Chapter One
The Usual Desk
Every working day started the same way for someone you love, and the whole place ran a little better for it.
The hero at their usual workplace on an ordinary morning, a colleague beside them, nothing out of place.
Life Milestones
The Next Chapter
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Someone you love spent years doing a job well, and this book marks the day it ends. The early chapters show the work and the people who shared it, the middle follows someone you love into the first free weeks, and the colleagues come back at the end to say what they will remember.
| Format | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Digital | $16.90 | Read tonight, any device |
| Softcover | $44.90 | Printed keepsake |
| Hardcover | $49.90 | Premium keepsake |
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How the story unfolds
These are just sample lines. Your book is written fresh from your answers - their name woven through every page, and the three things you tell us quoted word for word in the chapters.
Chapter Two
The First Free Monday
Then came a Monday with no alarm at all, and someone you love had to decide what an ordinary day was for.
The first free Monday, coffee in hand at an open window, the whole day still unplanned.
Chapter Three
What They Will Remember
At the end, the people from work came back with the stories they had been saving.
Colleagues back together around the hero at a long table, each one clearly holding a story.
These three sample the opening, middle and ending of a 12-chapter book. All twelve are drawn with them in it when the book is made: the cover and chapter one free in your preview, the remaining eleven once you order.
Is this the one?
Who the Next Chapter is for
The Next Chapter is the retirement book. You tell us what the job was and for how long, the line or habit colleagues will remember, and the story only insiders know, and those answers become the opening chapters in the person's own working world. A colleague or a family member can be drawn in from a photo beside them.
Who it suits, and when
It fits anyone leaving work after a long stretch, whether that was a hospital ward, a classroom, a workshop or an office. Uniforms and workplaces are drawn without logos, and real place names stay in the text only. The middle chapters are about what comes next, so it reads as a beginning rather than a farewell.
For Ruth, thirty-eight years on the same ward, and still the calmest person in any room.
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The Next Chapter is a book about a grown-up, written in the voice of a gift book rather than a picture book. During setup you answer three short questions about them, and your answers are quoted word for word in the chapters.
How is The Next Chapter personalized?
You upload a photo of the person the book is about, choose man or woman, and they become the illustrated hero - same face shape, hair and skin tone - recognizable across all 12 chapters. Anyone else in the story is drawn from their own photo, and their name and a dedication are woven in too.
How long is the book, and what formats are there?
Twelve illustrated chapters, one full-page illustration per chapter. Digital is $16.90, softcover $44.90 and hardcover $49.90 plus shipping; the hardcover is a 8x8 inch matt-laminated keepsake.
Can I see it before I pay?
Yes. The cover and the whole first chapter - artwork included - are generated free. You only pay if you want the remaining eleven chapters.
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