How to turn a book summary into a video

To turn a book summary into a video, write the book's key ideas in your own words, paste them into the box below, and pick a visual style, a voice and a length in Faceless. It writes the narration, adds word-timed captions and a picture for every scene, and renders a vertical video for 20 credits.

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What makes a book summary work as a short video?

Book summary channels work because one book gives you many videos: a nonfiction book with 12 chapters usually has 8 to 15 ideas worth a minute each. What makes them last is that the summary is yours. Write the ideas in your own words, name the book and author, and never paste passages from the book to be read out, which copies the author's text. Faceless turns your summary into a spoken script, draws a picture for each scene, adds word-timed captions and renders a 9:16 video up to 90 seconds. Each video in the Storyboard style costs 20 credits, and plans start at $29/month on the Starter plan.

How do I turn a book summary into a video?

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Pick one idea from the book per video

A whole book in 60 seconds is a list of titles. One idea, with the example the author uses for it, is a video people finish. Plan the book as a set of 5 to 10 short videos.

2

Write the summary in your own words

Start with the book title and author, then the idea in two or three sentences of your own. Do not paste quotes or paragraphs from the book; a short attributed quote is the most you need.

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Paste it and pick a style, voice and length

Paste into the box on this page, sign in, and choose a visual style, a narrator voice, the language and under 30, 30 to 60 or 60 to 90 seconds. Faceless writes the narration from your summary.

4

Read the script before it is made

Turn on Approve each script first on the Posting step to check that the idea is stated correctly and the author is named. Edit it or replace it with your own words; nothing is charged until you approve.

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Post it and keep the series going

Adjust captions, pictures or the voice in the editor, then download it or post it to a connected YouTube, TikTok or Instagram account. Faceless can keep making videos on the book on a schedule, each from a new angle, or you can pause it after one.

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Summarising a book's ideas in your own words and naming the author is how most summary channels work. Reading out the book's text, or long passages of it, copies the author's work. Keep any quote short and attributed, and add your own commentary.
No, and it should not: the box takes up to 800 characters and Faceless writes short narration from your text. For a book you do not own the rights to, narrating its text is not allowed anyway. Summarize it instead.
Most nonfiction books give 5 to 15 videos, one per key idea. Faceless sets the book up as a series that can keep making new videos on it, each from a new angle, or you can pause it after one and move to the next book.
Not automatically. Faceless generates an illustration for each scene in the style you pick, not real photos or the publisher's cover art. Say the title and author in the narration so viewers know which book it is.
A video in the Storyboard style costs 20 credits. Plans start at $29/month with credits every month, and one-off credit packs start at $10 for 100 credits.

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