A novel, a useful guide, your next big idea. Bookbind plans the book, writes it, draws it and packs print-ready files for Amazon KDP, Gumroad and your own site. No royalty share, ever, and the rights stay yours.
The House Between TidesNovel
The Last Light on Floor NineThriller
Make Room for LessMini guide
The Sunday Reset WorkbookWorkbook
Murder at the MarigoldCozy mystery
The Orbit of SilenceScience fiction
The Small Business of OneBusiness book
The Dressmaker's Last LetterHistorical fiction
Mira and the Storm ArchiveComic
Barnyard BestiesColoring book
The Blue Table SundaysPhoto storybook
Meet Me After the RainRomance
A Crown of Salt and StarsFantasy
Your First 100 SubscribersLead magnet
The Tiny Balcony GardenHow-to guide
Everything I CarriedMemoir
One Pan, Slow SundaysCookbook
Things the Light KeptPoetry
The Art of Getting LostTravel guide
Nori and the Night Train for Lost SocksPicture book
The Cartographer of Impossible DoorsIllustrated story
The Last Broadcast from EuropaGraphic novel22 book cover designs. Hover to pause, click one to start a book in that look.
Novels, romance, useful guides and illustrated worlds. Each row pairs a cover with pages you can actually read. Drag to explore, open the sample PDF, or start a book with your own idea.
22 books with sample pages
Novel · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗NovelThe House Between Tides4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A literary novel about a woman returning to her family's seaside house to decide what to keep and what to leave behind, with a bold paper-collage cover in navy, cobalt and vermilion”
Romance · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗RomanceMeet Me After the Rain4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A contemporary second-chance romance about two strangers who keep meeting at a Paris cafe during a rainy summer, with an illustrated butter-yellow and cobalt cover”
Thriller · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗ThrillerThe Last Light on Floor Nine4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A psychological thriller about an apartment resident who notices a light coming on every night in a supposedly empty flat, with bold white typography and an acid-green window on a dark cover”
Fantasy · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗FantasyA Crown of Salt and Stars4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A romantic fantasy about a tidekeeper bound by a forgotten promise to an exiled heir, with an ornate plum and antique-gold cover featuring a crown, seaweed and constellations”
Mini guide · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗Mini guideMake Room for Less4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A practical mini guide to creating a calmer home through small decluttering decisions, with an ivory cover, forest-green typography and a single sculptural ceramic vase”
Lead magnet · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗Lead magnetYour First 100 Subscribers4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “An actionable lead magnet for independent creators about building a useful free offer and a seven-email welcome sequence, with bold chartreuse and ultramarine typography”
Workbook · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗WorkbookThe Sunday Reset Workbook4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A guided workbook of small Sunday rituals, reflection prompts and weekly planning exercises, with a tomato-red and blush cover, playful serif typography and paper-cut shapes”
How-to guide · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗How-to guideThe Tiny Balcony Garden4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A beginner's step-by-step guide to growing herbs and food on a tiny balcony, with a fern-green cover, ivory serif title and botanical illustrations of tomatoes, basil and terracotta pots”
Cozy mystery · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗Cozy mysteryMurder at the Marigold4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A cozy mystery about a missing small-town florist and the neighbor whose nosy cat keeps finding clues, with a lavender and butter-yellow cover featuring a charming flower shop”
Memoir · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗MemoirEverything I Carried4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A reflective memoir about leaving home, the objects we carry and the person we become, with a quiet sepia photograph of a suitcase in meadow grass and terracotta literary typography”
Science fiction · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗Science fictionThe Orbit of Silence4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A literary science-fiction novel about a satellite operator deciphering a final signal from an abandoned orbital station, with a bone-white cover, an orange planet and bold black typography”
Cookbook · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗CookbookOne Pan, Slow Sundays4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A cookbook of simple one-pan meals for unhurried weekends, with a peach and burgundy cover and warm food photography of roasted tomatoes and white beans”
Business book · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗Business bookThe Small Business of One4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A practical business book for independent professionals about building a useful offer and finding customers, with bold white and apricot typography on an electric-blue cover”
Poetry · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗PoetryThings the Light Kept4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A collection of poems celebrating ordinary hours and small moments of attention, with delicate indigo botanical cyanotypes and elegant typography on warm ivory paper”
Historical fiction · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗Historical fictionThe Dressmaker's Last Letter4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A historical novel about a Paris dressmaker in 1943 hiding messages in silk garments, with an aged-teal cover, gold scissors, wine-red thread and elegant cream lettering”
Travel guide · Cover and three opening pages
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Read this page ↗Travel guideThe Art of Getting Lost4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A slow travel guide to Mediterranean towns, quiet routes and local rituals, with a cream and cobalt cover and a vibrant screenprint of terracotta stairs and seaside houses”
A cinematic comic whose characters and world hold together panel to panel.
