Novellum Reviews — Discover what people think of this product.

What it is

Novellum is a bookshop with no shelves. You tell Sarah, the bookseller, what you want: two genres, the hero's name, the people around them, the place, the thing that should happen. About two hours later a finished, typeset novel arrives in your inbox as EPUB and PDF. Nobody else will ever read the same book.

How it works

1. Tap up to two genres (fantasy, romance, mystery, sci-fi, adventure, thriller, historical, horror, comedy, fairy tale) and they get blended into one story.
2. Fill in the brief: names, setting, what matters, what must happen.
3. Read the real first page before you pay. If it is not right, change the brief.
4. Pay $2.99 for a Short (around 30,000 words). Add the audiobook, read by one of four narrators, for $5 more.

What it is good for

Gifts with someone's actual name and life in them, bedtime books starring your own kids, a story set in your town, or simply the book you wanted to read and could not find.

Honesty

The books are machine-written and we say so before you pay, in the book itself, and in the terms. No account needed. Built and run from Cape Town by one person.