The short answer
The business book gets written and shipped here: a Claude editor structures your framework, drafts chapters from your talks, decks, and dictated war stories (whole manuscript in context, so the terminology never drifts), and typesets a real 6×9 trade book — paperback for handing out, hardcover for the clients who matter. Printed per copy, no inventory.
The physical book
Business books are 6×9 trade books — paperback for the wide handout, hardcover for the client-gift and keynote-table edition.
Every option below is a real, printer-validated product — files are checked against the printer's own rules (trim, bleed, spine width computed from the actual page count) before anything prints, and Lulu prints on demand and ships to your door.
| Option | Trim | Pages | Ink & paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback · 6×9 | 6×9 in | 32–800 | B&W on cream — the trade spec |
| Hardcover · 6×9 | 6×9 in | 24–800 | B&W on cream — the gift edition |
| Full color option | 6×9 in | 32–800 | For chart-heavy books |
The book is the business card that argues for you
A business book earns its existence with one specific promise kept — "how mid-market companies fix churn" beats "thoughts on leadership" by an order of magnitude, in sales and in what it does for your pipeline. The load-bearing structure is old because it works: name the problem precisely, introduce your framework, one chapter per component, each chapter running concept → client story → application. Your raw material already exists — the talks, the decks, the emails you've written five times, the engagements that became war stories (masked appropriately). Feed all of it in; the book is mostly organization plus honesty, and the full craft guide covers the genre's specifics.
Where the Claude editor earns its keep for busy operators: it interviews the framework out of you when writing time is scarce (talk the chapters into the mic on commutes; it drafts from your telling), keeps terminology consistent so your framework's language doesn't drift by chapter nine, and builds the diagrams as clean typeset figures instead of pasted slides. The author-photo studio turns one decent selfie into the back-cover portrait.
The distribution math for practitioners: this book is rarely about royalties — it's the $30 object that closes $30,000 engagements. Print-on-demand means every prospect meeting, workshop seat, and conference table gets copies without inventory; the storefront handles the strangers who find you by search.
- Write chapter titles as the questions clients actually ask — the table of contents is your best sales page
- One masked client story per chapter minimum; frameworks persuade, stories convert
How it works
1. Bring the expertise raw Attach the decks, talk recordings, and notes — then let Claude interview the framework out of you.
2. Shape it with Claude Claude proposes the book's structure and drafts it with you — with everything in context, so nothing gets lost between sessions.
3. Watch the proof assemble A live typeset proof builds as you work: real pages, a designed cover, a spine sized from the true page count. The watermarked proof is always free.
4. Print and share it Pick the format, see the per-copy price and shipping options, and Lulu prints on demand and ships to your door — one copy or a boxful. Publishing to a free storefront is optional, never required.
What it costs
Free to start — no account needed to try, no credit card, and a monthly allowance of AI credits on the free tier. The typeset, watermarked proof is always free, and metered work (like image generation or narration) quotes its price in credits before you confirm. Clean press-ready files are a $49 one-time per book unlock or free with Bindery Pro ($39/month (or $390/year)); printed copies are priced per copy at order time and shipped by Lulu — no minimum run.
Start free, see the proof
Bindery — the book studio inside Infinite Library — designs, writes, and typesets the whole thing with you, then prints it for real. Free to start, no account needed to try, and the watermarked proof of your actual book costs nothing. The fastest way to know is to bring what you have and watch the first pages appear.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long should a business book be?
Shorter than fiction: 40,000–60,000 words (roughly 160–240 pages at 6×9) is the modern business-book sweet spot — long enough to be a real book, short enough that busy readers finish it. Padding to 300 pages is the genre's classic self-harm.
Can I print copies for clients and events without doing "publishing"?
Yes — printing and publishing are separate doors. Order copies whenever you need them (no minimums) and skip the storefront entirely, or open it later when strangers start asking where to buy.
Do I keep the rights?
Yes — authors keep ownership of their work. Print it, sell it from your free Infinite Library storefront (author-set print royalty, about 95% on ebooks, 80% on audiobooks), or keep it entirely private.