KAKAO Books

Family memories in the Hispanic diaspora have no home. Services like Storyworth are monolingual, run over email and assume the honoree writes the book themselves. KAKAO Books – a joint venture with Gaby Negron (Houston) – turns that around: the family writes for someone. Children, partners, grandchildren – each tells their own story, in their own voice, and together they make one book.

The first occasion was Father's Day, 21 June 2026 – with less than three weeks from go to launch. But it was clear from the start that a book for dad was only the beginning. The same gesture – many voices, one book – fits a birthday, the remembrance of someone who has passed, Mother's Day or Christmas. So the question wasn't only "How do we build a product in three weeks?" but "How do we build it so a second and third occasion can be added tomorrow without starting over?"

One platform, one engine – many occasions.

One core, many occasions

Think of KAKAO Books as a small publishing house: one printing press, many book series. The core – writing together, telling stories by voice, paying, printing, shipping – is the same for every occasion. What changes lives in an occasion pack: the questions, the chapters, the tone, the design, the emails, the deadline.

• Father's Day (Padre) – the first book, launched June 2026
• Día de Muertos – a book as an ofrenda: everyone brings their memory of a loved one to the table, just as no one sets an altar alone
• Birthday (Cumpleaños) – all year round, with its own date per book and a timely close before the celebration

Since October 2026 all three are live. A new occasion today is mostly editorial and design work – new questions, new tone, new imagery – not a technical rebuild.

No hurdle before the first sentence

• No account, no login before the first story – the book simply grows in the browser
• The account is only created at purchase. The interface never says "your account", always your book
• Pay right in the app, by card or Google Pay

Telling stories together, from anywhere

• Up to five co-authors, invited by link – each writes on their own device
• The book doesn't wait for the host to pay before the others can start

From screen to book

• The stories automatically become a print-ready book, with a preview to approve before printing
• A reading link for the family, easy to share on WhatsApp
• Printing through several partner printers – if one fails, the next takes over