As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly create an ebook to sell.

What to actually do

1. Hand it to a person

   The route this page recommends

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Do it yourself

   The distant third

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 2 hours until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open a document and write down the topic, target reader, problem solved, promised outcome, your relevant experience and the material you own or have permission to use.
   2. Gather your original notes, examples and sources, and record the title, author, URL and access date for each source you may rely on.
   3. Paste the prompt and your brief into a chatbot, then ask it for the outline and approve or amend the chapter structure before requesting the draft.
   4. Ask for the ebook chapter by chapter, making the model mark unsupported claims with [CHECK SOURCE] and separating your supplied facts from newly researched material.
   5. Compare every factual statement and quotation against your source list, remove anything you cannot verify, and check that every example, image and extract is yours or permitted for commercial use.
   6. Edit the draft for your own voice and practical experience, then create the contents page, title, description and disclaimer and check the final layout on a phone and an e-reader-sized screen.
   7. Before publishing, check the chosen sales platform's current rules, upload a final proof, and correct the ebook's metadata, links, formatting and rights information.

   Prompt

   Create a commercially useful ebook for readers in the UK.
   
   Topic: [TOPIC]
   Target reader: [TARGET READER]
   Reader's problem or desired result: [PROBLEM OR RESULT]
   My relevant experience and original material: [YOUR NOTES, SOURCES AND EXAMPLES]
   Planned length: [APPROXIMATE LENGTH]
   Tone: clear, practical and plain-spoken
   
   First propose a chapter outline and explain what each chapter will help the reader do. Wait for my approval before drafting the full book.
   
   When drafting:
   - Use only the facts and original material I provide, or clearly identified sources that can be checked.
   - Do not invent statistics, quotations, case studies, testimonials, credentials, results or references.
   - Do not reproduce copyrighted text or imitate a living author's style.
   - Mark every claim that needs checking with [CHECK SOURCE].
   - Distinguish general information from legal, financial, medical or other professional advice, and flag any section that needs review by a suitable UK professional.
   - Include a useful introduction, clear chapter headings, examples, exercises or checklists where they genuinely help, a conclusion and a short contents page.
   - Keep the advice specific to the stated reader and avoid generic filler.
   
   After the draft, provide a fact-check list, a list of claims needing sources, a copyright and permissions checklist, a plain-English disclaimer appropriate to the topic, a back-cover description and ten possible titles. Do not claim that the ebook will sell or produce a particular result.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.