The Imprint
For the author who wants the book done.
$497once
or three payments of $165.67 · no interest
- 1 hardcover
The Book · a one-time commission
The book you’ve been meaning to writesince you were thirty-two.
Our AI interviewer asks about your book, and you answer at your own pace. It plans the book with you, and nothing is written until you approve the plan. Then our AI writes it in your voice, and we print it as a hardcover with your name on the cover.
Three editions from $497One-time purchaseFiction or nonfiction
- Full refund for 90 days
- Pay in full, or in three payments with no interest
Why it isn’t written yet
A document you’ve opened four times is not a book. We do the asking, and the writing.
You were going to write it the year you turned thirty-two.
You opened the document four times.You wrote a good first page twice.Then the company scaled. Then the second kid.You told three people at dinner what the book was about, and they said “you have to write that.”
And then it was Monday again.
Twenty years. The book is still the same book. You are still the same author.
How it works
Our AI interviewer asks you about the book, one question at a time: what it is, who it’s for, the moments or arguments it’s built on. You answer at your own pace, over a few evenings or a few weeks. Nothing is written until you approve the plan.
How your book gets made
You answer. We write, print and bind.
Tell us about the book.
A short set of questions first, about 20 minutes: fiction or nonfiction, what it’s about, who it’s for. Bring the pages you’ve already written, if you have any.
Go deeper, at your pace.
Our AI interviewer asks about the moments or arguments the book is built on. A few evenings or a few weeks; nothing is timed.
Approve the plan.
Our AI turns your answers into the plan of the book: what it is, who is in it, how it ends. Change anything you like before a chapter is written.
Your book, with your name on it.
Our AI writes it in your voice. You can read and edit every chapter in the app. Then we print your hardcover, and the files are yours.
The difference
The same opening, written two ways.
Left: what a general AI tool writes from a one-line request. Right: what we write from your interview answers. Both are illustrations.
“Open a chapter on why most founder-CEOs fail their second company.”
IllustrationA general AI toolFrom a one-line request
In today’s fast-paced business environment, the journey from one successful venture to the next is often more challenging than founders anticipate. Many first-time CEOs who achieve breakout success with their initial company find themselves struggling when attempting to replicate that success a second time around. The market conditions, team dynamics, and competitive landscape are rarely the same. By the end of this chapter, you will have a clear framework for avoiding these mistakes.
Competent. Anonymous. Could be anyone.IllustrationSagaSealWritten from your interview answers
The second company does not fail because the founder got worse. It fails because the founder got famous. On the first one, you were nobody. You took the meeting. You answered the email at eleven at night. You were correctable. On the second one, the meetings happen without you; you hire a chief of staff whose job is to keep the market from reaching you. I did this in 2014, with the company I won’t name in this book because the people who lost money on it are still alive. The pattern is not a strategy failure. It is a hearing failure.
contrarian openerwithheld companyhearing failure
Specific. Unsentimental. Could only be you.The difference isn’t a better prompt. It’s what you told us.
Our first authorChristine L. CastleAuthor of the novel “Vérnyúl” · Hungary
She started with a heap of notes. She finished with a book.
“Before I used this program, my book was a hazy plan and a heap of notes that nobody but me understood. Honestly, not even me. Then, all at once, there was a finished book. Simply, quickly, and, hard as this is for me to admit, it was even interesting along the way. I had braced for the suffering. It never came.”
Translated from Hungarian
What it costs
Three ways to get this book written. Only one starts at $497.
| Hire a ghostwriter | Write it yourself with an AI chatbot | SagaSeal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs | Ghostwriters commonly charge $15,000 to $50,000 | A monthly subscription, plus your evenings | $497 to $1,497, once |
| Who does the writing | Someone else | You, one prompt at a time | Our AI, from your answers |
| Whose voice | Theirs, shaped to sound like you | The tool’s default | Yours, built from your interview |
| What you end up holding | A manuscript | A document, if you finish | A printed hardcover and the files |
Hire a ghostwriter
- What it costs
- Ghostwriters commonly charge $15,000 to $50,000
- Who does the writing
- Someone else
- Whose voice
- Theirs, shaped to sound like you
- What you end up holding
- A manuscript
Write it yourself with an AI chatbot
- What it costs
- A monthly subscription, plus your evenings
- Who does the writing
- You, one prompt at a time
- Whose voice
- The tool’s default
- What you end up holding
- A document, if you finish
SagaSeal
- What it costs
- $497 to $1,497, once
- Who does the writing
- Our AI, from your answers
- Whose voice
- Yours, built from your interview
- What you end up holding
- A printed hardcover and the files
Choose the edition
The book is the same in every edition. What changes is what happens after.
