If you’re looking for a great, unique gift for the book lover in your life this holiday season, it might be time to create a custom book! Write a book yourself using Keepster and deliver the ultimate, unforgettable gift.
Book lovers can be hard to shop for, you never know what they’ve just finished reading. You may not keep up with their favorite genre so you can't confidently recommend compelling new novels. That means you’re often better off creating something unique to tell a story that only you can tell. Your custom book will hit your favorite book lover in all the right places.
Page turn after page turn, keep your book lover’s eyes peeled on every page with a custom texting book by Keepster. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be Hemingway to move them with your new release. All you have to do is plug in your texts and chats from SMS, iMessage, Whatsapp, Viber, Hike and Line along with images you’ve shared or stored in your phone. This simple hack leverages the best stories your favorite book lover has shared with you and turns them into your custom Keepster book.
Why Book Lovers Love Keepster Books for Gifts
Keepster helps protect archived text messages and photos that can be used for the perfect digital or printed book gift. If you have someone who you love and respect, why not give them a book that solidifies your relationship with them this holiday season with a one-of-a-kind Keepster custom book? Keepster is the ultimate gift for book lovers because we specialize in telling the story that you and that special person have created and molded by your experiences and relationship.
Why Keepster Books are the Perfect, Unique Stories for Book Lovers
Do you have someone in your life who lives and breathes books? Gift-giving is more meaningful when you exchange something thoughtful and physical. If you are looking for the ultimate gift for a book lover in your life then they will be thrilled to receive this totally personalized, sentimental and beautiful custom book.
Your customized book should be special, represent your book lover and reflect their unique perspectives. Take a little kindness and mix it with a personal touch to create a keepsake that will get prime real estate on your favorite book lover’s bookshelf or coffee table.
Getting Started Making a Keepster Book
In the Keepster app, start off by making a folder of selected messages and saving it. You can always go back to the folder and select Edit Folder to make a change to the title or names of the participants in the chat. ,
To add more messages or remove a selection, you can do that by selecting the Edit Messages tab. Also if you’d like to add in more content, such as photos or introduce text to include chapters, or fill in the backstory, you can do so by selecting the Edit Messages tab and inserting it between texts, or wherever you see a plus sign.
The next step to start making a book is from the Keepsters tab on the home screen. Simply click the “+ projects” link to the right of the folder name to jump right into the process.
The other way to get started making a book is to open the keepster folder and go to the “My Projects” tab.
My Projects
The My Projects tab in the ‘hamburger’ menu is where you will find all the projects that you've created. It is also possible to have multiple projects based on a single folder. This means that for each project you can personalize your Keepster Book cover, title, and dedication to make several versions of a book ... but, use the same saved messages as the contents.
If you haven’t created a Keepster Book, you won’t see any projects under the Projects tab. menu. If you do have saved projects they will be individually listed under the My Project tab along with buttons to resume working on your project or move forward with ordering.
For more information on customization tools, take a look at the next steps for customization options in creating your perfect book. The link can be found below at the bottom of this article.
What to Say When Gifting a Custom Book
When you’re creating a custom book, technically speaking, the entire book could be considered a dedication and it wouldn’t necessarily require a separate, special note. That said, every Keepster book has a space to create a thoughtful and direct dedication message.
We’ve drafted a few examples opening lines or taglines to help you get started with ideas of what to say when gifting your custom book. Here are some of our favorite dedication messages we’ve seen for inspiration:
DEDICATIONS FOR THE BOOK LOVER
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To the only person that ever inspired me to write a book.
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To Leon for his literary tolerance while reading this book. While I’m no Hemingway, he never answered LOL to anything you wrote.
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To all of the above-average-books that THIS MIND BLOWING BOOK will ultimately share a shelf with: thanks for making room.
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Inspired by true events and ripped from real text messages, this book is dedicated to Brenda, the world’s biggest non-fiction fan and avid crime-novel reader.
FUNNY BOOK DEDICATIONS
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For the one person marked as favorites in my Messenger.
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To Julia, who always knows the exact emoji to send in every situation.
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Keep this book for backup because…. Myspace.
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A special book of text messages that you can’t turn into a group chat.
TOUCHING BOOK DEDICATIONS
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For the person I know I could never live life without.
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Mom/Dad, thanks for helping me become the person that I am.
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To the person who floods my phone with texts and my heart with love.
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I love you. Let’s get married. Turn around, I have a ring.
No matter who inspired you to create this custom Keepster book, finding the right tagline for them can make or break your gifting experience with Keepster. You know your audience and their style, taste, and sense of humor: so get creative. Set them up with a smile on the very first page with your custom dedication and message.
How to Gift a Keepster Book to a Non-Book Lover?
The great thing about Keepster books is that they’re created from meaningful and deeply personal messages. Keepster acts as a type of modern keepsake, we love holding onto precious texts and images that highlight the best qualities of this relationship. People hold on to old phones just so they don’t lose the photos and texts that they had from another era. Unlike hanging onto that phone, transforming your memories into a physical book allows you to get rid of an obsolete device and replace it with something that gets you the memories you crave in a way you can cherish them.
Your book doesn’t have to be overly text-heavy for people who aren’t big readers, and that can be a relief for the book creators, too. Crafting a book from scratch can be hard, but it becomes much easier when you leverage messages and memories carried around on our smartphones. Don’t weigh yourself down with the pressure of creating a story that already exists in a different form, just plug in and backup to our app and let your SMS history help you tell a story with a few clicks of a button.
Keepster: A Perfect Holiday Gift
The best gifts are those that come from the heart. Those that are more valuable than a brand new piece of technology or outfit. Creating a custom book is the best way to share something meaningful from life that can be passed on for generations to come. Keepster is the ultimate holiday gift and is recommended for any occasion and any holiday celebration. Give the gift of love this season.
For More Information on How to Create a Custom Keepster Book
Keepster books start at your text messages. These text messages make up the Keepster story you are wanting to tell. In order to create a custom Keepster book you have to first know how to make your Keepster book. Here is a few of the steps that are outlined from another blog of ours titled “How to make Keepster books”.
Getting started making a Keepster Book
In the Keepster app, Keepster Books are “projects”. You can start a project and save it as you make progress. You can also step back into your project to make a change or to edit a selection, if needed.
There are a few ways to get started making your Keepster Book. The first and quickest way to start making a book is from the Keepsters tab on the home screen. Simply click the “+ projects” link to the right of the folder name to jump right into the process.
The other way to get started making a book is to open the keepster folder and go to the “My Projects” tab.
MY PROJECTS TAB
The My Projects tab is where you will find all the projects that you've created based on that particular Keepster folder. You can have multiple projects based on a single folder. This means you can personalize your Keepster Book cover, title, and dedication to make several versions of the book ... but, use the same saved messages as the content of your book.
If you haven’t created a Keepster Book, you won’t see any projects in your folder. To get started with your first project click the Create a New Keepster book button.
If you do have projects saved in your folder, you will see them listed on the My Project tab along with buttons to resume working on your project or move forward with ordering.
To learn more about customization options for your Keepster book, check out our Book Specs & Pricing.
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