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Read this page ↗ComicMira and the Storm Archive4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A comic about a teenage storm archivist who must recapture a living thunderstorm before it destroys her impossible library”
A warm bedtime book with a consistent hero and separately typeset text.
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Read this page ↗Picture bookNori and the Night Train for Lost Socks4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A bedtime picture book about a red panda conductor who drives a magical night train that reunites lost socks with their matching pairs”
A cheerful coloring book with consistent characters and pages small hands can finish.
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Read this page ↗Coloring bookBarnyard Besties7-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A coloring book about a pig and a duck having a summer adventure on the farm”
A literary adventure with rich scenes and a hero who stays unmistakably himself.
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Read this page ↗Illustrated storyThe Cartographer of Impossible Doors4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “An illustrated story about a young cartographer mapping magical doors that open into places missing from every map”
A family keepsake shaped from candid moments, tactile details, and real memory.
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Read this page ↗Photo storybookThe Blue Table Sundays4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A photo storybook about three generations making dumplings together every Sunday at their weathered blue kitchen table”
A tense graphic story with one consistent heroine and world.
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Read this page ↗Graphic novelThe Last Broadcast from Europa4-page sampleRead the PDF →The idea: “A science-fiction comic about a teenage radio engineer who discovers a mysterious broadcast beneath the ice of Europa”
A slow-burn romance. A guide someone keeps coming back to. Explore 22 book cover designs, then start with an idea of your own.
“A literary novel about a woman returning to her family's seaside house to decide what to keep and what to leave behind, with a bold paper-collage cover in navy, cobalt and vermilion”
Make the idea yours before you begin.
Everything a publisher would hand you. The exact contents change with the format, so you never pay for files you do not need.
300 DPI, margins and gutters set to printer spec
Back, spine and front, sized to your exact page count
Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo and every other store
Description, seven keywords and categories
Every click in order, with your values filled in
Your files, checked against three printers
Every file is run against the published specs of Amazon KDP, IngramSpark and Lulu — not a generic PDF check.
If a printer still rejects a Bookbind file, we fix it free.
Twelve realistic test scenarios across guides, workbooks, picture books and keepsakes. Different books, different audiences, different paths to revenue.
My workshop notes sat in Drive for two years. I finally shipped a 42-page guide, and the first eight weeks paid back the entire launch.
The workbook gave clients something useful between calls. I sold 61 copies in month one without adding another coaching session to my week.
I turned the framework I repeat on every client call into a short guide. The book earns on its own and brings better-prepared leads into the business.
Parents kept asking where they could buy the bedtime story I shared online. The print edition has now sold through three small batches.
I packaged one family recipe series as a photo storybook. My audience understood the value immediately because it looked like a book, not another PDF.
A practical guide gave new subscribers a clear next step. Forty-three readers bought it in launch week, and the backlist keeps making smaller sales.
I was tired of sending the same six Loom videos to every new client. I turned the process into a short guide. Twenty-four people bought it the first weekend, and two later booked a strategy call.
I wrote down the mobility plan I kept explaining in DMs. Most buyers already followed my workouts, so the book felt like a natural next step instead of a hard sell.
My students wanted practice between lessons, but loose worksheets kept getting lost. The bound workbook sold better and gave us one clear path to follow each week.
I made a small photo book from my mother's letters and expected to print six copies for the family. Relatives ordered more, then a local history group asked for a batch.
Players kept asking about the world behind the game. I cleaned up the sketches and lore, made a compact art book, and sold the first seventy copies during launch month.
I had years of quiet landscape work sitting on hard drives. The photo book gave the collection a reason to exist, and preorders covered the full print run before I placed it.
Illustrative profiles and figures for product testing. Gross sales are not the same as profit, and individual results depend on pricing, audience, platform fees and promotion.
Publish and sell on
There is no wall of settings and no blank page. Every step starts with something concrete you can accept or improve.
One sentence is enough. Bookbind suggests the format, the title, the reader and the shape of the book.
See the chapters and the cover direction before anything is written. Nothing is charged until you approve.
Pages and artwork arrive in the studio as they are made. Close the tab any time, the build carries on.
Interior, cover wrap, ebook and a KDP checklist with your values filled in. Upload the same afternoon.
Not a mock-up and not an extract. These are complete books the engine wrote, typeset by the same exporter your download uses. Turn every page, including the ones we would rather you skipped.
