Books You Can Make

Business & How-To

Your working methods, your business records, your professional know-how — in one book. It can be a calling card, or a book you sell.

WHO IT'S FOR

People who want to write down how they work or run a business. People keeping a record of a small venture.

EXAMPLE MATERIALS

Business notes, proposals, blog posts or internal documents, sales records, the AI interview.

OUTPUT FORMATS

PDF, print-ready files, EPUB, Amazon publishing package

Essays

Daily life and everyday thinking, kept in your own voice. Even a collection of short pieces becomes a book.

WHO IT'S FOR

People with writing they've accumulated. People who can talk but don't know how to shape it.

EXAMPLE MATERIALS

Diaries, social media posts, notes, things you said in the AI interview.

OUTPUT FORMATS

PDF, print-ready files, EPUB, Amazon publishing package

Travel Journals

Your travels, told chronologically or by theme. Photos and words side by side, so the journey can be walked again.

WHO IT'S FOR

People with travel photos and notes piling up. People who want to share the places they've been.

EXAMPLE MATERIALS

Travel notebooks, photos, maps, tickets and itineraries.

OUTPUT FORMATS

PDF, print-ready files, EPUB

Sample: Walking Twenty Cities (Japanese) →

Photo Books

The work takes the lead; whitespace and sequence do the talking. Text stays minimal, designed to be seen on paper.

WHO IT'S FOR

Photographers and enthusiasts who want their work on paper. People who need a book for an exhibition or for sale.

EXAMPLE MATERIALS

Image files, shooting notes, captions, exhibition records.

OUTPUT FORMATS

High-resolution print PDF, web-reading PDF

Sample: Picking Up Light (Japanese) →

Portfolios

Painting, craft, design, calligraphy. Everything you've made, gathered into one volume with the words behind the work.

WHO IT'S FOR

Makers with a growing body of work. People who need "one book to show" for commissions or exhibitions.

EXAMPLE MATERIALS

Images of works, process notes, notes on materials and technique.

OUTPUT FORMATS

High-resolution print PDF, web-reading PDF

Research & Expert Books

Specialist knowledge in language that reaches general readers and students — with figures and a glossary shaped into a readable introduction.

WHO IT'S FOR

Researchers, engineers, and practitioners who want to write their field for a general audience.

EXAMPLE MATERIALS

Lecture materials, papers, figure files, the AI interview.

OUTPUT FORMATS

PDF, print-ready files, EPUB, Amazon publishing package

Sample: The Plasma Garden (Japanese) →

Interview Books

Listen to someone's story and keep it in a book. Conversation collections, oral histories, or the record of a company's legendary craftsman.

WHO IT'S FOR

People close to someone whose stories deserve keeping. People with conversations or interviews to compile.

EXAMPLE MATERIALS

Recordings, transcripts, photos and documents from the time.

OUTPUT FORMATS

PDF, print-ready files, EPUB

Company & Project Histories

Anniversary volumes, project records, the history of a shop. A journey given form through timelines and the words of the people who lived it.

WHO IT'S FOR

Companies, organizations, and shops reaching an anniversary. Teams wanting to record a finished project.

EXAMPLE MATERIALS

Newsletters, meeting minutes, timelines, photos, interviews with people involved.

OUTPUT FORMATS

Print-ready files, distributable PDF

Sample: The Ten-Year Chart (Japanese) →

Personal & Family Histories

Your life, or your family's, in one book. It's one of the twelve genres — made with exactly the same system as every other book.

WHO IT'S FOR

People who want to take stock of their own path. People who want to hear their parents' and grandparents' stories while they still can.

EXAMPLE MATERIALS

Albums, letters, timeline notes, the AI interview.

OUTPUT FORMATS

Print-ready files, PDF

Sample: The Kitchen Remembers (Japanese) →

Fiction

Give the stories you've written the shape of a book. AI helps organize structure and suggests phrasing; what stays is always your decision.

WHO IT'S FOR

People with manuscripts and drafts. People with a plot who haven't managed to reach the last page.

EXAMPLE MATERIALS

Manuscripts, plot outlines, notes on characters and settings.

OUTPUT FORMATS

EPUB, Amazon publishing package, print-ready files, PDF

Picture Books

The story you want to read to a child or grandchild, in pictures and a few words — laid out for pages where text stays small.

WHO IT'S FOR

People making one book for their child or grandchild. People with their own drawings and a story to shape.

EXAMPLE MATERIALS

A story draft, scans of hand-drawn art or illustrations. For image rights, see Copyright & Image Use.

OUTPUT FORMATS

Print-ready files, PDF

Free-Form

The doorway for books that fit none of the above. Poetry collections, recipe notebooks, a club's season record, fan books.

WHO IT'S FOR

People who already see the book in their head. People who'd rather decide the shape themselves, outside any genre.

EXAMPLE MATERIALS

Anything is a starting point — notes, audio, photos, documents.

OUTPUT FORMATS

PDF, print-ready files, EPUB, Amazon publishing package