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For someone you've lostbookie portrait For a wedding, birthday, or milestonebookie toast For your parents or grandparentsbookie roots For your professional expertisebookie pro For your own life storybookie yarn
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Speak your book
into existence

A parent's wisdom. A grandparent's stories. Your wildest adventures. Your life's work. Bookie turns conversation into a book—no writing required.

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Then $120 per book. No subscriptions, no upsells. Ever.
A grandmother holding a book, smiling warmly

Every life has a book in it

You talk about someone you love, or about yourself. Bookie writes the book.

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bookie portrait
For someone you've lost
“Their stories deserve more than a eulogy.”
Your grandchildren will open this book and meet someone they never knew, through the stories only you can tell. Their jokes and their wisdom, alive on every page.
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bookie toast
The gift that makes the room cry
“Imagine their face when they open a book and it's about them.”
She reads the first page out loud. The room goes quiet. Then the tears start. That's what a Bookie book does at weddings, birthdays, and milestones.
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bookie roots
Capture them while you still can
“Their stories won't tell themselves forever.”
Every day, a few more details fade. The way they said your name. The story about the summer of '68. Catch them while you can.
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bookie pro
Document your professional expertise
“You've been 'going to write a book' for three years.”
Clients, conferences, podcasts. They all ask the same question: “Have you written a book?” Now you have.
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bookie yarn
Your greatest adventures and craziest stories
“You've been telling these stories for years.”
At every dinner, every reunion, someone asks you to tell that one again. A book means they never have to ask.

From conversation to book

You talk. Bookie listens, structures, and writes.

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Conversation
Talk about the person, the story, the life. Bookie knows what to ask.
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Synthesis
Patterns surface. Threads connect. Your story finds its shape.
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Structure
Chapters form around what matters most
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Draft
A real book written in your voice, not a transcript
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Your book
Hold it. Shelf it. Hand it to someone you love.
A finished Bookie book on a warm wooden table
What you get

A hardcover with your name on it. Your words, your voice, your chapters. A real book you can hold.

A family sharing an emotional moment over a book
What it feels like

You hand it to them. They open the cover, see their own name, and go quiet. That silence before the tears. That's the gift.

The moment you see your book

“Grandma passed in March. But her book is on every grandchild's nightstand. She's still telling her stories.”
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Sarah M.
Made a book for her grandmother
“I gave Mom her book at her 70th. She read the first page out loud and the whole room went silent. Best $120 I ever spent.”
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David K.
70th birthday gift for his mother
“I'd been ‘writing my book’ for two years. Three weeks with Bookie and it was done. Landed two new clients the month after.”
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James R.
Published his consulting book

You might be wondering

The questions everyone asks.

“I'm not a writer.”
You don't write. You talk, like a conversation with someone who really listens. Bookie handles the writing.
“How long does it take?”
Most people finish in 2–3 weeks. Each conversation is shorter than a lunch break.
“Will it actually be good?”
Every word is yours. Bookie is the editor, not the author. You approve every page.
“My grandparent isn't tech-savvy.”
They just talk. Like a phone call with someone who's curious about their life. No screens, no typing, no apps.
“$120 seems too good to be true.”
A ghostwriter charges $20,000–$50,000 and takes a year. Bookie costs $120 and takes weeks.

One book. One price.

Chapter one is free. Pay when you're ready to finish.

$120
Per book — everything included
  • Talk as long as you need
  • Bring your notes, photos, and sources
  • Your story, structured into chapters
  • A finished book, in your voice
  • Refine it until it's right
  • Download and share your book
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What it costs elsewhere
Ghostwriter $20,000–$50,000
Self-publishing course $500–$2,000
StoryWorth (1 year) $99
Bookie $120
Chapter one is free
Your first conversation writes chapter one—no card required. Hear your own stories read back to you before you spend a dollar. Once it exists, you'll want to finish it.

Flowers fade and gift cards get spent, but a book stays on the shelf forever.