The One-Page Statement of Work · 69 pages · 7 chapters
For freelancers who keep absorbing unpaid extra work. Made from: “A practical guide for freelance designers who keep saying yes to unpaid scope creep”
Your package includes a numbered KDP checklist with the title, keywords, categories and trim size already filled in. No guesswork between download and submit.
Amazon paperback and Kindle from one download. The EPUB also works on Apple Books, Kobo and every other store that sells ebooks.
Your name on the cover. Your rights, your store account, your royalties. Bookbind takes no share of anything you earn, ever.
Every file is checked against the printing specs of Amazon KDP, IngramSpark and Lulu before you download it. If a printer still rejects one, we fix it free.
Start my bookStart with what you want to say. Bookbind recommends the right format, then lets you change it before a single page is built.
Find my book formatLead magnetRomanceComicUnits, exercises and an answer key that is checked
Short, focused and built to share
A clear path from beginner to capable
Your useful knowledge, shaped into a book
Planned characters, chapters and story arcs
A painted scene per page, one cast throughout
Consistent characters and print-ready pages
Drawn pages with a stable cast and real lettering
Your memories, arranged into a keepsake
Prompts, exercises and room to respond
Plan your book for free, then see its exact credit price. Add credits if needed and approve when you are ready. Only that book's price is deducted. Leftover credits stay in your balance. No royalty share, ever.
A $9.99 ebook pays $6.77 a copy on Amazon's 70% rate. Sell 3 copies and Starter has paid for itself for the month. Check the maths.
Starter
$19/mo
200 credits
$0.095 per credit
For occasional projects. See the full cost before approving a book.
Example uses at typical lengths:
Pro
$39/mo
500 credits
$0.078 per credit
More room for longer books and illustrated projects.
Example uses at typical lengths:
Studio
$79/mo
1,200 credits
$0.066 per credit
For regular publishing. Unused monthly credits expire.
Example uses at typical lengths:
Prefer a one-off top-up? Credit pack, $12 once
120 credits that never expire. Spend them across books or optional changes, at your own pace.
For example, with 120 credits in your balance, an 80-credit book leaves 40 credits for another book or optional changes. This is an example, not a quote for every book. How credits work
Prices vary with format, length and illustrations. These examples use typical lengths, not a fixed price for every book. Your book quote includes writing, illustrations for illustrated formats, the first three cover designs, automatic quality checks and fixes, and export files. Downloads are free.
Your approved book price stays fixed. Automatic retries and quality fixes do not cost extra. Any optional paid changes are shown separately for you to approve. A fresh round of three cover designs is 15 credits and redrawing one illustrated page is 6 credits. One-off pack credits never expire. Unused subscription credits expire at the end of the billing period. Monthly credits are used first when you have both.
You describe the book in one or two sentences. Bookbind suggests the best format, creates a title and outline, writes the pages, draws illustrations when the format needs them, and prepares the files for download. You review and change the important decisions along the way.
Yes. You see the whole plan, chapter by chapter, before anything costs a credit. Credits are spent once, when you approve that plan. Downloading the finished book is free after that, every time.
Yes. Each row in the book gallery shows a cover and sample pages, with a matching PDF you can open. Browse novel excerpts, practical guides, workbook exercises, comics and illustrated stories. You can also use Flip through a real book to read a complete text book.
Text books reach publish-ready files in one sitting. Illustrated books take longer because every page is drawn. Uploading to Amazon with the included checklist is an afternoon, and Amazon then reviews new titles, usually within 72 hours.
New accounts get 25 free credits toward any supported book. Planning is free. The completed plan shows the exact credit price before you approve writing. Buy a pack or subscribe to add to your balance, then spend only the quote you approve. Leftover credits stay in your balance. Automatic retries and quality fixes are included, and downloads are free. Pack credits never expire; unused monthly credits expire at the end of the billing period.
Yes. You keep the rights, and every royalty goes to your own KDP or store account. Bookbind charges for making the book, then takes nothing from your sales, forever.
Every package is checked against the printing specs of Amazon KDP, IngramSpark and Lulu before you download it: page size, margins, embedded fonts, ink coverage and page count. If a printer still rejects a Bookbind file, we fix it free.
Every exercise is checked twice before it reaches a page. First against structural rules: the number of blanks must match the number of answers, the answer must not already appear in the question, matching columns must pair one to one, and a unit may only use vocabulary it has taught. Anything that fails is regenerated. Then the whole answer key is re-checked by a different AI model than the one that wrote it, and disagreements are shown to you rather than silently changed.
Treat it as a strong first draft. Read it, edit anything that needs your judgement, and check facts before publishing. The free preview exists so you can judge the work before buying the export.
Start with a story, a skill or something you keep explaining. One sentence is enough to see your book take shape.