CAPTURE
Ideas, notes, links, interviews and years of thinking — all with their origins intact.
BY THE IDEAS SHED
FIRST-TIME NONFICTION AUTHORS, THIS WAY
GOT AN IDEA?TURN IT INTO A REAL BOOK.
We help you write it.
Shape it.
Design it.
Get it ready for Amazon KDP.
IDEA GOES IN. BOOK COMES OUT.
SMALL BITS.
KEPT MOVING.
You do not have to “write your book” today. Add one useful source. Capture one story. Fix one paragraph. That is forward motion.
WHAT IS THE NEXT USEFUL THING? →A PROPER WORKSHOP FOR A REAL BOOK
THE HUMAN BRINGS THE GOOD STUFF.
Your idea, experience, stories, opinions, curiosity and judgement stay at the centre. Book Machine brings structure, momentum and the publishing know-how.
SHAPE
Find the proposition, reader, structure and the next useful action. You approve every decision.
WRITE
Build chapters from fragments or full drafts, with sources and references beside the words.
MAKE IT PHYSICAL
Design real pages, compare book formats, see print costs and prepare a careful KDP hand-off.
FREE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE USEFUL
WRITE THE BOOK FOR FREE.
Ideas, chapters, sources, momentum, page previews, format comparisons and KDP preparation. Keep using ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini too — Book Machine gives you copyable prompts and keeps the useful output organised.
FREE£0A real book workspace
BOOK MACHINE PLUS£9.99 / monthor £49 / year
Integrated AI assistance is being prepared. You may only need Plus for a month. That's absolutely fine.
WHY DOES THIS EXIST?
TOO MANY DECISIONS BETWEEN
“I'VE GOT SOMETHING WORTH SAYING”
AND “MY BOOK IS ON AMAZON.”
Marcus wanted to publish his first book. He had years of thinking, reading and writing — and then discovered a ridiculous number of decisions between the idea and a real published book. So he started building the tool he wished existed. Book Machine is being improved by actually using it.
He isn't pretending to be a publishing guru. He's the person building the thing while using it.
RIGHT THEN.