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# How it works

6 posts on this topic.

- [22 September 2026 · 6 min read](https://www.oncebooks.com/blog/two-kinds-of-personalised-childrens-book) — The two kinds of personalised children's book The difference between a book with your child's name woven into a fixed story and one where your child is drawn on every page, and where each kind stops.
- [22 September 2026 · 6 min read](https://www.oncebooks.com/blog/how-to-make-a-picture-book-starring-your-child) — How to make a picture book starring your child A step-by-step walkthrough of making a personalised picture book where your child stays recognisable on every page, from a few photos to a print-ready PDF.
- [31 August 2026 · 6 min read](https://www.oncebooks.com/blog/the-cast-and-the-sets) — The cast and the sets: the art that holds a book together The hero’s face is the famous consistency problem. The friend, the teacher and every classroom are the harder one. Here’s the reference art behind it.
- [18 August 2026 · 5 min read](https://www.oncebooks.com/blog/how-the-consistency-engine-works) — The four locks behind a consistent AI picture book Character consistency across a whole book isn’t a prompt trick. It takes four specific locks, and here’s what each one does and why it matters.
- [17 August 2026 · 4 min read](https://www.oncebooks.com/blog/why-ai-picture-books-drift) — Why AI picture books drift, and how we stop it Image models are stateless, so page four forgets page three. This is why it happens, and how a locked Character Sheet keeps one child recognisable.
- [14 August 2026 · 4 min read](https://www.oncebooks.com/blog/print-ready-ai-illustration) — Why AI art usually isn’t print-ready, and how we fix it Most AI art looks fine on a screen and falls apart in print. This is what “print-ready” really means, and how Once Books exports it for you.

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