How It Works
BoundHive does not hide a whole-book workflow behind one generate button. Each stage shows what it needs, what it changed, and what requires your approval.
Browse FeaturesEvery plan keeps the brief, manuscript, metadata, cover assets, validation, and exports in one private workspace.
Each generation task shows its credit cost before it starts.
Build and review with Plus
Saved book projects - Keep the brief, format, outline, manuscript sections, metadata, and review history together.
Visible credit decisions - Review the cost of a plan, manuscript section, illustration, or cover request before generation begins. Editing, saving, uploading your own images, and exporting without new generation use no credits.
Reviewed publishing package - Export supported manuscript files, metadata, assets, validation findings, and a KDP upload checklist.
Expand production with Double Plus
Everything in Plus - Keep the same editable workflow, validation record, and private project history.
2.5× the monthly credits - 2,500 credits each billing period for longer manuscripts, illustrated projects, revisions, and several active books.
Illustration and cover workflow - Generate or upload images, keep selected versions, and prepare artwork separately from the final print wrap.
Connected publication fields - Review titles, descriptions, keywords, categories, disclosure notes, and pricing assumptions before export.
The checkout shows the billing interval, the credits included, renewal terms, and taxes before payment. Credits are granted for each paid billing period and unused credits do not carry over. BoundHive does not promise Amazon acceptance, ranking, or sales.
The saved project connects the specification, author brief, generated material, revisions, validation findings, and exported package.
1. Specify and
Describe the Book
2. Draft, Inspect,
and Revise
3. Validate, Export,
and Submit
What should I decide before generating?
Choose the intended reader, outcome, scope, format, trim size, interior type, and approximate length. BoundHive identifies missing or incompatible choices before estimating the work.
Does BoundHive generate the whole book in one irreversible step?
No. The project advances through reviewable stages: brief, outline, manuscript, metadata and assets, validation, then export. You can stop, edit, and regenerate a selected part.
When are generation credits used?
BoundHive shows an estimate before a generation job, reserves the required amount while it runs, and records completed usage. A validation-only edit does not silently regenerate content.
What happens when I change the trim size later?
The project marks dependent layout, cover, and validation results as stale. You review the affected choices and create a fresh export for the new specification.
What do I do after export?
Open the package, compare the final files and metadata with the validation report, then enter the supplied publication data and upload the files in your own KDP account.
Each task starts with the question, gives a direct answer, and links the guide that explains it, the free check that settles it, and the next step in a book project.
Check the complete combination first: a trim size, ink and paper type, and page count must be a supported KDP set, and the page count then fixes the minimum inside margin and whether the interior needs a bleed page size.
Set the format in a book projectThe cover width is back cover plus spine plus front cover plus bleed on both sides; the spine width is the final even page count multiplied by the paper-specific factor Amazon publishes, so the cover cannot be sized before the interior page count is final.
Prepare the cover in a book projectWrite the brief first, generate a structure you can edit, then draft and revise the manuscript in reviewable sections so one change never overwrites work you already approved.
Start a book project from a briefCheck the mechanical limits first, then make sure title, subtitle, categories, and description describe the same book for the same reader; a keyword is useful when it matches how that reader searches, not because it is popular.
Draft the listing fields in a book projectReview facts, rights, and source material yourself, record which parts were AI-assisted or AI-generated so you can answer Amazon’s disclosure question accurately, and treat every automated check as a starting point rather than a verdict.
See what the compliance checks coverPrinting cost follows from the trim, ink, and page count, the list price sets the royalty after that cost, and the production budget should be estimated before generation starts, so compare these numbers before you commit to a format or a plan.
See what a book project costs in credits