Is there a free AI ebook generator?

Yes, but none is free without limits. Genspark gives you daily credits up to a lifetime allowance, Automateed stops at a preview, Canva limits the number of AI uses, and ChatGPT’s free plan is enough to draft. Shoplit.io’s Free plan lets you create an ebook and its sales page (2 AI creations), with ebooks of up to 10 pages, then sell it with a 10% commission per sale. Run a full test, all the way to the exported file, before you choose.

Do AI ebook generators allow commercial use?

It depends on the tool, so read the terms before you sell. Genspark, for example, includes commercial use in its paid plans and asks you to acknowledge the source of generated content you republish. A tool saying you own the final document is a contract term, not copyright: purely AI-generated text is generally not protected, according to the US Copyright Office’s January 2025 report and a July 2026 report published by France’s copyright council. On Amazon, you also need to disclose AI-generated content to Kindle Direct Publishing. For a specific case, talk to a lawyer.

Can AI design the cover and the illustrations?

Yes. Genspark, Automateed and Shoplit.io produce a cover with the ebook; the last two also offer images for the chapters. In Shoplit.io, you can use your own photo as the cover. Check that the title is still readable at thumbnail size, on a phone. On Amazon, an AI-generated cover or interior images must be disclosed just like the text, and Kindle Direct Publishing recommends a cover of 2,560 pixels high by 1,600 wide.

PDF or EPUB: which format should your ebook be in?

To sell from your own sales page, a PDF is enough: it opens almost anywhere and keeps your layout. For Kindle, EPUB is one of the formats Kindle Direct Publishing suggests, while PDF is only one of the additional formats it accepts. Automateed exports to PDF, EPUB and DOCX depending on the book type, Genspark to PDF or a flipbook, and Shoplit.io to a laid-out A4 PDF you can sell straight from your sales page. Before you sell, open the exported file on a phone and on a computer.

Can you generate an ebook in another language?

Yes, depending on the tool. ChatGPT writes in many languages, and Shoplit.io writes the ebook directly in English or French, with an interface in both: pick the language in the recap, before generating. Automateed lets you write the book in another language or translate it. With any tool, have it write a sample chapter and check that it doesn’t read like a translation.

AI ebook generators compared: make an ebook you can sell

In short

An AI ebook generator turns a topic into a structured ebook: outline, chapters, cover, layout and export. Genspark, Automateed and Shoplit.io deliver a complete ebook; ChatGPT writes the text, and Canva is mostly a layout tool. Shoplit.io goes all the way to the sale: it also writes the ebook’s sales page when you ask and takes payment through Stripe. Whatever the tool, edit and fact-check every chapter before you publish.

What an AI ebook generator should do

An AI ebook generator starts from a short request (a topic, a reader) and returns an ebook ready for editing. Writing isn’t enough; a good tool can also:

suggest an outline you can fix before the writing starts;
write every chapter in your readers’ language, with a consistent tone;
create a cover and illustrations, or accept yours;
lay out the pages (headings, callouts, table of contents) and export a clean file: a PDF at the very least, an EPUB if you target e-readers;
let you edit the result without regenerating everything.

None of them checks facts for you or guarantees you rights to the text. And most stop at the file: to sell the ebook, you still need a sales page, checkout and automatic delivery.

AI ebook generators compared

Genspark, Automateed, ChatGPT and Canva come up often; only the first two write and lay out a whole ebook.

Shoplit.io, Genspark, Automateed, ChatGPT and Canva compared
Criterion	Shoplit.io	Genspark	Automateed	ChatGPT	Canva
Creates the product with AI (ebook)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly general-purpose documents	Partly AI helps, you design it
Writes the sales page with AI	Yes	Partly generic site builder, preview	Partly AI-built author website	Partly generic site builder, beta	Partly AI text in the page editor
Sales page builder	Yes	Partly generic site builder, preview	Partly product listing and author site	Partly generic site builder, beta	Yes
Free plan	Free + 10% per sale	Free	Free	Free	Free
First paid plan	€29/month	$24.99/month	$25/month	$8/month	€12/month

Yes
Partly
No

Platform commission, excluding payment processing fees. Prices checked on October 20, 2026 on the official websites. Sources: Genspark (1, 2, 3), Automateed (1, 2, 3), ChatGPT (1, 2, 3), Canva (1, 2, 3, 4)

To take payments, Automateed offers direct checkout once the product passes a content review. ChatGPT has no payment system of its own: its help center says a site built with its Sites feature (in beta, from the Plus plan up, depending on the country) can take payments through a third-party processor you connect. Canva stops at a PayPal payment link placed in a design, and its site doesn’t mention automatic file delivery. Genspark describes no way to take payments on its site as of October 20, 2026: you sell the ebook somewhere else. Shoplit.io takes payments through Stripe and delivers the file to the buyer.

