From book to course in four steps

Upload a manuscript. Our AI builds the lessons. You review, publish, and start selling. Here's exactly how it works.

1

Upload your book

PDF, EPUB, DOCX, or plain text. Up to 50 MB. You keep all rights — we're just reading the file to generate your course.

Your manuscript is stored privately and never used to train public models.

2

AI builds your course

Our pipeline drafts an outline (3-6 modules, 2-5 lessons each), generates 5-8 slides per lesson with narration script and bullets, then writes 3-5 quiz questions per lesson.

Typical 200-page book: 10-20 minutes end to end.

3

Review & publish

Approve the outline, edit any slide or quiz, rewrite narration, reorder lessons. When you're happy, one click makes the course live on your branded CourseBud page.

Every word is editable. Nothing ships without your sign-off.

4

Students enroll & learn

Share your course URL. Students enroll free or pay you directly via Stripe or PayPal — you keep 100% minus processing fees. They learn through narrated slides and quizzes; you track their progress.

CourseBud takes 0% of your course revenue.

Get started — $199 one-time + $19/mo

No free trial. Cancel any time. Your course and student data stay yours.

What CourseBud is honest about

The AI does a huge amount of the heavy lifting. But your voice, your judgment, and your editorial review are what make the course great. We're a tool, not a replacement.

What works today
  • Clean outline extraction from most non-fiction books
  • Narration scripts that sound close to your written voice
  • Quiz questions grounded in your actual content
  • Lazy audio generation (no big upfront wait)
What's coming
  • Custom voice cloning (v1 uses shared high-quality voices)
  • Semantic chunking for very long books (>150K tokens)
  • Import from Teachable / Thinkific
  • Resume-from-checkpoint on failed AI jobs