Every edition includes
- The interview with our AI interviewer
- The plan of your book, approved by you before writing
- The manuscript, written in your voice
- Print-ready PDF, EPUB, DOCX and an audiobook
- Your name, your copyright, 100% of royalties
The Imprint · Published
For the author who wants readers, not just a manuscript.
$897once
or three payments of $299 · no interest
- Everything in The Imprint, plus
- 12 hardcovers, to hand to colleagues and reviewers
- An Amazon listing packet, so you can list it under your name: description, keywords, categories and print-ready files
- ISBN included
- The Launch Kit: two author bios, your book’s description, a press paragraph, four social posts and an announcement email, written for you by our AI
The Founding Volume
For the author whose book will outlive the author.
$1,497once
or three payments of $499 · no interest
- Everything in Published, plus
- 20 hardcovers, and more at cost, for life
- Six Linen Editions: navy cloth, the title in gold on each spine
- An IngramSpark listing packet, so bookshops and libraries can order it once you list it there
- Published under your own imprint name
- Lifetime reprints: we keep your master file archived
Before you buy
Three promises.
No. I
You approve the plan first.
Nothing is written until you’ve read the plan of your book in the app and approved it. Change anything first.
No. II
It’s yours.
Your name on the cover. The book, the files and the rights are yours, with 100% of any royalties. We take no co-author credit and no share.
No. III
Full refund.
Any time within 90 days of purchase, every dollar back.
Questions
What authors ask before they commission.
Something else on your mind? Email us at hello@sagaseal.com.
Is the book written by AI?
Yes, and we say so plainly. Our AI interviews you, plans the book with you, and writes it from your answers. You approve the plan before any writing, and you can read and edit every chapter in the app.
What do I actually have to do?
Answer questions about your book. First a short set, about 20 minutes. Then the moments or arguments the book is built on, and a longer guided interview. Then you read the plan of the book and approve it.
I’ve already written part of it.
Bring it. In the first set of questions you can upload or paste the pages you have, and the interview builds on them.
Fiction or nonfiction?
Both. The first question asks which, and the interview changes to fit: characters, world and ending for a novel; the promise, the claims and the stories for nonfiction.
How long does it take?
Your part takes as long as you want it to. The first questions take about 20 minutes. The rest is meant for a few evenings or a few weeks, and nothing is timed. Whatever you leave unfinished waits where you left it.
What happens right after I pay?
You start straight away. A welcome letter opens on screen, and from there you begin the first questions.
Can I pay over time?
Yes. Any edition can be split into three payments, two weeks apart, with no interest.
Can I get my money back?
Yes, within 90 days. Email hello@sagaseal.com from the address you bought with, any time within 90 days of purchase, and we refund the full amount to your original payment method. No form and no explanation needed.
Who owns the book?
You do. Your name on the cover, your copyright, and 100% of any royalties. We keep no royalty, resale or reprint rights.
Do you put the book on Amazon for me?
No. You list it, from your own account. The Imprint · Published and The Founding Volume include an Amazon listing packet: your book’s description, keywords, categories and print-ready files, plus an ISBN. The Founding Volume adds an IngramSpark listing packet, so bookshops and libraries can order it once you list it there. Because you list it yourself, the listing and its royalties stay in your name.
The book is still the same book
You meant to write it at thirty-two. This time, it gets written.
You answer the questions. You approve the plan. Our AI writes it in your voice, and we print it with your name on the cover.
- Full refund for 90 days
- Pay in full, or in three payments with no interest