NovelistAI
AI book writing platform that also generates cover art, page illustrations and audiobook narration.
NovelistAI is an AI book writing platform. NovelistAI guides an author through choosing a format, model and language, drafts the text page by page, and adds generated covers, illustrations and audiobook narration. Books can be written in more than 88 languages, and generation is paid for with credits, including a small free monthly allowance.
Best for Hobby writers and self-publishers who want text, cover art and narration for a book produced in one place.
- Platforms
- Web
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Free plan
- Yes
- Made by
- AI4Projects OÜ
- Added
Last verified: . Information taken from novelistai.com.
What is NovelistAI?
NovelistAI is a web platform for writing books with generative AI and publishing them to a shared library. A guided setup asks for a format, an AI model, a language and an age rating, then produces a title and opening that the author extends page by page. Supported formats are novels, short tales, non-fiction, poetry, scripts and gamebooks, the last of which branch according to reader choices. Writing is available in more than 88 languages. Alongside text, the service generates covers and page illustrations with image models such as Seedream, Ideogram, Recraft and Flux, and converts pages into narration using stock voices or a voice cloned from an uploaded sample. Finished books can be exported or read by others on the site. Generation is paid for with credits, and a free tier provides a small monthly allowance.
Key Features
Guided Book Creation
Walks through format, model, language and age rating, then drafts a title and introduction to build on.
Six Writing Formats
Covers novels, tales, non-fiction, poetry, scripts and branching gamebooks with multiple endings.
Cover and Illustration Generator
Creates cover art and page images from automatic or custom prompts, with an option to place the title on the cover.
Instruction-Based Image Editing
Changes an existing cover or illustration from a plain-language request, such as adding or removing an element.
Audiobook Narration
Reads pages aloud with a selected voice engine and can merge all narrated pages into one audio file.
Public Library
Hosts free novels and gamebooks that members can read, bookmark and comment on.
How NovelistAI works
Open Write a Book
Go to the writing section and follow the guided steps.
Choose the settings
Select the format, AI model, language and age rating.
Describe the concept
Define the story idea and any extra options.
Generate and continue
The AI produces the title and introduction, and you add pages, images and audio from there.
Screenshots
Use Cases
- Drafting a First Novel
- Develop a story idea chapter by chapter with AI suggestions.
- Interactive Gamebooks
- Write a choose-your-path adventure with several storylines.
- Self-Published Cover Art
- Generate a cover that includes the book's title.
- Narrating in Your Own Voice
- Upload a voice sample and produce an audiobook from the text.
- Writing in Another Language
- Compose a story in a language other than English.
Things to know
- Credit cost depends on the model
- The exact credit price is shown before each generation and varies by text, image or voice model.
- Credit packs do not unlock features
- One-off credit packages add credits only; premium features need an active subscription.
- Commercial use is tied to a plan
- The plan list places commercial use under the Pro plan, while Free and Premium are described for personal use.
FAQs
What is NovelistAI?
NovelistAI is an online platform that uses AI to help write novels, stories and interactive books, and to create matching covers and audiobooks.
What is NovelistAI used for?
NovelistAI is used to draft books in several formats, illustrate them, turn them into narrated audio and share or read them in a public library.
Is NovelistAI free?
NovelistAI has a free plan with 10 credits per month for personal use. The free tier excludes PDF export and editing, which belong to paid plans.
How much does NovelistAI cost?
NovelistAI offers Free, Premium and Pro plans plus one-off credit packages. See the pricing section of the official site for current figures.
How do NovelistAI credits work?
NovelistAI charges credits per generation: 1 to 30 per page of text, 1 to 10 per image and 1 to 5 per page of audio, depending on the model chosen.
What languages does NovelistAI support?
NovelistAI says books can be written in more than 88 languages.
What export formats does NovelistAI offer?
NovelistAI's news section describes four export formats: EPUB, PDF, plain text and audiobook.
Who makes NovelistAI?
NovelistAI is described on the site as a product of AI4Projects OÜ.
Who it's for
- Aspiring novelists
- Self-publishers
- Hobby writers
- Interactive fiction authors
- Readers
Used in these workflows
- Producing an audiobook with AI narration, from manuscript to releaseStage 3: Generating the narration
- A children's picture book, start to finish: where AI tools help and where they don'tStage 4: Illustrating the pages
- Producing an audiobook with AI narration, from manuscript to releaseStage 6: Cover art
- AI tools for writing a book, from the first idea to launch weekStage 6: Cover and illustrations
- A children's picture book, start to finish: where AI tools help and where they don'tStage 7: Read-aloud narration
Each guide lists the stages of one job and the tools that help at each stage. All guides
Comments
No comments yet. If you have used NovelistAI, tell other readers how it went.
Alternatives to NovelistAI
| Tool | Free plan | Starting price | API |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | |
| — | — | Yes | |
| Yes | — | — | |
| — | — | — | |
| Yes | — | — |
Listed in the same categories as NovelistAI. A starting price appears only where we checked it on the maker’s pricing page; a dash means not checked or not published. All Story & Creative Writing tools