The most-chosen Chronicle

Memoir£199

The digital edition, plus a full-colour casebound hardback.

Memoir is the most popular choice: everything in Life Story, held in your hands as a printed book. The same guided conversations, voice sessions and custom design – then a hardback to keep on the shelf.

Photos appear in full colour throughout the book – the family faces in colour, the actual kitchen in the actual light of 1978. A casebound hardback on 130gsm paper. Solidly bound, properly bound, designed to sit on a shelf upright for decades.

A warm amber casebound hardback memoir titled "My Life Chronicle" in forest-green serif type on the cover, photographed at a soft angle on a linen-covered desk with a cup of tea, an open notebook and folded reading glasses nearby

What is included

Every Memoir ships with the following.

  • 1× Casebound hardback
  • 130gsm paper
  • Interior (print): full colour
  • Cover: Printed hardback
  • Additional copies: £50 each
  • Voice or typed sessions – your choice
  • Custom-designed cover and interior

The book on Memoir.

The physical specification – and what it looks like.

A Memoir hardback titled "My Life Chronicle" photographed straight on, showing the printed cover and casebound spine
Printed cover
An open Memoir hardback showing a full-colour spread with a family photograph on the left page and chapter text on the right – no company branding on the page
Full-colour interior
A bookshelf showing three finished memoir keepsakes with personal titles, all the same trim size, including a Memoir-style amber hardback
Casebound · on the shelf
Dimensions
148 × 210mm (A5)
Paper
130gsm full colour
Binding
Casebound hardback
Cover
Printed hardback
Copies
1 included
Additional copies
£50 each

Why Memoir.

  • A casebound hardback – the kind of book you'd find in a bookshop. Properly bound to last decades.
  • Full-colour photos – every image as taken, on the page where it belongs in the chapter.
  • Everything in Life Story included – voice sessions, custom design and the digital edition, now in print.

“The same thirteen chapters. The same guided process. Now a hardback to hold.”

Your Memoir

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Questions on Memoir.

How do voice sessions work?

Instead of typing answers, the storyteller speaks them aloud. Chronicle records the session and transcribes it. The chapter draft uses their actual phrasing – the laughs, the pauses, the way they actually told it. Speaking produces a more natural, less self-edited story. Voice sessions are part of every tier.

Will the printed photos look like the originals?

Yes. Memoir is full colour on 130gsm paper. Photos appear as taken, with the warmth and contrast of the original. We do not strip colour or convert to monochrome.

What is the difference from Heirloom?

The software is identical – both have voice sessions and custom design. The difference is the book: Memoir is a casebound hardback on 130gsm; Heirloom is Smyth Sewn on 150gsm, with a ribbon marker and printed endpapers all included, plus priority support. Both include one copy.

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