I'm really excited about this one. Up to now, every book you made was its own island. Starting today, you can take any finished book and build a whole series from it โ and BookNova carries your world and characters forward for you.
There are two ways to do it, and they match how real authors actually build series:
๐ Continue the story โ same protagonist, the plot carries on (think trilogies, sagas, a returning detective). Book 2 picks up from where Book 1 ended, remembers what happened, and keeps everyone consistent.
๐ New story, same world โ a fresh lead and a fresh plot in the same world and cast, but each book reads on its own. This is the romance/cozy-mystery model โ "same town, new couple (or new case) every book" โ and it's fantastic for letting new readers jump in anywhere.
Here's how to do it ๐
โ Open your library and find any finished book
โ Click "Write next book" on the book's card
โ Pick the type: Continue the story or New story, same world
โ Choose what carries over โ world, tone, characters, series canon, and (for continuations) a recap of what happened
โ Choose which characters carry over โ this is my favourite part: for a "same world" mystery you can carry just your detective and leave the one-book victim and culprit behind ๐ต๏ธ
โ Set how much time has passed, and (for a new-world book) pick your new lead
โ Hit generate โ you'll land in a Story Bible that already knows your world, with your returning cast already on the Characters step
A couple of things I care a lot about that are baked in:
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Your characters remember and evolve. If someone died or got married or moved away in Book 1, that carries forward โ no one gets accidentally resurrected, and you can edit each character's state before you generate.
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Continuity is handled for you. Names, places, world rules and established facts stay locked across the whole series, right down to the finished prose โ so you're not maintaining a series bible by hand.
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You're in control. You decide what carries and what doesn't. Everything you carry is shown to you clearly before you generate.
You'll also find a new "My Series" area in the left menu where your books are grouped in order, with a "Series Bible" showing exactly what the AI remembers across the series โ and you can remove a book from a series any time if you change your mind.
Why does this matter? Series are how fiction authors build an audience. A reader who finishes Book 1 and loves it wants Book 2 โ a series turns one-time readers into a following, and gives you a backlist instead of a pile of standalones. Now you can produce that next book fast, and trust it to stay consistent.
Go try it on one of your finished books and tell me how it goes โ I'd love to see the first series people build with it. ๐