Audio cleanup for author readings and book discussion clips

[ethanjamescolez]

Question for readers, writers, and people who share short reading clips.
When an author reading, audiobook sample, newsletter video, or craft/process note has useful narration but room noise, page handling, mic hiss, or background music, do you clean up the voice before sharing it?
I am not talking about using copyrighted audiobook material without permission or turning a thread into a promo. I mean a short clip the poster owns or has rights to edit, where the voice needs to be understandable.
The guardrails I would use are:

• use only audio I own or have permission to edit
• keep the original recording as the reference
• avoid background music unless I have rights to use it
• preview any separated voice/background result before saving it
• listen for artifacts that make the reading sound unnatural
• disclose meaningful edits if the clip is being judged for narration quality

For book and writing communities, is cleaned-up narration helpful, or does it make the clip feel less candid?