Two Weeks Off in Thirty Years
A drama about a man who finally takes the vacation he has been postponing since the children were small, and finds out what he was avoiding. Written for the dad who never sat down.
The Father's Day Gift He Will Actually Keep
A real 220+ page novel with your dad as the main character, made from ten answers, read in full before you pay and handed over on the third Sunday in June.
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Father's Day comes with a deadline
Father's Day is the third Sunday in June, and what he gets is usually a variation on something he already owns. A novel in which he is the main character is not. You answer up to ten questions about him, the job he pretends to complain about, the trip he still talks about, the tool he will not let anyone borrow, and our AI writes the book from those answers: a real 220+ page novel, about 18 to 20 chapters, with a cover you choose and your name on it as the author.
The date is fixed, so ordering is the only planning you have to do. For a printed book, order by about the last week of May: printing takes about three business days and free standard shipping inside the US is an estimated 11 to 14 business days. Express shipping buys you until roughly the start of June, also estimated. If June has already arrived, the digital edition is delivered within 24 hours, and both printed editions include the digital copy anyway.
Choose from 14 genres. Life Story if you want his actual life, in order, told properly for once. Adventure or thriller if that is what he reads. Comedy if his jokes deserve a permanent record, which is a matter of family debate. If this is his first Father's Day, the story can be about the man he was up to the day everything changed. Get your brothers and sisters to help with the answers and put all of the names in the dedication. Nothing is charged before you have read it: the book is written and laid out in about an hour, we email you when it is ready, and you get a complete preview of the story and the cover options, with the chance to change your answers, the title and the cover, before you pay.
Three Father's Day novels, sorted by the dad
Rookie Season
A story about the first year of being somebody's father, written for a first Father's Day. He is the main character rather than the audience, and the last chapter is the one he reads twice.
The Coach Nobody Voted For
A comedy about a man who volunteers to run something he is in no way qualified to run, and does it anyway, badly, for years, until it works. Built out of his own sayings.
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@ann_avni
A whole novel where I'm the main character. Still can't believe it's real 🥹
2,057Personal Keepsake
@kristenrae94
His reaction reading the novel I made about him 😂 Best gift I've ever given.
3,902For My Husband
@itstal
Someone turned our story into a real printed novel. Couldn't stop smiling 🧡
2,644Surprise Gift
@christinahoward
"Sean Howard's Five-Year Plan for Loving His Wife" — a real printed novel starring my husband 📖❤️
2,481Anniversary Gift
@markyy
Made my best friend the hero of his own sales thriller 😂 He completely lost it.
1,764Best Friend Gift
@nocona.jw
The moment he realized the whole book is about HIM 📖
1,932For My Husband
@katie_madison
Wrote him into his own novel. He went quiet, then read it all night 🥹
2,318For My Partner
How It Works
Three steps. Five minutes. A book they'll keep forever.
1
Describe the main character
Share a few details — personality, hobbies, and what makes them unique.
2
Review and customize
Read through every chapter, choose a cover, and tweak anything you want.
3
We print and ship it
A professionally printed book delivered to your door, on us.
1
Describe the main character
Share a few details — personality, hobbies, and what makes them unique.
2
Review and customize
Read through every chapter, choose a cover, and tweak anything you want.
3
We print and ship it
A professionally printed book delivered to your door, on us.
The Gift They Never Stop Talking About
Real words from our customers, shared with their permission
When it came to writing and putting my vision onto paper, I faced significant challenges. BeTheAuthor gave me a way to bring my ideas to life... It helped shape and refine what I was trying to express without losing the heart of my story. This isn't just a platform to me, this is the doorway to success.
Jenny D. - Homeschooling mom of eight
Verified customerJune 21, 2026
40+ books created
I absolutely love the book. Thank y'all so much, you did a fantastic job putting my words together. The way you put the entire storyline together absolutely captured my son and his dogs, exactly what they are. My family that has read these two books wants to keep them.
Brenda C.
Verified customerJuly 18, 2026
2 books with 8+ copies
The book is so beautiful it made me cry. All of us love the cover photo of our Mother. My brother and his wife are enjoying it, my sister is still reading, we all love it. You did an awesome job, I can't thank you enough. Highly recommend.
Marilyn N.
Verified customerJuly 17, 2026
5 books with 10+ copies
When it came to writing and putting my vision onto paper, I faced significant challenges. BeTheAuthor gave me a way to bring my ideas to life... It helped shape and refine what I was trying to express without losing the heart of my story. This isn't just a platform to me, this is the doorway to success.
Jenny D. - Homeschooling mom of eight
Verified customerJune 21, 2026
40+ books created
I absolutely love the book. Thank y'all so much, you did a fantastic job putting my words together. The way you put the entire storyline together absolutely captured my son and his dogs, exactly what they are. My family that has read these two books wants to keep them.
Brenda C.
Verified customerJuly 18, 2026
2 books with 8+ copies
The book is so beautiful it made me cry. All of us love the cover photo of our Mother. My brother and his wife are enjoying it, my sister is still reading, we all love it. You did an awesome job, I can't thank you enough. Highly recommend.
Marilyn N.
Verified customerJuly 17, 2026
5 books with 10+ copies
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Every book is 220+ pages, professionally typeset, and made to last.
Launch Pricing — Limited Time
Digital
$39$29
- PDF download
- Delivered within 24 hours
Best Value
Paperback
$49$39
- Soft cover
- Free shipping
Hardcover
$69$59
- Premium binding
- Free shipping
Digital
$39$29
- PDF download
- Delivered within 24 hours
Best Value
Paperback
$49$39
- Soft cover
- Free shipping
Hardcover
$69$59
- Premium binding
- Free shipping
What people ask before ordering for Father's Day
Father's Day is the third Sunday in June, so for a printed book order by about the last week of May. That is an estimate: allow about three business days of printing and an estimated 11 to 14 business days for free standard shipping inside the US, with priority and express faster at checkout. The digital edition arrives within 24 hours if you are already close to the date.
Not really, because this is not an object to store; it is a book about him. The first thing he will do is check whether you got the details right. If he genuinely does not read, the digital copy included with both printed editions can be read at any text size.
Yes. Pick the Life Story genre and the book follows the shape of his life using what you tell us, written with scenes rather than as a list of dates. It is a portrait rather than a record, and every copy carries a short note that the story is a work of fiction.
Answer the questions about him, not about the baby. What he does, what he is good at, where he is from, the thing he always says, the people around him. The novel then has him as the main character in the year his life changed shape, which is the version worth keeping.
Yes. One person answers the questions, which takes about five minutes, and the dedication page holds every name you want in it. Additional copies of the same book cost less when you add them to the same order, so each of you can keep one.
The Digital Edition is $29, the Paperback is $39 and the Hardcover is $59. Both printed editions include the digital copy, and standard shipping within the US is free.
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