User guide · November 2026
How to use NovaTek: step by step
NovaTek takes you from an idea to a finished, print-ready book in 16 steps. Work on a computer at app.novatekbookpublishing.com or on the iPhone app: your books are the same everywhere you sign in. You can speak or type in English, French or Kreyòl. Lire en français.
Free trial: the idea interview, your chapter plan, writing help for chapter 1, and a PDF sample of that chapter.
Part 1: Get started
1. Sign in
Enter your email and tap Email me a sign-in link, or choose Continue with Google or Continue with Apple. No password is needed. On the iPhone app, type the code from the email instead of tapping the link.
2. Start a new book
On your home screen, tap Start a new book. Choose the language of the book and the language you want to talk in, then pick I have an idea or I already have a manuscript, and tap Start my book.
3. Tell us your idea
Tap Start the interview. NovaTek asks simple questions, one at a time: who the book is for, what it offers, and why you are the one to write it. Type, or tap the microphone and speak. It takes about 10 to 15 minutes.
Already have a manuscript? Upload a Word, PDF, text or Markdown file (up to 150,000 words) or a Google Docs link, and check what NovaTek understood.
4. Check your Book Brief
At the end you get a one-page summary: working title, audience, promise, type of book, length, tone and language. Change anything that isn't right, then tap Save changes. Everything later is built on it.
Part 2: Write your book
5. Plan your chapters
Tap Suggest chapters from my Book Brief. Rename, reorder with the arrows, delete or add chapters. Deleted chapters can be restored for 30 days.
6. Write a chapter
Tap Write next to a chapter. Type, or tap Speak and talk: in English and French your words appear as you speak; in Kreyòl they appear when you stop. Everything saves automatically.
7. Write with your AI partner
Tap Write with AI. It knows your whole book. Ask it to write a first draft, continue from where you stopped, give honest feedback, make the chapter tighter, or ask you questions to bring back details. Its text appears first; nothing changes until you tap Accept. Select a passage first to have it rewrite only that part.
8. Preview your pages
Open the chapter preview to see it laid out like a printed book, in the size you choose, and download a PDF.
Part 3: Make it richer
9. Add photos and documents
Open Photos & documents. Add JPG or PNG photos (up to 15 MB each) and choose where each goes: inside a chapter, a photo section, your author photo or the cover. Add documents (PDF, Word, text or scans) as facts for writing or as an example of the style you want.
10. Tables, charts, illustrations and sources
In a chapter, tap Table / chart to make a table, bar, line or pie chart from numbers you type or paste from a spreadsheet, or ask the AI partner in the chat.
On unlocked books you can also make AI illustrations in one style for the whole book (up to 30, 2 versions each time) and ask the AI partner to find facts and quotes online, each shown with its source. Accepted sources print as numbered notes.
11. Collect family stories
Open Family stories, type a relative's name and up to 8 questions, and tap Create private link. They answer without an account. Nothing goes into your book until you tap Use in my book.
Part 4: Finish and publish
12. Open every chapter
Tap Unlock this book and choose a plan. You pay once per book, with no subscription: Author $179 (about 50,000 words) or Legacy $259 (about 90,000 words). Payment is by card through Stripe; all sales are final. An Author book can move up to Legacy for the $80 difference.
13. Make your cover and files
Open My book files. Check your title, design your cover, choose your book size, then download what Amazon KDP needs: the print interior (PDF), the print cover (PDF), the ebook (EPUB) and the ebook cover (JPG). KDP paperbacks need 24 to 828 pages; the app shows your page count.
14. Publish on Amazon KDP
Sign in to your own free account at kdp.amazon.com. Create a paperback and an ebook, upload the matching files (use the same book size), and always check KDP's previewer before you publish. Your Amazon account and royalties stay yours.
15. Get printed copies
Open Get my printed copy. Before publishing, order up to 5 proof copies to check your book. After publishing, order 1 to 999 author copies at printing cost.
Part 5: Share
16. Share NovaTek with a friend
Tap Share NovaTek on your home screen or this page and send your link by WhatsApp, text or email. Your friend gets 10% off their first book, and you earn $20 in credit when they unlock one (up to $100).
Need help?
- Tap Chat with Nova in the corner for quick answers.
- Email support@novatekbookpublishing.com or call (954) 609-8414.
- Amazon KDP doesn't accept books written in Haitian Creole yet; you can still make the files for a bilingual edition or to print elsewhere.