Product Updates
May 26, 2026
•4 min readOne-Click Audiobooks Are Now Live
Every book you write in Anthra can now become a fully narrated audiobook with a single click. Here is what changed.
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AI-Powered Book Creation
Write.Illustrate.Narrate.
Anthra turns your ideas into illustrated ebooks, narrated audiobooks, and print-ready paperbacks—drafted, designed, and read aloud in one studio.
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We believe every story deserves to be told—with pictures that bring it to life and a voice that reads it aloud.
Anthra turns ideas into books. Effortlessly. Beautifully.
From the first chapter to the final illustration.
Words, art, and narration woven into one seamless creative tool.
Anthra turns ideas into books. Effortlessly. Beautifully.
From the first chapter to the final illustration.
Words, art, and narration woven into one seamless creative tool.
What Anthra DoesEverything you need to
Everything you need to
make a book
Writing, art, and narration in one place. Anthra handles the heavy lifting so you can focus on the story.
AI Writing
Outline, draft, and rewrite chapters with a co-author that holds your characters, world, and beat sheet in mind.
Planning Workbench
Premise interview, beat sheets, character & world bibles, conflict matrix, mood boards, and era research—all wired into the draft.
Covers & Illustrations
Build the full cover—front, back, and spine—plus chapter art and character portraits in a single locked style.
Audiobook Narration
Cast lifelike voices per character, layer ambience and intro stings, and ship a finished audiobook from the same manuscript.
Export & Print-on-Demand
Export EPUB, PDF, and DOCX, or send your book to Lulu print-on-demand as a paperback—Anthra handles spine width and bleed.
Discover & Sell
Publish to /discover, gate downloads behind email or payment, embed a reader on your own site, and track reader funnels.
The Showcase
Made with Anthra
2026Fantasy
The Midnight Atlas
A cartographer discovers a map that only reveals itself by moonlight, charting cities that vanish at dawn. A sweeping fantasy written, illustrated, and narrated entirely in Anthra.
FantasyIllustratedNarratedEPUB
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2026Children's Picture Book
Pip and the Paper Moon
A little fox folds the moon out of paper and sets off to return it to the sky. A bedtime picture book with hand-drawn-style art and a gentle reading voice for little ones.
Children'sPicture BookBedtimeAudio
Read the Story
2025Memoir
The Quiet Hour
A tender memoir about the small rituals that hold a life together, paired with soft watercolor illustrations and read aloud in the author's chosen voice.
MemoirWatercolorNarratedPDF
Read the StoryHow It WorksFrom idea to
From idea to
finished book
Six steps take a single sentence to an illustrated, narrated, print-ready book you can read, listen to, or sell.
No writing experience needed
Anthra guides you the whole way—you stay in control of the story while it handles the craft.
01
Describe
Drop in a premise, a genre, and a few characters—or import a DOCX, EPUB, MOBI, or PDF manuscript. The premise interview sharpens the idea and auto-detects the genre.
02
Plan
Anthra builds the beat sheet, character bible (want / fear / lie), conflict matrix, mood board, and era research—then grades the outline before you write a word.
03
Write
Draft chapters with continuity across characters and world, with an author copilot you can talk to and run rewrites, prose lint, and sensitivity checks as you go.
04
Illustrate
Compose the full cover—front, back, and spine—plus chapter art and character portraits, all locked to one style.
05
Narrate
Cast a voice per character from the live ElevenLabs library, layer ambience and intro stings, and Anthra packages a finished M4B audiobook.
06
Publish
Ship EPUB, PDF, DOCX, audiobook, and Lulu print-on-demand. Sell on /discover, embed the reader on your own site, or wire everything up via the public REST + MCP API.
"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
Ernest Hemingway
100+Narrator Voices
BetaPublic Access
CapabilitiesOne tool to write,
One tool to write,
illustrate and narrate.
Anthra brings the whole book-making pipeline together. Generate prose, create matching artwork, and add a voice that reads it aloud—without juggling a dozen apps.
Creation
Chapter Drafting & Rewrites95%
Premise, Beats & Outlines92%
Character, World & Style Bible90%
Front / Back / Spine Covers88%
Production
Multi-Voice Narration94%
Author Copilot & Tools90%
EPUB, PDF, DOCX & Print-on-Demand96%
Prose Lint & Sensitivity Read88%
Under the Hood
Frontier LLMsImage GenerationNeural TTSEPUB 3PDF & PoD PaperbackLulu FulfilmentMulti-Voice AudioStyle BibleReader StorefrontAuthor CopilotREST + MCP APIEmbeddable Reader
Credit-Based PricingPay for what
Pay for what
you create.
No subscriptions. Buy a credit pack and spend it on chapters, narration, and illustrations.
Starter
$1.99/ 200 credits
Test
- 200 credits
- AI writing, illustrations & narration
- One-time purchase
Most Popular
Author
$9.99/ 1,000 credits
For authors writing full-length illustrated books
- 1,000 credits
- AI writing, illustrations & narration
- One-time purchase
Studio
$39.99/ 5,000 credits
For prolific writers and teams publishing at scale
- 5,000 credits
- AI writing, illustrations & narration
- One-time purchase
Credits never expire. Need a custom volume? Talk to us
From the Studio
Tips, ideas, and inspiration for writing illustrated, narrated books
Writing Tips
May 20, 2026
•6 min readBeating the Blank Page in the AI Era
Writer’s block is really decision block. A few small techniques—and the right tools—make the first draft far easier.
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Getting Started
May 12, 2026
•5 min readTurn Any Idea Into a Book
How a single sentence can become a fully illustrated, narrated book—and the simple workflow that gets you there.
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Questions & Answers
Everything you need to know about creating books with Anthra
Not at all. Describe your idea and Anthra drafts chapters from an outline and beat sheet. You can edit anything, rewrite passages, or import a manuscript you already have. You always stay in control of the story.
The cover creator builds front, back, and spine panels separately—or generates a single wraparound—then composes them into a print-ready spread. Chapter art and character portraits stay locked to one visual style across the whole book.
Yes. Cast a narrator per character from the live ElevenLabs library—hundreds of lifelike voices, plus voice cloning—layer ambience and intro stings, and Anthra packages a chapter-by-chapter M4B from the same manuscript.
EPUB, PDF, and DOCX for digital, Lulu print-on-demand for paperbacks (Anthra computes spine width and bleed), and M4B / MP3 audiobook files. Every export is generated from the same source manuscript.
Yes. Anthra imports DOC, DOCX, EPUB, MOBI, and PDF. We chapterize the file, build a character and world bible from what you have, and you can illustrate, narrate, and publish from there.
Yes. Anthra ships a public REST API at /api/v1/* with an OpenAPI schema, plus an MCP server at /api/mcp that lets Claude, Cursor, and Claude Code use Anthra as a set of callable tools.
Yes. Publish to the Discover marketplace, gate downloads behind email capture or paid checkout, and follow the reader funnel from your dashboard. Royalties and costs surface on the money dashboard.
You do. The stories, illustrations, and narration you generate are yours. Paid credit packs include a commercial license so you can sell and publish your work.
Yes. New accounts get a welcome credit balance—no card required—so you can write, illustrate, and preview narration on your first short book before buying a credit pack.
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