Universal Book Engineer: AI Publisher & Ghostwriter
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Universal Book Engineer: AI Publisher & Ghostwriter
Turn ChatGPT/Gemini conversations (or other text), into industry-standard PDFs & EPUBs. Features "Fractal Expansion" to write full books from ideas. Specialized layout engines for Novels, Islamic/Scriptural texts, Children's books, and Technical Manuals. Includes DALL-E 3 art integration.
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📚 Universal Book Engineer: Chat-to-Book Studio
Turn ChatGPT/Gemini shared links, Google Docs, and messy text into professional, genre-specific books. Features "Architectural Formatting" to generate Novels, Manuals, and Archives.
🚀 What is this Actor?
The Universal Book Engineer is a sophisticated publishing engine designed to bridge the gap between ephemeral digital text (AI chats, streams, blogs) and enduring physical media (PDF Books).
It is the first Apify Actor capable of scraping dynamic AI conversation links (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude) and transforming them into production-ready books with correct typography, margins, and structure.
✨ New Features
- 🔗 Universal Ingestion: Paste
chatgpt.com/share/...org.co/gemini/share/...links directly. The Actor uses a Headless Browser to render and extract the conversation. - 🏗️ 5 Genre Architectures: It doesn't just format text; it applies specific "Physics" (margins, fonts, layouts) based on the genre (e.g., Warning boxes for Manuals, Chat bubbles for Archives).
- 📚 Multi-Source Merging: Combine 10 different chat links into a single Anthology or interleave them chronologically.
- 🌍 RTL Support: Full support for Arabic, Hebrew, and Urdu layouts (Right-to-Left).
🏛️ The 5 Genre Architectures
When you run the Actor, you select a Target Genre. The engine applies specific CSS Paged Media standards for that industry:
| Genre Mode | Transformation Logic | Physical Specs | Special Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📘 Novel | Narrative Adaptation: Rewrites chat logs into past-tense prose. Removes timestamps. | 6" x 9" Garamond (Serif) | Indented paragraphs, Drop Caps, Dynamic Headers. |
| 💾 Documentary | Direct Translation: Preserves the chat format exactly for archiving history. | 6" x 9" System Sans | Visual Chat Bubbles, Sender Colors (Blue/Gray), Timestamp Metadata. |
| 🎓 Philosophy | Academic Rigor: Structures arguments into logical numbered sections (§1, §2). | 5.5" x 8.5" Caslon/Bembo | Footnotes (Auto-converted from links), Asymmetrical Margins for notes. |
| 🛠️ Manual | Technical Safety: Preserves steps. Scans for hazards. | 8.5" x 11" Inter/Helvetica | ANSI Z535 Safety Boxes (Danger/Warning/Caution colors), 2-Column Grid. |
| 🧸 Children's | Visual Rhythm: Condenses text to <50 words/page. | 8.5" x 8.5" Century Gothic | Full Bleed layouts, Large typography for early readers. |
⚙️ How to Use
1. Source Material 🔗
You can provide a single link or a List of Links:
- AI Shares:
https://chatgpt.com/share/xxxxorhttps://g.co/gemini/share/xxxx. - Google Docs:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/xxxx(Must be set to "Anyone with link"). - Raw Text: Paste text directly.
2. Merging Strategy 🔀
If you provide multiple links, how should they be combined?
- Anthology Mode: Treats each link as a separate Chapter. Great for collecting short stories or distinct conversations.
- Chronological Mode: Parses timestamps inside the content (if available) and interleaves all messages into a single master timeline.
3. Transformation Mode 🧠
- Adapt (Ghostwrite): Uses GPT-5 to rewrite the content. (e.g., Turns "User: I went to the store" into "He walked to the store under the pale moonlight.")
- Translate (Archive): Preserves the text exactly as is, only applying layout formatting. (Best for "Documentary" mode).
🎨 Professional Output
The Actor generates three files in the Key-Value Store:
- PDF (Print-Ready): High-resolution, CMYK-compatible, properly paginated with widows/orphans control.
- EPUB: Reflowable ebook for Kindle/Apple Books.
- Markdown: The clean source code for future editing.
💰 Cost & Performance
Run Time: Processing shared chat links requires booting a Headless Browser (Playwright). Expect 30-60 seconds per link for extraction.
OpenAI API Costs:
- Formatting Only (Documentary): Very cheap (GPT-5 Mini).
- Ghostwriting (Novel/Philosophy): Higher cost (GPT-5) as the AI must rewrite every sentence.
- Images: DALL-E 3 images cost $0.04/image.
Use the "Dry Run" feature to estimate costs before running a large job.
🛡️ Privacy Note
This Actor renders shared links using a headless browser. It does not access your private account; it only scrapes what is publicly visible via the "Shared Link" URL.
