Creating an e-book has never been easier, thanks to the large context windows of the latest LLM models and new AI-powered design tools. This tutorial will guide you through a streamlined process of crafting an e-book from start to finish, using just your notes, a few prompts, and the AI-powered design tool Gamma.
Note, that even though there are larger context windows than ever before with AI tools, a full-length book exceeds the token limits of most AI tools today, so to generate an entire e-book, you’ll need to loop through each step in this tutorial several times, essentially generating the content and design in batches, depending on the length of your desired e-book.
In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of:
Let’s dive in.
We’re going to partner with Claude to generate the content for our e-book. To get started, we’ll send Claude a detailed prompt with an uploaded document with our notes on a specific topic to generate all the content for our e-book. Make sure to insert your topic into the prompt and upload a document with your notes.
Sample prompt:
You are tasked with generating all the content for an e-book based on uploaded notes about a user-defined topic. Follow these instructions carefully to create a comprehensive and well-structured e-book.
- The user-defined topic for the e-book is: [insert topic]
- Attached are my notes about the topic. [attach notes]
- Analyze the notes and organize the content: a. Identify the main themes and subtopics within the notes. b. Create an outline of the key points and their relationships. c. Determine the logical flow of information for the e-book.
- Create the e-book structure: a. Develop a table of contents with chapters and subheadings. b. Ensure that the structure covers all important aspects of the topic. c. Aim for a balanced distribution of content across chapters.
- Write the content for each section of the e-book: a. Begin with an engaging introduction that outlines the purpose and scope of the e-book. b. For each chapter:
- Write a brief introduction to the chapter's topic.
- Expand on the key points identified in the notes.
- Provide detailed explanations, examples, and context where necessary.
- Ensure smooth transitions between sections and ideas. c. Conclude each chapter with a summary of the main points. d. Write a comprehensive conclusion that ties together the main themes of the e-book.
- Review and refine the content: a. Ensure consistency in tone, style, and terminology throughout the e-book. b. Check for any gaps in information and fill them as needed. c. Verify that all content is relevant to the main topic and supports the e-book's purpose.
- Format the final e-book content: a. Use appropriate headings and subheadings to structure the content. b. Include a title page with the e-book title and a brief description. c. Add page numbers and format the table of contents. d. If applicable, include a glossary of terms and an index.
- Output the generated e-book content: Present the final e-book content in the following format:
[e-book title]
[brief description]
[table of contents with chapters and subheadings]
[the full content of the e-book, including all chapters, sections, and formatting]
[glossary of terms, if applicable]
[index, if applicable]
Remember to maintain a professional and engaging writing style throughout the e-book, catering to the intended audience for the given topic. Ensure that the content is well-organized, informative, and provides value to the reader.
<aside> 💡 Tip: Make sure you have Artifacts enabled so that your generation appears in the Artifacts preview window. You can follow these official instructions from Anthropic to enable Artifacts.
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Claude will generate a structured output of the content for your e-book. But it will get cut off before finishing because even though the context window for Claude 3.5 Sonnet is large, it can’t output an entire e-book in one generation. But that’s no problem, we can ask it to continue generating the book from where it was cut off.
Sample prompt:
Continue generating the text were you were cut off.
<aside> 💡 Tip: With Artifacts enabled, Claude will generate a new “Version” for each continuation of the e-book generation. Think of each version as a text chunk of your e-book.
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Keep prompting Claude to generate the rest of the e-book until it outputs the entire text of the e-book in the Artifacts’ preview window.