Retirement roast
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Turn the people you love into a book they'll never forget.
Tear-jerking keepsakes or laugh-out-loud roasts. Answer a few questions, flip through every page, then print in hardcover.
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The moment they open it
Not a gift. A moment.
Their name. Your shared memories. The little things only you would think to include.
Sunday mornings
A little closer, one page at a time
The birthday dinner
Their inside jokes, bound together
Christmas morning
A gift that says: I know you
Their favorite people. Their funniest stories. A whole book that could only be theirs.
Write theirsAI-generated gift scenes · illustrative books, not customer photographs.
Read every page before buying
Cover painted from your photo
Read-aloud narration
Printed & shipped to your door
One studio. Every kind of story.
21 sample stories · 7 collectionsRetirement roast
The Legend of Linda's Microwave Fish
Every office has a legend. Ours had Linda, a Tupperware of salmon, and a microwave that has never fully recovered.
From the entire 4th floor, who will never smell lunch the same way again.
Made for Linda
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Make one like thisExample names, stories and artwork. Your book is created from your own details.
See it. Make it yours. Then decide.
A gift you can feel sure about.
The whole book. Not just a sample.
Read your complete personalized story before paying. Know exactly what your words and memories have become.
Your say on every detail.
Edit the story, choose your favorite cover and redo a picture that doesn’t feel right. Keep the version you love.
Your memories, kept real.
Add your own dedication and favorite memory photos, alongside the story written for your person.
Why Loved Chapters is different
Your photo, painted in
Upload a photo and the cover hero looks like them — plus a framed real photo on the dedication page.
See it all before you pay
Flip through every single page and hear it read aloud. No surprises, no blind orders.
The tone you actually want
Gentle bedtime poem, tear-jerker tribute, or best-friend savage roast — you choose.
Free preview
Read it before you pay
The whole story is written and previewable before any payment.
Photo privacy
Their photo stays private
Used only to illustrate their book. Never sold, never used for anything else.
Made to last
Built for bedtime
Case-bound hardcover on uncoated stock, made to be read again and again.
Guarantee
30 days, on us
If it doesn't delight, return it for a full refund.
Three steps to the perfect gift
1
Tell us about them
Pick an occasion and share the names, quirks and memories that make them them.
2
Choose title, tone & cover
Name the book or let us suggest one; pick heartfelt or hilarious and a cover style.
3
Flip, save & order
Preview every page, save it to My Books, then print as a hardcover keepsake.
Made to be kept for decades
- • 8.5" × 8.5" square picture-book format
- • Full-color illustrated pages with print bleed
- • Personal dedication page with your real photo
- • Printable PDF of every book you write
Simple pricing
Digital Edition
$19
- ✓ Instant high-res PDF
- ✓ Read-aloud audio book
- ✓ Print at home anytime
Most loved
Heirloom Hardcover
$39
- ✓ 8.5" × 8.5" hardcover
- ✓ Satin archival pages
- ✓ Free tracked shipping
- ✓ Digital edition included
Deluxe Gift Set
$49
- ✓ Everything in Hardcover
- ✓ Keepsake gift box
- ✓ Personalized bookmark
Questions, answered
Pick an occasion, answer a few questions about the person, choose your tone and cover style, and we write and illustrate the book. You flip through every page free.
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