Publishing a Book in Three Days with an AI Production Partner
Writing a good book takes time and many, many revisions. My latest book, Harnessing the Machine, has been in the works for several months and has gone through 19 major revisions. Once you have material you’re happy with, you still have to make sure it’s all arranged in the right order and properly formatted. That’s the part that most authors underestimate
For me, the hardest part of publishing a book isn’t writing it. It’s production: formatting, proofreading, cover art, metadata, keywords. The twenty steps between “done writing” and “live on Amazon.”
I published my latest book today. 21 chapters, 23,000 words. Three days from manuscript assembly to live on Kindle.
My AI assistant handled the build. I’d dictate scenes; it would weave them into chapters and maintain continuity across the full manuscript. When done, it proofread three file formats, caught corrupted font encoding in the PDF, and found 5 text errors I’d missed.
Then it generated the Amazon description, keywords, back cover copy, and pricing—all from the actual content.
My time: dictating, reviewing, making editorial calls. The AI handled everything else.
OpenClaw is a self-hosted AI assistant that runs 24/7 on your own server.
I teach a class on setting up and getting the most from OpenClaw — details at themeperks.com/openclaw-course/.
