.
I don't have an audiobook yet. Can I still do this?+
Yes — that's what the Studio tiers are for. You record your own book in a guided browser studio built for authors: the text scrolls as you read, and you fix mistakes by editing words instead of waveforms. When it's done, you publish it to Audible through ACX, and we build your CoachBook on top of your real voice. If you'd like a narration coach beside you the whole way, choose Directed Studio.
Will Audible take an audiobook I recorded myself?+
That's the path ACX — Audible's production platform — is built for. ACX requires human narration, which is exactly what you'll be doing. The studio checks every chapter against Audible's technical specs before you publish, so you're not guessing at levels and noise floors.
Who runs the recording studio?+
Our production partner, TalkEditPro — a browser studio built for authors by a 25-year audio professional, and the coach behind Directed Studio. You'll log into it directly; we chose it because it's the fastest path we've found from manuscript to an Audible-ready book in your own voice. Everything around it — your coach, your app, your Author Intelligence — is ours.
Do I need to own my audiobook rights?+
Yes. CoachBook is built for authors who own their audio rights — self-published, hybrid, and indie-press authors almost always do. Traditionally published? Your publisher likely controls audio rights; check the subsidiary-rights clause in your contract or ask your agent. Let's talk anyway — there may be a path.
Is there a monthly fee?+
Not until your book is busy. Every CoachBook includes 40 coaching conversations a month — plus hosting, analytics, and updates — for as long as it's live. When more people than that are talking to your book, you step up a plan: Speaker ($40/mo, up to 80), Star ($100/mo, up to 200), or Super Nova ($350/mo, up to 800). Go over in a month and you're billed at the next plan for that month. The only way you pay more is if a lot of people are talking to your book.
Who owns the AI coach?+
You do. Your content, your voice, your coach. We provide the infrastructure. If you leave, your model comes with you.
How does the QR-code part work?+
We generate a QR code that prints on your book (inside flap, back cover, chapter ends — your call). Scanning opens the CoachBook app with your book pre-loaded.
Can I use my existing audiobook?+
Yes — if you narrated it. That's the heart of the CoachBook tier: we integrate your audiobook, clone your voice from it, and build the coaching layer on top. If a narrator read it, talk to us about the Studio tiers.
Why does it have to be my voice?+
Because the whole product runs on trust. Your listener is about to spend hours with someone. An AI voice, they can tell. A hired narrator, they bond with — and it isn't you. When the voice reading Chapter 6 is the same voice that asks what they'll do about it, the conversation is with you. No audiobook in your voice yet? That's what the Studio tiers are for.
What do I actually see from the conversations?+
Topics, sentiment, and time: which chapters drive conversation, what listeners say they're working on, who opened your calendar and from which chapter. Not full transcripts — listeners talk more freely knowing that, and their trust is what makes the whole thing work.

Your book should be the beginning
of the conversation.
Not the end of it.

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Turn information into transformation.