Life Archive shared tool
Life Book Builder
A shared Life Archive tool for selecting and arranging eligible archive material into an organised book project.
Turn archive records into a deliberate book structure
Life Book Builder sits between the archive and the final output. It helps choose what belongs in a book and how that material should be arranged.
It is intended for Life Archive, Memoir Archive and Family Archive workflows rather than for editing the original records themselves.
At a glance
- Shared Life Archive companion
- Builds projects from existing records
- Does not replace source entries
- Supports deliberate reading order
- Works with active specialist modules
- Prepares material for export
Main capabilities
Select material
Choose eligible entries and records for a particular book project.
Control order
Arrange selected material in the intended reading order rather than relying on WordPress publication dates.
Build sections
Group material into a coherent structure with appropriate divisions and headings.
Keep the source intact
Create a book arrangement without moving or duplicating the original archive records.
Review before export
Check the proposed book structure before passing it to an output workflow.
Use specialist providers
Work with eligible material supplied by active Life Archive modules.
A bridge between archive and output
Book Builder organises a project. The Exporter handles supported downloadable output. Keeping those responsibilities separate protects the original archive and makes the workflow easier to understand.
- Use Life Archive Core for the source entries.
- Use Memoir or Family modules for specialist records.
- Use Book Builder to select and arrange material.
- Use Life Archive Exporter to create the supported final file.
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