All the tools to write and publish your book
The calculators are open to everyone, the writing tools are free with your account. One tool for every step, from your book idea to publication.
Find
- Book ideas
What you know and what you've lived through can become a book. We help you find it.
- Find a niche
A broad field, a precise niche: where a reader is looking for a concrete answer.
- Validate an idea
Before you write, check that your idea holds up. A frank opinion in a few seconds.
- Reader profile
Who will read your book? A precise portrait to write for them, and to know where to find them.
- Pen name
A name that suits you, sounds good on a cover and fits your genre.
Write
- Book outline
A complete chapter-by-chapter outline, built from your idea.
- Book title
12 titles and subtitles, sorted by style.
- Book subtitle
10 subtitles that sharpen the promise of your title.
- Book introduction
A roughly 400-word introduction that makes readers want to keep going.
- Chapter summary
Turn your notes into a clear chapter summary.
- Book conclusion
A roughly 350-word conclusion with a call to action.
- Writing topics
15 topics and angles for articles or chapters on your theme.
- Word and page counter
Paste your text: words, characters and estimated page count.
Novels and fiction
- Novel ideas
Eight novel pitches ready to develop, with a hero, stakes and a twist.
- Novel titles
Fifteen evocative novel titles for your story.
- Story starters
Five story openings to hook readers from the first line.
- Writing prompts
Fifteen creative writing prompts to get you started.
- Character sheet
A complete character sheet: past, desire, fear, flaw, arc and voice.
- Character names
Twenty character names by genre, era and origin.
- Plot twists
Eight twists to surprise your readers.
- Dialogue generator
A dialogue scene between two characters, with subtext.
- Build a scene
A scene plan: goal, conflict, beats and exit.
- World builder
A consistent fictional world: geography, history, power, magic, cultures.
- First chapter
A first-chapter opening that hooks, written from scratch or rewritten.
- Plan a series
The plan for a 3 to 7 book series: overall arc and each book's arc.
Polish
- AI detector
See which passages of your text sound like a machine, and why.
- Humanize AI text
Make AI text more natural, more alive and more personal.
- Rewrite a text
Say the same thing differently: simpler, shorter, punchier.
- Spelling and grammar checker
Fixes spelling, grammar and punctuation, with explanations.
- Improve your writing style
Add rhythm and precision to your text, and understand why.
- Simplify a text
Make a text accessible to everyone, without losing the substance.
Publish
- Back cover blurb
Three versions of your back cover blurb, ready to make people want to read.
- Amazon descriptionSubscribers
An Amazon KDP listing description that catches the eye and gets people to click "Buy".
- Author bio
A short, medium and long bio, in the third person, for all your materials.
- KDP keywordsSubscribers
Your 7 KDP keyword boxes, plus 15 search ideas to test.
- KDP categoriesSubscribers
Amazon category ideas for your book, with the reasoning behind each.
- Copyright page
Your book's copyright and legal notice page, based on French publishing practice.
- Back matter pages
Acknowledgments, reviews, newsletter, about: the pages that extend the reading.
- Amazon A+ contentSubscribers
A 5-module A+ content plan: headings, text and visual ideas.
- Cover prompts
4 detailed prompts to generate a cover with an image AI.
- KDP calculator
Calculate your Amazon KDP royalties based on your price, format and page count.
Sell
- Launch email sequenceSubscribers
5 emails to announce your book and help your readers discover it.
- Social media posts
Ready-made posts for Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and X, to talk about your book.
- Ebook sales pageSubscribers
A complete sales page, ready to put online for your ebook.
- Press kitSubscribers
A press release, a book fact sheet and interview questions, ready to send.
- Ask for a reader review
Three messages to ask your readers for an honest review, with nothing promised in return.
- Ad hooksSubscribers
10 ad hooks for Meta, TikTok and Google, to get your book noticed.
- Free gift ideas
8 free gifts built around your book to capture your readers' emails.
What if we wrote the whole book?
Makebook takes you from the outline to a ready-to-publish ebook, chapter by chapter.
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