Genspark

Genspark is an AI workspace (documents, slides, websites) that includes an ebook generator. You describe the topic, the audience, a chapter outline and the page count; the AI drafts a complete ebook with a cover, table of contents, chapters, stat callouts and a back cover. You edit it online, then export it as a PDF or a flipbook.

The free plan gives you daily credits up to a lifetime allowance, after which the refill stops. The Plus plan starts at $24.99/month, with several credit tiers, according to its official pricing. Commercial use of generated content is included in the paid plans. Its terms also ask you to clearly acknowledge the source if you republish content generated by Genspark: read them before you sell an ebook it wrote.

Its strength, according to its site: an ebook that comes already laid out, with the cover, table of contents and callouts built in, and a flipbook to share instead of a PDF.

Automateed

Automateed is a platform built for books: how-to guides, novels, children’s books, cookbooks, workbooks. It produces an editable draft, offers cover and chapter-image candidates, and exports to PDF, EPUB and DOCX depending on the book type. It adds an AI-built author website, direct checkout, post-purchase offers, an email list and listing on its marketplace. You can write the book in another language or translate it.

The free plan is limited to a preview. There are two monthly plans: Standard at $25/month and Pro at $50/month. On sales, Automateed keeps 15% when it collects the payment for you (its “platform-royalty” route, per its selling page); with your own Stripe account, its site states no commission. Keeping an author website online requires a separate hosting subscription.

Its strength: EPUB export for e-readers, plus paperback and audiobook versions.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a general-purpose assistant, not an ebook generator. It writes an outline, then the chapters one at a time. Its ChatGPT Work feature creates documents, but its site doesn’t describe a laid-out ebook with a cover: the layout often happens elsewhere.

The Go plan costs $8/month (it may show ads) and the Plus plan $20/month. These are the official US prices; billing in your local currency may differ.

Its strength: the free plan has no time limit and its text chats are unlimited, subject to abuse guardrails (ChatGPT’s pricing page). You can redo a chapter as often as you like.

Canva

Canva is a template-based design editor. You drop in your text and images, on a template or a blank page, then export to PDF. Its AI helps you produce text and visuals inside the editor, but its site doesn’t describe generating a whole ebook. The free plan limits the number of AI uses; Canva Pro costs €12/month billed monthly, the price Canva shows European visitors.

To sell, Canva offers a PayPal payment link you place in a design. Canva adds a condition: for Free and Pro users, any design you want to sell “will need to be created from scratch”, and starting from a designer-made template “is not permitted” (Canva article).

Its strength: design freedom and a large library of photos and illustrations, handy for a cover. For an ebook you sell, start from a blank page rather than a template.

Shoplit.io

Shoplit.io generates the ebook from one sentence: its AI assistant asks a few questions, shows a recap, then writes and illustrates the ebook in a few minutes. You edit it, then export an A4 PDF. Ask for a sales page in the same message and it gets written too; checkout runs through your own Stripe account and the buyer gets the file automatically.

Its strength: the ebook and its sale in one place. The sales page is written from the ebook, in its colors, and goes live right away at an address like yourname.shoplit.io/your-page.

The Free plan lets you create an ebook of up to 10 pages and its classic sales page (2 AI creations), then sell it with a 10% commission per sale. The Pro plan, at €29/month, allows ebooks of 70 pages, brings the commission down to 0% and adds an advanced sales page; the Business plan adds a complete funnel with a one-click offer after the purchase.

