The short answer
Your method becomes a real workbook here: Claude turns the course, coaching framework, or book into sequenced exercises with worked examples and progress checkpoints, typesets pages with genuine room to write, and prints it coil-bound (lies flat on a desk) or as an 8.5×11 paperback — per copy, or per cohort seat.
The physical book
Workbooks are used with a pen, which decides the spec: 8.5×11 pages with real writing room, coil binding when it must lie flat on a desk, paperback when it ships in bulk to a cohort.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil (lies flat) | 8.5×11 in | 2–470 | B&W or full color |
| Paperback · 8.5×11 | 8.5×11 in | 32–800 | B&W on cream — the classic manual spec |
| Paperback · full color | 8.5×11 in | 32–800 | Full color — for design-forward workbooks |
Teaching by making them write
A workbook is not a book with blanks — it's a sequence of doing that happens to be printed. The unit is the exercise: prompt, room to work, and (the part amateurs skip) a worked example showing what good looks like. Structure follows the transformation: where the reader starts, the reps that build each skill, checkpoints where they see their own progress. If your material began life as a course, workshop, or coaching method, the exercises already exist — they're what you make clients do; the workbook is them, ordered and printed.
Claude converts method to workbook mechanics well: tell it the transformation and feed it your material (slides, session notes, the book this companions) and it drafts exercise sequences, self-assessments, and reflection prompts — then typesets them with actual room to write, which is where DIY workbooks die. Lines spaced for handwriting, tables that fit real answers, a margin rule that survives a spiral of coffee.
Business note for coaches and course-builders: the printed workbook is the highest-margin, lowest-effort physical product a method business has — cohorts order per seat through the storefront, print-on-demand means no inventory, and the object outlasts the login.
- Every exercise gets a worked example — "see what done looks like" halves abandonment
- Prototype with three users and watch where their pens hesitate; that's where instructions are missing
How it works
1. Bring the method Describe the transformation your workbook drives, and attach the raw material — slides, session notes, the companion book.
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
Coil or paperback for a workbook?
Coil if it's used flat on a desk while working (it stays open at the exercise); paperback if it ships in bulk to a cohort or needs a printed spine on a shelf. Same interior prints either way — some course-builders offer both and let buyers choose.
Can it be a companion to a book or course I already have?
Yes — upload the book or course material and Claude builds the exercise layer against it, chapter by chapter, so the workbook tracks the source. "Do the thing chapter 4 taught" is exactly what companions are for.
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.