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Editing your book — text, characters, and illustrations

<p>Once a book is generated, it lives in your library and you can edit anything until you're happy.</p>

<h3>Editing the text</h3>

<p>Click any page of text in the editor and start typing. Changes save automatically.</p>

<ul>

<li>Rewrite a sentence or paragraph</li>

<li>Change a character's name on a single page (or globally)</li>

<li>Add or remove a line</li>

<li>Adjust dialogue tone — make it sillier, calmer, more poetic</li>

</ul>

<p>The text editor uses a child-friendly font and standard formatting. We don't currently support custom fonts or complex layouts inside the editor — books are designed to look consistent end to end.</p>

<h3>Regenerating an illustration</h3>

<p>Click any illustration to open the regeneration panel. You'll see options to:</p>

<ul>

<li><strong>Regenerate with the same setup</strong> — get a fresh take on the same scene</li>

<li><strong>Add notes</strong> — describe what you want differently ("show her smiling," "wider angle," "more colorful background")</li>

<li><strong>Adjust character placement</strong> — move characters around or remove one from this specific scene</li>

</ul>

<p>Each regeneration costs 10 tokens. The new illustration replaces the old one, but you can always regenerate again if it's worse.</p>

<p><strong>Tip</strong>: small, specific notes work better than big ones. "Show his hands together" is more reliable than "make it look more excited."</p>

<h3>Editing how a character looks</h3>

<p>Open the character panel from the editor sidebar. You can adjust:</p>

<ul>

<li>Hair color and style</li>

<li>Eye color</li>

<li>Glasses, freckles, hearing aids, and other features</li>

<li>Outfit (limited — most outfits are story-specific)</li>

</ul>

<p>Changes to a character's look apply to <strong>new</strong> illustration generations going forward. To update existing illustrations to the new look, regenerate them.</p>

<h3>Adding or removing characters</h3>

<p>In the character panel you can:</p>

<ul>

<li>Add a new character (sibling, grandparent, pet, friend)</li>

<li>Remove a character you no longer want in the book</li>

<li>Adjust which characters appear on which page</li>

</ul>

<p>There are limits on how many characters a single book can support, and on how many can appear in one illustration. The editor will tell you if you've hit a limit.</p>

<p>Some things are baked into the template and can't be changed after generation:</p>

<ul>

<li>The overall story arc</li>

<li>The illustration style (cartoon vs watercolor vs storybook, etc.)</li>

<li>The book length (number of pages)</li>

<li>The book's language</li>

</ul>

<p>If you want a different story, style, length, or language, the best option is to start a new book from a different template — your token cost for text is only 1 token, so it's a cheap restart.</p>

<h3>Saving and coming back later</h3>

<p>The editor saves continuously. You can close the tab and come back days or weeks later — your book will be exactly where you left it. Books stay in your library indefinitely.</p>

Updated on: 20/05/2026

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