Is it possible to create an audio-book for very old text/book?
There are a few books that are at least 100 years old and without an audio book format. Is it legally possible to do the voice for it and sell it on audible?
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If the book is old enough that the copyright has expired, this is completely legal. The length of copyright protection has changed over the years, but anything published before 1923 in the U.S. is now "public domain". For anything published after 1977, copyright is good for life of the author plus 70 years. There are various rules for anonymous works, works published by multiple authors, works that list an organization as the author, etc.
Are you sure that there is not a version? Have you tried LibriVox? If there isn't a version, you have to ask yourself why and would anyone want it.
Otherwise, as far as I know, if it is out of copyright, you can record a version.
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