The book

Not a folder of files. A book.

148 × 210mm (A5). 130 or 150gsm paper. Printed and bound in the UK by partners who make fine-art editions. Life Story is the digital edition.

A built-in family bookshelf in warm afternoon light – three finished memoir keepsakes (a forest-green hardback titled "My Life Story", an amber hardback titled "Mum's Memoir", a cream softcover titled "Dad's Story") shelved among ordinary cookbooks, novels and a framed school photograph
The gallery

Every angle of a Chronicle.

Heirloom hardback photographed in three-quarter view showing the hardback boards and the linen thread of the Smyth Sewn binding visible between the page signatures
Sewn binding + hardback combo
A forest-green Heirloom hardback memoir titled "My Life Chronicle" on the cover and spine, photographed in three-quarter view on warm linen with a cup of tea, reading glasses and a small family photograph nearby
Heirloom · lifestyle
An open Heirloom hardback memoir showing a full-colour spread – a single Victorian-era family photograph on the left page, chapter text on the right with oak-leaf corner ornaments, opening completely flat thanks to Smyth Sewn binding
Full-colour interior spread
A warm amber casebound hardback memoir titled "My Life Chronicle" in forest-green serif type on the cover, photographed at a soft angle on a linen-covered desk with a cup of tea, an open notebook and folded reading glasses nearby
Memoir · printed cover lifestyle
A built-in family bookshelf in warm afternoon light – three finished memoir keepsakes (a forest-green hardback titled "My Life Story", an amber hardback titled "Mum's Memoir", a cream softcover titled "Dad's Story") shelved among ordinary cookbooks, novels and a framed school photograph
The keepsakes · on the shelf

The specification.

The same trim size across all three tiers – A5, 148 × 210mm. A premium keepsake proportion. Comfortable in the hand, generous on the shelf, photographs well next to the books you already own.

Paper weight is the experiential ladder for the printed editions. 130gsm has the satisfying weight of a bookshop hardback. 150gsm is what fine-art editions are made with. The difference is felt before it is read about. Life Story is a digital edition, so its story lives on the screen until you upgrade for a printed book.

 Life StoryMemoirHeirloom
FormatDigital editionDigital + printed hardbackDigital + printed hardback
Trim size–148 × 210mm148 × 210mm
Paper–130gsm150gsm
InteriorFull colour (digital)Full colourFull colour
BindingNone – digital editionCasebound hardbackSmyth Sewn hardback
CoverDigital editionPrinted hardbackPrinted hardback

How each one is bound.

Close-up of an amber Memoir casebound hardback spine – rigid board cover with a printed wrap, classic bookshop-hardback construction

Memoir

Casebound hardback

Pages are bound to a rigid board cover with a printed wrap. The satisfying weight of a bookshop hardback. Designed to be opened many times over many decades.

Heirloom Chronicle photographed in three-quarter view showing both the hardback construction and the Smyth Sewn binding – linen thread visible between the page signatures

Heirloom

Smyth Sewn hardback

Pages are sewn together with linen thread before the cover is attached. This is how archival books are made – fine-art editions, family Bibles, books that get handed down. It lasts.

“Smyth Sewn binding is how archival books are made. It is how Heirloom is made.”

Most books today are glued, not sewn. Smyth Sewn binding is slower, costs more, and produces a book that lies flat when open, opens cleanly without the spine cracking, and survives being handed down. We chose it for Heirloom because Heirloom is the tier built to be on a shelf in 2075. The thread you cannot see is the part that does the work.

Three tiers. One trim size.

Same shape on the shelf. Different paper, different binding.

A laptop on a warm linen desk in soft daylight, its screen showing the Life Story digital edition – a cream cover with a black-and-white family photograph and the title "My Life Story" in forest-green serif, a cup of tea and reading glasses nearby

Life Story

The complete digital edition. The whole life, in their own words.

  • Full-colour digital edition to read and share
  • Thirteen guided conversations
  • Voice or typed sessions – at your own pace
  • Voice transcription and custom design included
£99

one-off

Most chosen
A warm amber casebound hardback memoir titled "My Life Chronicle" in forest-green serif type on the cover, photographed at a soft angle on a linen-covered desk with a cup of tea, an open notebook and folded reading glasses nearby

Memoir

Everything in Life Story, in print. A full-colour casebound hardback.

  • Everything in Life Story, plus:
  • One casebound hardback, printed in the UK
  • Full-colour printed interior throughout
  • 130gsm cream paper
£199

one-off

A forest-green Heirloom hardback memoir titled "My Life Chronicle" on the cover and spine, photographed in three-quarter view on warm linen with a cup of tea, reading glasses and a small family photograph nearby

Heirloom

One thread-sewn keepsake. Built to last a century.

  • Everything in Memoir, plus:
  • One Smyth Sewn hardback – opens flat, lasts decades
  • 150gsm cream paper, the heaviest stock we offer
  • Priority support
£399

one-off

A book that belongs on a shelf in 2075.

Pick the day you want their invitation to land. The book follows when the chapters are done.

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