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Your life, your book.

We interview you over multiple sessions, map out the chapters of your life, and write them into a hardcover book your family will cherish forever.

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From $249, one-timeReady in six to twelve weeks
i.

How it works.

Three steps, from your first call to a finished book on the shelf.

Step one

We interview you.

A series of voice sessions, 30 to 45 minutes each, on your schedule. You answer questions about your life. That's it.

Step two

We map your chapters.

We organise your stories into chapters (childhood, work, family, the moments that mattered) and write them up in your own voice.

Step three

You get a hardcover book.

You review every chapter, choose a cover, and we print it. A real book your family can keep for generations.

ii.

The sessions.

Eight to twelve sessions on average. 30 to 45 minutes each. By voice, on your schedule, over six to twelve weeks.

01First session

A broad conversation about your whole life. We use it to sketch the chapters (childhood, family, work, the turning points) and plan the sessions ahead.

Session 1Tell me about where you grew up. Who lived there with you?
02Chapter sessions

One chapter per session. We ask follow-up questions to capture the details: names, dates, what happened, what you remember.

Session 6 · Chapter: My fatherYou mentioned your father kept his tools in a tin. What was in it?
03Review & print

We write each chapter and send it to you. You read it, mark anything wrong, and we revise. Once you're happy, we print the book.

Chapter draftThe kitchen smelled of cardamom and burnt sugar, the way my mother kept her coffee, half-forgotten on the stove.
The book

A hardcover book, printed and bound.

Around 200 pages, written from your interviews in your own voice. Cloth-bound hardcover, sewn binding, printed in Sweden.

You choose the cover colour and title. Additional copies are $40 each, and you can reorder any time.

Format
5.5″ × 8.5″ hardcover
Pages
≈ 200, sewn
Paper
Cream uncoated, 100gsm
Printed in
Falun, Sweden
Three readers in marble reading alcoves
“The kitchen smelled of cardamom and burnt sugar. The way my mother kept her coffee, half-forgotten on the stove.”
Margit, 78read by her granddaughter
“I learned to fold a chart in the wheelhouse before I learned to read. The North Sea was patient with me, mostly.”
Henrik, 84read by his son
“I started the company in a borrowed room above a bakery. For two years I smelled of bread and slept beside the fax machine.”
Astrid, 51read by her children
iii.

Pricing.

From $249, one-time. Up to 25 hours of interviews, the full writing, and the first printed copy. No subscription. Ready in six to twelve weeks.

Standard
$249
One-time. First printed copy included.
  • Up to 25 hours of interview sessions
  • A 200-page hardcover book
  • Cover and title personalisation
  • Full transcripts and audio archive
  • Digital edition (PDF + EPUB)
  • Full refund after the first session
Try 10 minutes for free →No card. Decide after.
Family
Best for gifts
$449
One-time. Three printed copies included.
  • Everything in Standard
  • Three hardcover copies
  • Audiobook in your own AI-cloned voice
  • Up to 20 photographs in the book
  • Start-of-project call with our team
  • Lifetime cloud archive of recordings
Try 10 minutes for free →No card. Decide after.
iv.

Questions.

If yours isn't here, email hello@yourtale.com.

Anyone who wants their life recorded in a book. Most of our writers are between 60 and 90, and most sign up because a child or grandchild suggested it. It also works for capturing a specific period: the early years of a company, a marriage, or a particular chapter of life.
You don't need to be. Our job is to ask the right questions. Yours is to answer them honestly. The writing and structure are handled for you.
Six to twelve weeks from first session to printed book. Eight to twelve sessions, 30 to 45 minutes each, at whatever pace works for you. You can take longer if you want.
Yours. We transcribe every session and write the book using your own phrasing and the way you actually speak. You review every chapter and can change anything that doesn't sound right.
Encrypted, in the EU. Only you and your assigned editor can access transcripts. You can request full deletion at any time, including after the book is printed. We never use your data to train models.
Yes. Extra copies are $40 each. We keep your file on hand for ten years after your last reprint, so you can order more for family any time.

Capture your stories
before they're gone.

One book, written from your own words, for your family to keep. From $249, one-time. Ready in six to twelve weeks. Full refund after the first session if it isn't for you.

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