A gift for pet lovers: a book with their own pet in it

Why is a book a good gift for pet lovers?

Anyone who lives with an animal knows it is one of the family. A gift for pet lovers that leaves out the pet itself can feel half finished. In a personalised book, the dog that waits by the door or the cat that sleeps on the sofa walks into the pages under its own name, next to its people.

A book is held, read again and kept on the shelf. You do not need to know which toys they already have: a few good photos and the names are enough, and you have a gift for dog lovers or a gift for cat lovers about their own everyday life.

Let us say Eleni and her dog, Bobos, walk round the neighbourhood every afternoon. In a book for a child, Eleni is the heroine and Bobos follows her through the story. That is a gift for pet lovers that even the youngest member of the house understands at once.

A gift for pet lovers: which books can a pet join?

A personalised book holds up to 6 people, and the pet counts as one of them. You add it after the hero. A book with your pet can be:

• A book for a child: the child is the hero and the animal is their companion in the story.
• A book for a new baby: the baby comes first, with the family pet beside them.
• A family book: parents, grandparents, grandchildren and their animal.
• A book for friends: the group of friends together with their dog or cat.

How is the pet drawn from photos?

In the step about the people, you choose "Pet" and say what kind of animal it is: a dog, a cat or another animal. You type its name, and in the photo step you upload its photos.

The pictures of a personalised book are made with artificial intelligence from your photos. They are artistic likenesses, not photographs, so we cannot promise a perfect likeness. Every picture of a book is drawn in the same technique, and the things that come back page after page, a pet among them, keep one look on every page.

The story and the pictures treat the pet as an animal, not as a person. In a gift for dog lovers the dog stays a dog, and in a gift for cat lovers the cat stays a cat.

Which photos of the pet work best?

For the people of a personalised book, the check looks for a face that can be seen clearly. For a pet, it checks the light, the sharpness and the size of the photo, not a face. The check runs on your own device, before the photo is uploaded.

A few tips for a gift for pet lovers that turns out well:

• Photos in daylight, without heavy shadows across the animal.
• Sharp, not blurred: a pet sitting still works better.
• Two or three photos from different angles, so its shape and colouring can be seen.
• The photos, the pet's too, are used only for your book and deleted automatically. Read our photo promise.

How much does a gift for pet lovers cost as a book?

A book with your pet starts with a free preview: the cover, the first three pages and two pages from the middle, with a watermark. The digital book costs €12.40 and the printed hardcover €43.40, VAT included. The printed book includes the digital one, and the delivery cost and time are shown before you pay. Everything is on the prices page.

If the gift for pet lovers is meant for a birthday or for Christmas, allow time for printing and post. You can start with a family book, or with the topic "Caring for animals", about a puppy waiting at the door, among the stories for children.

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