The book type you pick in step 1 of the wizard decides almost everything else: the page size, whether the pages bleed off the edge, what each page is made of, and whether a character sheet is needed. You never enter print settings yourself.
Where to find it:
Open the New Book tab. Step 1, Book Type, shows four cards. Clicking a card picks the type and moves you to step 2.
Coloring Book:
- What it is: clean black and white line art pages to color in.
- Size: 8.5 x 11 inches (US Letter), no bleed.
- Default page count: 30.
- Keys needed: none. Pages run on the free keyless provider. With a text AI key, AI plans a different scene for each page; without one, the plugin builds the scene list itself from your theme.
- What every page prompt asks for: black and white line art, clean bold outlines, no shading, no grayscale, a white background, kid friendly shapes and no text in the image.
Activity Book:
- What it is: puzzle and activity pages with a short instruction above each one.
- Size: 8.5 x 11 inches, no bleed.
- Default page count: 30.
- Keys needed: none. Mazes, dot to dot, counting and tracing pages are built by puzzle code, not AI. Spot the difference and matching pages are images from your image provider.
- See Activity Books And The Algorithmic Puzzle Engine.
Journal / Planner:
- What it is: lined, dot grid, habit tracker, daily planner and prompt pages, repeated through the book in that order.
- Size: 6 x 9 inches, no bleed.
- Default page count: 120.
- Keys needed: none. The inside pages are drawn as vector lines when you export, so only the cover is an image.
- See Journals And Planners: The Vector Interiors.
Story / Picture Book:
- What it is: a full color picture book. The AI writer writes the story, splits it into pages and describes a picture for each page. One approved character appears on every page.
- Size: 8.5 x 8.5 inches square with bleed, so each PDF page is 8.75 x 8.75 inches.
- Default page count: 24.
- Keys needed: a text AI key for the writer, and a Google or FLUX (fal.ai) image key for the character lock. One free Google AI key covers both.
- See The Character Consistency Engine.
The cover for every type:
Every book also gets a full color cover image, made first, before page 1. Even a coloring book with black and white insides gets a bright color cover, because that is what sells in a search result. See Book Cover Art: Generate And Regenerate.
A real example:
Ella's four books show each type at work: Dinosaur Friends Coloring Fun (coloring, 30 pages), Space Explorers Activity Book (activity, 30 pages), Calm Mornings Gratitude Journal (journal, 120 pages) and Milo's Year Of Seasons (story, 24 pages).
Can I change the trim size?
The size comes from the book type and is saved with the book when you click Create Book. Pick the type whose size matches the book you want to print.
Tips:
- Not sure where to start? A coloring book needs no keys and shows you the whole journey.
- Story books look their best with a locked character and a full color art style such as Storybook Watercolor.