# Create AI-generated books with OpenAI and DALL-E: n8n workflow

> Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Drive and S3. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-ai-generated-books-with-openai-and-dall-e (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Create AI-generated books with OpenAI and DALL-E

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Drive and S3. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 18 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

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**18 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 11 Logic 2 Service 4

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **When chat message received** Chat trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Structured Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 3 **gpt-4.1-mini** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 4 **gpt-4.1-mini1** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 5 **gpt-4.1-mini2** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 6 **Structured Output Parser1** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 7 **OpenAI Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 8 **Book Brief Agent** Agent *Model*
- 9 **Book Writer Agent** Agent *Model*
- 10 **Content Writer Agent** Agent Tool *Model*
- 11 **Designer Agent** Agent Tool *Model*
- 12 **Generate cover image** Open Ai *Model*
- 13 **Upload to AWS S3** Aws S3 *Service*
- 14 **Configure metadata** Set *Logic*
- 15 **Build book html** Markdown *Logic*
- 16 **Upload to Google Drive** Http Request *Service*
- 17 **Convert document to PDF** Google Drive *Service*
- 18 **Archive to Drive Folder** Google Drive *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone opening a chat with it
- **Steps:** 18
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Drive, S3
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive and S3 accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone opening a chat with it.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 18 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fcreate-ai-generated-books-with-openai-and-dall-e)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[S3](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=S3#library)

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