How It Works
From a Few Details to a Finished Book
Here’s the whole path, start to finish, with every choice that’s yours to make along the way. A couple of stops you can try right now, with no account and nothing saved.
To begin
Who’s It For?
Every book starts with a person and a reason to make it.
For someone you love
A gift, a surprise, a way to say you were thinking of them.
Together, side by side
Make it with them, choosing each piece as you go.
Start a Book
Start by telling us who this book is for.
Choose its shape
One Story, or a Collection
How much of their world do you want to hold in one book?
A single story
One tale, written and illustrated start to finish.
A collection of five
Five stories bound together into one keepsake anthology.
Build the cast
Everyone Who Belongs in It
Build each character once, and they look just like themselves on every page. Have a go with the real builder below.
The people you love
Family, friends, the whole crew.
Pets, real and adored
The dog, the cat, the goldfish who runs the house.
Anyone you dream up
A dragon, a fairy, a brave little robot. If they belong, they’re in.
New Character
- Basics
- Age
- Body
- Face
- Hair
- Finish
The basics
Start with who they are. Skip anything that doesn’t fit.
This is the real builder, just without an account. Nothing here is saved.
Shape the story
As Guided as You Like
Tell us the story you want, or tell us the feeling and let Quill find it.
Name the moments
The first day of school, the big move, the wobbly tooth. We write right to them.
Give us the feeling
A sentence about what you’re after, and Quill takes it from there.
Look it over
Approve the Outline First
Before a single page is painted, you see the plan laid out. Change anything that isn’t right, then give the nod.
Make it yours
Every Page, in Your Hands
A whole draft arrives, written and illustrated. Page through it and change anything: rewrite the words, or redraw a picture, until each page is just right. Here’s a finished book to page through now.
A real finished book
The Big Trip with Mimi and Papa
2 stories, 11 pages, written and illustrated start to finish.
A magical day at a great theme park with Mimi and Papa: a castle, a carousel, a parade, and fireworks worth remembering forever.
Read the Whole Anthology
Keep it
A Keepsake, Your Way
However you’d like to hold onto it.
A digital keepsake
Yours to download and keep the moment it’s done.
A printed hardcover
Sent to be professionally printed and delivered to your door.
You've seen the whole path: who the book is for, the characters who fill it, and a finished book to page through. Your own is a few quiet minutes away.
Go on, give it a press.
Characters
Build a Character Once. Keep Them Forever.
Every character you build is saved to your own library, ready to star in the next book without building them again.
Your character library
Build a person, a pet, the whole family once. Each one waits in your library, ready to drop into any book you make next.
Share with family
Send a character to family and it shows up in their account too, so cousins can co-star in each other’s books, all looking just like themselves.
Use it, or make it your own
A character shared with you can be used exactly as it is, kept current by its owner. Or you can make your own version and take it somewhere new.
The whole experience
Considered, Start to Finish
The big steps are simple. It’s the small things, all the way through, that make a book worth keeping.
Consistent on every page
Each character is painted once, then that same art carries onto every page, so they look like themselves from the first to the last.
Two ways to build a character
Pick from guided, illustrated traits, or just describe a pet or a creature in your own words. Whichever way fits.
Your whole cast, welcome
People, pets, a well-loved stuffed animal, even a dragon. If they belong in the story, they belong in the book.
Watch Quill paint, page by page
Quill writes and illustrates each page in minutes, and you can watch them appear as they’re made.
Ink redraws what you ask
If a page isn’t quite right, tell Ink what to change. It studies the painting, listens to your note, and redraws just that page.
The file is yours
The moment your book is finished, it’s yours to download and keep. A hardcover book through us is always optional.
Saved as you go
Step away whenever you like. A free account holds your place, and you pick the book back up right where you left it.