Create an ebook from your notes

You are tasked with generating all the content for an e-book based on uploaded notes about a user-defined topic. Follow these instructions carefully to create a comprehensive and well-structured e-book.

1. The user-defined topic for the e-book is:
‍[insert topic]
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2. Attached are my notes about the topic.
‍[attach notes]

3. Analyze the notes and organize the content:
a. Identify the main themes and subtopics within the notes.
b. Create an outline of the key points and their relationships.
c. Determine the logical flow of information for the e-book.

4. Cate the e-book structure:
a. Develop a table of contents with chapters and subheadings.
b. Ensure that the structure covers all important aspects of the topic.
c. Aim for a balanced distribution of content across chapters.

5. Write the content for each section of the e-book:
a. Begin with an engaging introduction that outlines the purpose and scope of the e-book.

b. For each chapter:
b1. Write a brief introduction to the chapter's topic.
b2. Expand on the key points identified in the notes.
b3. Provide detailed explanations, examples, and context where necessary.
b4. Ensure smooth transitions between sections and ideas.

c. Conclude each chapter with a summary of the main points.
d. Write a comprehensive conclusion that ties together the main themes of the e-book.

Review and refine the content:
a. Ensure consistency in tone, style, and terminology throughout the e-book.
b. Check for any gaps in information and fill them as needed.
c. Verify that all content is relevant to the main topic and supports the e-book's purpose.

Format the final e-book content:
a. Use appropriate headings and subheadings to structure the content.
b. Include a title page with the e-book title and a brief description.
c. Add page numbers and format the table of contents.
d. If applicable, include a glossary of terms and an index.

Output the generated e-book content:
Present the final e-book content in the following format:

[e-book title]

[brief description]

[table of contents with chapters and subheadings]

[the full content of the e-book, including all chapters, sections, and formatting]

[glossary of terms, if applicable]

[index, if applicable]

Remember to maintain a professional and engaging writing style throughout the e-book, catering to the intended audience for the given topic. Ensure that the content is well-organized, informative, and provides value to the reader.

Claude will generate a structured output of the content for your e-book. But it will get cut off before finishing because even though the context window for Claude 3.5 Sonnet is large, it can’t output an entire e-book in one generation. But that’s no problem, we can ask it to continue generating the book from where it was cut off.

Sample prompt:

Continue generating the text were you were cut off.

Keep prompting Claude to generate the rest of the e-book until it outputs the entire text of the e-book in the Artifacts’ preview window.

Step 2: Craft and collate the e-book design with Gamma

Once Claude has outputted all of the e-book text, you can toggle between all the versions in the preview window and download or copy each chunk of text by clicking the Copy or Download buttons in the bottom right corner of the preview window for each version. We’re going to copy the text to our clipboard.

With your content complete, head over to Gamma, create an account, and start a new project with AI by clicking on the “Create new AI” button on the dashboard.

In the next screen, select the “Paste in text” option if you’re copying the text from Claude. Otherwise, you can select the “Import file” option if you downloaded the content from Claude.

Drop in the text from Claude, select the Document option, and click continue.

You’ll then land on the prompt editor page. We’ll leave most of the settings on their defaults, but you can adjust these as needed for your desired output.

One setting is important to update though. Make sure to scroll down on the left-side editor and set the Card Height to “Letter (portrait)”. In addition, you’ll want to increase the number of cards at the bottom of the page too. Cards are equivalent to pages. Then, click the “Continue” button.

On the next screen, you can select the theme and subsequently generate the first draft of the collated e-book.

Step 3: Finalize and download your e-book for publication

The generation step will take under a minute. Once generated, you can scroll through pages to review the design, content, images, and format.

You can make edits to the content by clicking directly on the page or using the right-side editor.

When you’re happy with your e-book, you can click the “Share” button in the top navigation and export the project as a PDF.

This tutorial was created by Garrett.