Talking Booksby MindFire
Talking Books, powered by MindFire

Talking Books

Every chapter ends with a conversation.

Readers scan a QR code at the end of a chapter and talk with the author, in the author's own voice. The book stays a book. It just talks back.

Try it: talk to Betsy See the author dashboard For publishers →
How it works

Four steps, one phone

Step 1

Read

The reader finishes a chapter, the same as always.

Step 2

Scan

A QR code at the end of the chapter opens that chapter's conversation.

Step 3

Talk

A live voice conversation with the author. She can walk the reader through the chapter's exercise.

Step 4

Learn

Every conversation becomes insight: the questions, the themes, and what readers need next.

Who it's for

Good for the author, the publisher and the reader

For authors

Stay in the room after the last page

  • A deeper relationship with readers, and more loyalty.
  • Hear exactly what readers ask, chapter by chapter.
  • Themes that seed the next book, keynote, podcast or course.
  • The book keeps working after the last page.
  • You approve the voice and the boundaries.
For publishers

A new format for print

  • A different kind of print book that stands out on the shelf.
  • Engagement and reader data per chapter, something print has never offered.
  • Marketing proof for launches and series.
  • Works on books already in print. Add a QR code with an insert, a bookmark or a reprint.
  • An opportunity for a premium tier or a subscription.

See the publisher view →

For readers

The book talks back

  • Personal coaching through the practice.
  • Questions answered in the author's own voice.
  • Available any time, day or night.
The technology

Simple on the outside, careful on the inside

The author's voice

In the demo, that means Betsy's own voice, answering only from her book. The voice is built from her own recordings, with her permission.

Grounded in the book

A conversational AI that draws only on the author's book and approved material.

Clear guardrails

The author decides what it will and won't discuss. It stays on topic.

One tap, no app

The phone camera opens the conversation. Nothing to download, no account.

Private and secure

Conversations are handled with care and kept private.

A dashboard for the author

Conversations roll up into anonymized themes the author can act on.

About MindFire

From the team that gave mail a voice

For more than twenty years, MindFire has built the software that connects what people print to what happens next. Printers, mail providers, agencies and brands run their campaigns on our platform to turn printed pieces into conversations they can measure.

Led by President Dave Rosendahl since 2002.

Print that already talks

Our Talking Mail lets anyone scan a printed piece and talk with a live voice, any hour of the day. Talking Books brings that same technology to the page.

Measurement is in our DNA

We have spent two decades proving what print drives: who responded, what they asked, what happened next. The author dashboard comes from that same discipline.

Enterprise-grade trust

MindFire is SOC 2 Type 2 audited, so reader conversations are protected to the standard major brands require.

Built around the author

Readers meet the author and her book first. MindFire is a quiet credit at the bottom of the page.

We believe print is at its best when it can answer back. Our mission is to give every printed page a voice, and every reader a way to be heard.

Bring Talking Books to your authors

Start with one book and one chapter, and hear what your readers want to talk about.

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