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Turn Your Manuscript Into a Published Book

Self-Publishing Studio

Create a book that’s truly yours.

Speak it. Draw it. Personalise it. Publish it. Choose the way that suits you — the ideas, words and pictures always stay yours.

Three ways to create

Pick the path that fits you.

Each card shows what’s available today. Where a tool is still being built, we say so — and you can ask us to help you create your book in the meantime.

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Pathway 1

Speak Your Book

Your voice. Your words. Your book.

Tell your story out loud instead of typing or writing a manuscript — ideal for memoirs, life stories, family histories and original writing.

About Speak Your Book
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Online creator in development · help available now

Pathway 2

Draw Your Book

Your drawings. Your imagination. Your colouring book.

Turn your own hand-drawn artwork into a print-ready colouring book. The art stays yours — we help with cleaning, sizing and layout.

About Draw Your Book

New: Pencil to Ink. Turn your hand-drawn pencil sketches into clean, inked colouring pages ready for your book.

Try Pencil to Ink ↗
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Pathway 3

Make It Personal

One special person. One special occasion. One unforgettable book.

Your photographs, messages, memories, recipes and drawings, made into a one-of-a-kind book for birthdays, anniversaries, retirements and family histories.

Personalised Books

Create a personalised keepsake book for yourself or as a gift — for a wedding, birth, birthday, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas and more — for just £9.99. You’ll receive a PDF ready to send (better than a card) or print off and turn into a book.

Create your personalised book ↗

Two ways to use our services

Make it yourself, or let us help.

Create It Yourself

Access our creative publishing tools through membership or eligible one-off purchases, and develop your project yourself with simple guided steps.

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Let Us Help You Create

Prefer a hand? Send us your stories, recordings, artwork, photographs or instructions and Living Well Books will help prepare the finished book.

Request a Bespoke Book

Our commitment

Human creativity comes first.

Our books begin with real people — their voices, stories, drawings, experiences and imagination.

We use appropriate technology, including AI-assisted editing and formatting tools, to make publishing easier and more accessible. We do not offer automated AI-generated books as our public publishing service.

Where AI assistance is used, we are open about it and you stay in control of your original words and pictures. Your photographs, recordings and artwork are handled with consent and care, remain yours, and are never used to train AI without your clear permission.

Finished your book?

Now let’s help people discover it.

Creators who publish independently — including with our tools — can apply for representation and promotion.