Use ChatGPT to Write Books and Publish Them

Writing Books with ChatGPT: A Live Demo from OpenSlava 2024

The world of writing is undergoing a seismic shift thanks to the transformative power of Generative AI. At OpenSlava 2024, Xiangyu John Wu delved into an exciting single-use case of Generative AI - writing books with ChatGPT and publishing them within half an hour. By blending philosophical insights, political exploration, and technological creativity, the speaker showcased how AI can be leveraged to craft a compelling history book now published and available on Amazon Kindle.

This talk featured a live demo of how ChatGPT, coupled with Leonardo.ai for cover designs, became an indispensable co-author. If you’re an aspiring writer looking to unleash your creativity or simply intrigued by the possibilities of AI-assisted authorship, this guide will walk you through the entire process.

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Key Highlights of the Talk

• Presentation of Previously Generated Books: Xiangyu showed how he used the help of ChatGPT to write several books that are published on Amazon.

• Write a Book in Real-time: The speaker demonstrates the process of writing an entire book on the history of the British Empire. 

• Visual Design with Leonardo.ai: This GenAI image generation tool brought book covers to life within minutes, providing visually stunning representations that perfectly complement the written content.

• Publishing on Amazon Kindle: The end result? Professionally published books ready for a global audience to purchase. In fact, while writing this blog post, the speaker already sold one copy of this book.

Here is the entire video. All the detailed prompts are shown there. Pause and copy the text so that you can also use it for your purposes. 

Step-by-Step Guide: Writing and Publishing a Book with ChatGPT

If you’re ready to get started, follow these simple steps to create and publish your book:

1. Define Your Topic and Audience

   • Decide on the subject matter for your book.

   • Understand your target audience so that you can tailor the tone and content accordingly.

   • Use ChatGPT to brainstorm the title of your book

2. Set Up Your ChatGPT Workflow

   • Use an appropriate seed prompt to use in ChatGPT and provide it with a clear goal.

3. Outline Your Book

   • Ask ChatGPT to generate an outline and index for your book.

   • Refine the outline to ensure it aligns with your vision.

   • Once you finish the outline, continue with the next step.

4. Generate Content

   • Let ChatGPT write the content of each index chapter. Use the same chat session so ChatGPT remembers the entire context and writes coherent text for each chapter. 

   • Continue with each index item until you reach the conclusion chapter. Then, you are finished with the text content of the book. 

5. Generate the Book's Front Cover with Leonardo.ai

   • Use Leonardo.ai to generate a high-quality book cover.

6. Edit and Finalize Your Manuscript

   • Review the entire draft for consistency and flow.

   • Use editing tools like Grammarly for additional polish.

7. Format for Amazon Kindle

   • Convert your manuscript to Kindle’s preferred format using the app Kindle Create.

8. Publish on Amazon KDP

   • Sign up for a free Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) account in the region of your choice, e.g. US region.

   • Upload your manuscript, exported from Kindle Create, and cover design image.

   • Fill in the book details, including title, description, and pricing. You can again use ChatGPT to generate the text content for all of them. 

   • Hit “Publish” and share your creation with the world. Now, with every sale, you get your royalty!

Watch the entire Youtube video embedded here to see the precise prompts for each step.

Inspiration for Aspiring Authors

The speaker showed that this can be finished within about half an hour. Imagine how fast you can write your own book!

The speaker’s experience demonstrates that anyone, regardless of their prior writing expertise, can create thought-provoking books with the help of AI. You do not need to use GenAI to write the entire book of course. You can just use it as a helpful tool to speed up your creative process.

Maybe you have always wanted to write your first book, but it seems impossible. With the help of GenAI tools, you can now finally cross this barrier and start writing your first book! Share with us here your own experience with authorship. We are thrilled to hear back from you!