Custom illustrated kids' book, generated and printed (StoryStarling)
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Hi HN, I built StoryStarling. You describe a story idea and it generates a complete illustrated children's book, then prints and ships it.Every story, character, and illustration is generated from scratch, not a template with a name swapped in. Most books are about a new character your child can identify with: a raccoon starting kindergarten, a knight rescuing the Internet Connection, a superhero with an insulin pump. You can upload a photo and the system will convert your child into the chosen illustration style as a character, but more often it's the story itself that makes it personal.A few examples from our showcase (storystarling.com/en/showcase):- A boy obsessed with elevators visiting magical floors: candy floor, dinosaur floor, space floor- A girl with hearing aids who can hear animals' thoughts, bilingual Polish/English- Vim vs Emacs, but they're two wizards casting spells. "Choose your weapon wisely."Bilingual books in 38 languages. Pick a main language and an optional translation and the full book renders in both. We handle RTL scripts like Arabic and Hebrew (right-to-left text, but left-to-right page order so bilingual layouts work naturally) and CJK typesetting. We also support less common languages like Estonian, Maltese, Irish, and Low German where children's book options are limited.How it works: Type anything from a two-word idea ("dinosaurs soccer") to a detailed storyline, pick a style (~20 styles), choose languages, optionally upload reference photos, and hit generate. You get a free preview with the cover and synopsis, no payment required. If you like it, the full 28-page book generates and you review it in a flipbook viewer. Edit text and regenerate pages before approving, then it goes to print. Booklet (~20 EUR) or hardcover (~40 EUR), shipping included, 3-7 days in the EU.I'd love to hear what stories you'd make.https://storystarling.comFree printed book including shipping (EU only, booklet format, in-house printing in Germany): voucher HN022026, 1 per person, valid February 2026.
HN · launched Feb 15, 2026 · 7 upvotes (top 62%) · 0 views
Niche: creative text and content generators · 63 launches, 9 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Content generation
- B2C
- AI-native
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes The system chains LLM story generation, image generation APIs, a PDF formatting engine, and integrates with on-demand print/ship APIs like Lulu or Prodigi.
Discussion
2 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Showcase lacks language-specific examples for non-English users, Generated books don't consistently match input language, Confusing distinction between samples and ideas gallery sections
Feature requests: Prioritize showing examples in user's language first, Merge samples and ideas into single gallery view, Translate generated book ideas to match input language
Competitors
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Attention rank: #145 of 296 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 100 days after the earliest competitor.
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