Turn my book into an AI chatbot

Here’s how you can use Coachvox AI to turn your book into an interactive, AI-powered chatbot

Are you an author looking for innovative ways to bring your book to life and engage with your audience? Imagine transforming the stories, insights, or wisdom from your book into an interactive AI chat experience. Picture your readers having real-time conversations with your book, diving deeper into its themes, asking questions, and even receiving personalized advice or storytelling.

You’re probably thinking, “Intriguing, but won’t this require a team of developers and a heap of extra budget?” Let’s find out!

What is a "chat to book" AI?

Before we crack onto the step-by-step process, what exactly is an AI-powered chatbot of your book and why should you create one?

With Coachvox AI you can create an AI chatbot based on the content of your book. If fact, we have several creators that have used their books (both fiction and non-fiction) to create an AI. Our tool turns your book into AI training data, which means when your audience interacts with your AI, it uses the content of your book to inform the responses.

There are several uses for an AI based on your book. Firstly, it’s a great way to add personalised value and information to your readers. Second, it’s a highly effective way of promoting your book through press or social media. By directing your audience, both readers and prospective readers, to your AI, you’re going to collect valuable email addresses and audience insights.

How to create an AI chat from my book

Step 1: build the aesthetic

Let’s kick things off by giving your AI a brand and a home. An engaging avatar, cohesive brand colors, and the right font makes your AI visually appealing and memorable to your users.

You could name your book after you, e.g. John Smith AI, or it could be named specifically after your book. Here’s how you bring your AI to life:

You can embed your book’s chat interface right onto your website, even before you upload your book or provide additional training.

Think about the purpose of your book’s interactive AI chat when adding it to your site. Signpost how much value someone can get from the chat to entice them to sign up.

Step 2: Give your AI style and personality

Once the aesthetics are in place, it’s time to infuse your AI chat with character. Here’s where we give your book’s AI a world view and personality.

Even though it will be based on your book, the AI still benefits from an overall guide on conversational style. Your book, of course, is written communication, which sometimes comes across as too formal in a chat like this one.

We also develop a desired coaching style that emotionally resonates with your users.

Coachvox AI makes this process super-simple with a series of sliders to easily set up and tweak the style of your AI.

Step 3: Upload your book's content

Now’s where we upload your book. In Coachvox AI’s training room four, you can literally add your book’s manuscript to be converted to training data! There’s more help on the best way to do this once you open your Coachvox AI account.

Adding more information about you and your expertise will provide the AI model with more context. The more aligned this data is with your own area of expertise, the more valuable and authentic the AI conversations.

Step 4: Fine-tune by chatting to your book's AI

Now that the foundational elements are set, the real magic happens in the fine-tuning. This is your opportunity to interact with your AI, see how it responds, and make any necessary adjustments. Test to see how it uses the content of your book and continues conversations.

Step 5: Share your AI "chat to book"

Once you’re happy with your book’s AI chat, it’s time to share it far and wide. If you’re hoping to gather email addresses from readers and fans to build your list, embed it prominently on your personal website or the specific page or website of your book.

There’s some guidance on creating something compelling on this example landing page.

You could also link your AI from your Amazon author page and mention it on guest podcast appearances or other promotion you’re doing. With Coachvox you can also create a share page, that contains the chat but also key links to more information and services.

What can I do with my book's AI chatbot?

An AI chatbot based on your book is an excellent lead-generation tool; a great way to collect email addresses from individuals that interact with your AI. These could be readers of your book, who’s email addresses you can now collect, or potential readers that want to chat to your AI first. In some ways, an AI chatbot is the ultimate lead magnet.

It’s something that can engage and add value to your audience. That could be your social media followers, members of a group or your existing clients. Simply embed your book’s AI chatbot and share the link.

If you’ve produced other resources or are an online educator, it’s also possible to turn your course into an AI chat.

Start today

Turning your book into an interactive AI chat experience isn’t just a trend provides a meaningful extension of your storytelling. It’s a whole new level of reader engagement, enabling you to add more value and gather their contact details.

From designing the aesthetics to fine-tuning the conversational aspects, every step you take adds layers of depth and interactivity to your written work.

If you’re ready to take your book and your relationship with readers to the next level, the pathway is more accessible than you might think. Why not take that first step today?