Other names you’ll come across

Piktochart turns a topic or an uploaded file into a laid-out ebook; Inkfluence AI promises a finished ebook (cover, chapters, PDF export) from a single prompt. We didn’t record their pricing for this comparison. Be wary, though, of lists that still recommend EbookMaker.ai: its site says new creations there have ended and points to another platform, Ebook GPT (ebookmaker.ai, checked October 20, 2026).

How to choose your generator

Start from where you’ll sell. For your own sales page, a PDF is enough. For Kindle, EPUB is one of the formats Kindle Direct Publishing suggests, while PDF is only one of the additional formats it accepts (KDP file formats): EPUB export saves you a conversion.
Test the language on one chapter. Check that it fits your readers: US or UK spelling, units, the currency in examples.
Look at what you can edit afterwards. Rewriting a passage or replacing an image shouldn’t mean starting over.
Test the free plan all the way through. Credits that run out, a limited preview, paid-only export: every tool has its own rules. Go all the way to the exported file before you pay.
Check the commercial-use terms. Some tools reserve it for paid plans or set conditions on republishing: read the terms of use.
Count what comes after the file. To sell, you need a sales page, checkout and automatic delivery: Shoplit.io provides them alongside the generator; otherwise, add a selling platform.

How to use an AI ebook generator in 5 steps

Write a precise brief. Give the topic, the reader, the promise, the tone and the length: “a 20-page guide to keeping houseplants alive, for beginners in small apartments, in an encouraging tone”. The more precise it is, the less generic the text.
Bring your own material. Your notes, an old PDF or your photos: many generators accept an attached file.
Approve the structure before the writing. Add the missing chapter, remove the duplicate. Fixing a structure is quick; fixing a whole ebook takes far longer.
Edit and refine. Check every figure, cut repetition, add your own examples and photos. Look at the cover at small size, as on a phone: the title must stay readable.
Export and test the file. Open the PDF on a phone and on a computer to check page breaks and the table of contents. Only then prepare the sale: the full method to sell an ebook made with AI covers pricing, the sales page and checkout.

In Shoplit.io, the brief fits in one sentence, and the + button lets you attach a PDF of your notes or your images. Before generation, type something like “add a chapter on mistakes to avoid”: the recap updates. Once the ebook is generated, the editor lets you rewrite any text, change the theme and set the fonts and colors for the whole ebook; on the Pro plan, you can also add, move or delete blocks and pages.

The editor also shows where each A4 page breaks, and the exported PDF breaks in exactly the same place.

The End of page 1 line, marked clean break, between two pages of the Shoplit.io ebook editor

Before you sell a generated ebook: facts, rights and Amazon

Facts and style

A generator writes with confidence, even when it’s wrong: an invented figure or a source that doesn’t exist slips through easily. Check anything about health, law or money against a reliable source. On style, the same phrases come back from one chapter to the next. Rephrase and add your own stories: that’s what sets your ebook apart from those made with the same tools on the same topic.

Rights to the text

A tool saying “you own the final document” doesn’t settle the copyright question: that sentence is part of your contract with the tool’s maker. In the US, the Copyright Office concluded in its January 2025 report that copyright does not extend to purely AI-generated material, and that prompts alone do not provide sufficient control over the output (report). Your own writing, selection and arrangement can still be protected.

In France, a mission report on the status of AI output, published on July 16, 2026 by France’s copyright council (CSPLA, an advisory body of the Ministry of Culture), draws a similar line: hybrid creation, where a human keeps a creative role, can be protected if it is original, while output generated without significant human input falls outside copyright (report summary, in French). The report is an advisory opinion, not law, and a little more open than the US view: the human contribution can show when designing the request, while steering the tool during generation, or when selecting and editing the result. In practice, your additions and rewrites make the difference. For a specific case, talk to a lawyer.

Disclosure on Amazon

Kindle Direct Publishing asks you to disclose any AI-generated content (text, images, translations), including the cover and interior images. Text created by an AI tool counts as “AI-generated” even after substantial edits. Content you created yourself, using AI to edit, refine or brainstorm ideas, counts as “AI-assisted”, which you don’t have to disclose. Amazon also rejects content that typically disappoints customers (KDP content guidelines). Other platforms have their own rules: read them before you publish. To sell it from your own page rather than on Amazon, Shoplit.io brings the edited ebook, its sales page and checkout together.