Teneo Book Generation
How I built a system that generates 80,000-word books in 5 minutes
The Numbers
200+
Books Generated
120 personal, 80+ partners
5 min
Generation Time
Per 80,000-word book
80K
Words per Book
Full-length manuscripts
The Problem
March 2024. I'm in the middle of a 2-year custody battle. Can't afford lawyers. Need income. Dad's dying of Parkinson's. Mom's paying my rent.
I had a photography studio business. AI image generation made it obsolete overnight. The business model didn't just fail—it became impossible.
Most people would panic. I saw the pattern: The thing that killed my business could build the next one.
If AI could replace photography studios, what else could it create? Answer: Books. Lots of them. Fast.
The Solution
Built Teneo: An AI book generation system that produces full-length, publication-ready books in minutes.
Technical Architecture
- Multi-model orchestration: Claude Sonnet 4 for structure and depth, GPT-4o for specific sections requiring different tonality
- Parallel chapter generation: All 20 chapters generated simultaneously, not sequentially (cuts time by 95%)
- Context coherence system: Every chapter knows about every other chapter. No repetition, no contradictions
- Quality validation: Automated checks for depth, coherence, formatting before final output
- Publishing pipeline: Direct integration with Amazon KDP, cover generation, metadata optimization
What Makes It Different
Not template-based: Every book is generated from scratch based on topic, target audience, and strategic positioning.
Not shallow: 80,000 words of actual depth. Real examples, actionable frameworks, coherent arguments.
Not generic: Each book is optimized for specific market positioning, reader psychology, and conversion goals.
The Results
Personal Books
120+
Published under various pen names, testing different niches and markets
Partner Books
80+
Generated for 9 founding partners in Published Authority community
Real Impact
- Revenue generation: Books generating passive royalties (current: ~$400/mo and growing)
- Authority building: Partners using books to establish credibility and generate leads
- Market validation: Proven the model works across 20+ different niches
- Community growth: Published Authority Skool community growing around the platform
What I Learned
AI collaboration at depth is different from prompting
Most people use AI like a search engine. I use it like a co-architect. The difference: I'm building systems that collaborate with AI across multiple models, multiple stages, with feedback loops and quality checks. It's not "write me a book"—it's orchestrating 20 simultaneous conversations that need to stay coherent.
Speed compounds when you're not afraid to ship
From idea to first published book: 2 weeks. From 1 book to 100 books: 3 months. The bottleneck wasn't the tech—it was my willingness to ship imperfect v1s and iterate in production.
The thing that kills your business can build your next one
AI destroyed my photography studio. So I used AI to build something better. Most people see disruption as a threat. I see it as raw material.
Want to Build Your Own?
Teneo is live. You can try the platform, generate your own books, or join the Published Authority community to learn how it works.
Built while fighting custody battles • Shipped while learning to code •
Real system, real results, real revenue