The Best Memory Book for Family Stories
We create countless memories over the course of a long life. Some become beloved family stories told over and over, while others stay in the back of our minds, just waiting for the right question to unlock them. At Storyworth, we give families the tools they need to write and preserve their most meaningful stories in custom memory books. Our beautiful, full color hardcover books are designed to last, so your family’s stories and photos can be shared and enjoyed for generations to come. With over a million books published since 2013, Storyworth is the original and most trusted name in family storytelling.
What Is a Memory Book?
A memory book brings a family’s stories, photos, and advice together in a hardcover book. Storyworth offers two different ways to create memory books: Memoirs and Celebrations. Below, you can learn which is right for you and get started creating your own family memory book.
How Storyworth Memoirs Help You Create a Memory Book
With Storyworth Memoirs, it’s easy to customize and personalize a memory book that captures the story of a life. It’s the perfect gift for a loved one whose stories you want to preserve in their own voice. Or get it for yourself so you can share your own history with your children and grandchildren.
While one storyteller shares their stories with Memoirs, the whole family can get involved by reading along, choosing questions, and adding photos to bring the stories to life. At the end of the year, you can choose how the book is laid out, design the cover, and print copies. Our customization options let you create a unique memory book that will leave a legacy for the whole family to cherish.
How Storyworth Memoirs Work
Creating a memory book with Storyworth is easy. Start by purchasing Storyworth Memoirs for yourself or a loved one. You'll get a storyteller account, reader access for family members, a year’s worth of thought-provoking prompts, and one professionally bound full color copy of your memoir. Additional copies can be purchased separately.
When the year starts, the storyteller will receive an email with the first prompt. Storytellers can respond directly to weekly email prompts, write a story on their Storyworth account, or create an audio recording that’s automatically transcribed into their memoir in their own words. Storytellers and family members can also add pictures with captions to accompany each story.
Every week, the storyteller will receive an email with a new, thought-provoking question to answer. Storytellers and their family can add questions from our library of hundreds to the queue, rewrite questions to feel more relevant, or create new ones from scratch. At the end of the year, you can edit and arrange all of your stories and photos to make the perfect book. When you’re happy with how everything looks, just let us know it’s time to print and ship your memory book — it’s as easy as that!
Our customization options allow you to tell a story that’s as unique as your family and lets your storyteller leave a legacy for the whole family to enjoy.
How Storyworth Celebrations Help You Create a Memory Book
Like Memoirs, Storyworth Celebrations help you capture family stories and photos in a beautiful keepsake memory book. Instead of one person writing stories, Celebrations allow you to bring many people together to celebrate a person or mark a special occasion. It’s the perfect group gift for birthdays, weddings, and retirements. Celebrations can also be used to chronicle a child’s first year, create a family history book, or celebrate a life for a memorial.
How Storyworth Celebrations Work
Celebrations are free to start! Our simple onboarding walks you through the process of setting up your Storyworth Celebration project in minutes. Name your project, set a rough timeline for book completion, and invite family members to contribute stories and photos. You can also invite more people or send updates at any time.
We’ll automatically send out reminders to everyone you’ve invited to make sure their contributions arrive on time. As the organizer, you can add as many stories and photos as you’d like to your Celebration book. Our design tools make it easy to organize and edit all the stories you’ve received and customize your memory book’s cover with a photo and title.
Once you’ve received all the stories and made your last edits, you can order copies of your high-quality bound memory book. Our hardcover books are 6 x 9 inches with a color cover. You can choose between a black-and-white interior or upgrade to full color for an additional cost.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes Storyworth a great memory book?
The storyteller does! We provide the structure through weekly emails and spark memories with customizable questions, but the richness of your loved one’s life is what makes your memory book unique and special. Plus, by treating memoir creation like a conversation, we help your family grow closer while discovering stories you never knew.
What makes Storyworth Celebrations a great memory book?
Celebrations offer a more flexible way to create a family memory book. You choose the prompts, who you want to invite to contribute stories and photos, and how quickly you want it to be completed. You can bring many voices together or create your family memory book on your own. DIY self-publishing can be complicated and time-consuming — let us take the stress out of creating a family memory book you’ll cherish.
Can I include photos in the memory book?
Yes, including photos in your Storyworth Memoirs or Storyworth Celebrations memory book is easy. Add photos as attachments to an email response or upload them directly to your Storyworth account. There's no limit to the number of photos you can add to your memoir.
How much does Storyworth cost?
Storyworth Memoirs costs $99 and includes one full color hardcover copy of your book. Additional color copies of your memoir can be purchased for $79 each.
With Storyworth Celebrations, you’ll only pay for the books you order. Pricing starts at $79 for a full color book up to 300 pages.
Is Storyworth suitable for creating a family memory book?
Absolutely—Storyworth’s unique approach and thoughtful questions make it one of the best ways to gather and publish a family memory book.
