Turn Project Gutenberg books into audiobooks
Project Gutenberg offers tens of thousands of free public-domain ebooks. Download the EPUB (or the Plain Text UTF-8 file) and drop it here; Pagetape skips Gutenberg's header and licence and keeps the chapters.
Your file is read in this browser. Only the chapters you choose are sent to us, and only when you convert.
How to do it
- 01On gutenberg.org, open a book and download EPUB3 or Plain Text UTF-8.
- 02Drop the file below and check the chapter list.
- 03Pick a voice and convert.
- Public-domain status depends on your country. Project Gutenberg books are public domain in the US.
- One price per book: $1.99 up to 4 hours of audio, $3.99 up to 12 hours, $5.99 up to 24, $8.99 up to 48.
Questions
- EPUB or plain text, which is better?
- EPUB, because its table of contents gives exact chapter names. Plain text works too; chapters are found from heading lines.
- Is the Gutenberg licence read out?
- No. The header and the licence at the end are removed.
- Aren't there free recordings already?
- LibriVox has volunteer recordings of many titles. Pagetape is for books without one, or when you prefer one consistent voice.
One price per book
Set by the length of the chapters you tick. No subscription, no account, and the first lines are free to hear.
| Up to 4 hours of audio | $1.99 |
| Up to 12 hours of audio | $3.99 |
| Up to 24 hours of audio | $5.99 |
| Up to 48 hours of audio | $8.99 |