Ebook
Ebook to video
The download that sits unopened in a hundred inboxes.
Upload the ebook as a PDF and its text is read in your browser, or paste one chapter. The script step compresses it into a spoken trailer you edit. Choose a presenter and you get a video for the download page.
The detail, in plain English
An ebook has far too much in it for one video. Treating it as a summary is a trap — twenty pages compressed into three minutes satisfies nobody and removes the reason to download.
The working approach is a trailer: the problem the ebook solves, one genuinely useful idea from inside it, and what the reader gets. Give away something real or the video feels like an advert for an advert.
What to do, step by step
- 1Upload the PDFDrop the file in and check the extracted text. Design-heavy ebooks often extract with stray captions and page furniture.
- 2Pick one chapter to give awayBuild the script around a single chapter's insight rather than the contents page.
- 3Produce and place itChoose a presenter, produce a 60 to 90 second trailer, and put it above the download form.
What this format looks like as a video
| Ebook part | In the video |
|---|---|
| Title and subtitle | The opening line |
| Contents page | Not spoken |
| Introduction | The problem statement |
| One chapter | The idea you give away |
| Charts and pull quotes | Skipped, or described in a sentence |
| Call to action | Download the full thing |
A worked example
Worked example (illustration). A 34-page ebook on cutting supplier costs becomes a 75-second trailer: the problem, one real tactic from chapter four about payment terms, and what the other five chapters cover in a single sentence.
What to watch out for
- Scanned or image-only PDFs contain no readable text — paste the wording instead.
- Do not summarise the whole book, or nobody downloads it.
- Pull quotes and captions often extract out of order; read the draft before producing.
How AutoPersonify does it
PDF, Word, plain text and Markdown files are read in your browser, and a public web address can be read for you. Everything else is pasted in as text. You then get 143 real presenters, scripts in 42 languages, and a free tier with no card. Paid plans are Starter £49, Growth £149 and Scale £499 a month, measured in finished video minutes.
Questions people ask
How long does it take?
About twenty minutes. The upload and extraction are instant; choosing which chapter to give away is the part that needs thought.
Can I change the wording?
Yes, all of it. Ebook prose is written to be read slowly, so it almost always needs shortening and simplifying to work spoken.
What does it cost?
Free to make the first trailer. Marketing teams with several gated assets typically use Starter £49 or Growth £149 a month.
Next step
See the turn content into video hub for every source format, or start free and make one now. Last updated 14 September 2026.
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Bring the content you already have, pick one of 143 presenters, and make a finished video before you pay anything.
Also useful: plans and prices and the AI presenter video hub. Last updated 14 September 2026.