Personalized gag books · from one photo

Put their face in a book.
Then apologize.

One photo in. One book out. What happens in the slop machine stays in the slop machine.

Type a name and watch the covers change.

From $19.99 · digital, softcover or hardcover · character redraws: free, up to six a day

  • A real book, shipped to your door
  • Photo deleted 30 days after delivery
The cover of Steve Has Morning Wood.
The cover of Ten Little Fingers.

Not actually Denise. Yours will be.

  • Premium slop, printed on real paper.
  • Meet their character before you pay
  • Character redraws: free, up to six a day
  • Digital copy with every printed book
  • Photo deleted 30 days after delivery
  • Funnier than flowers

Exactly like the photo.

The same man in the same pose, redrawn as a picture-book illustration with two thumbs up on one hand, three-pronged tongs and a floating tower of burgers.A photorealistic AI-generated image: a man in a navy apron at a backyard barbecue, holding up tongs and giving a thumbs-up.
BeforeAfter
How it works

This is the slop machine. It’s doing its best.

Three stops between your photo and the best worst gift they’ve ever opened.

  1. A hand drops a printed photo into the slop machine’s hopper.

    Feed it one photo.

  2. The slop machine shakes and steams, rivets popping off.

    It does its thing.

  3. A finished picture book pops out of the slop machine’s chute.

    A real book comes out.

See the whole process

The books

Pick their book.

Each one stars them.

Every title updates as you type.
The cover of Ten Little Fingers.
New

Ten Little Fingers: Denise’s First Counting Book

A first counting book for Denise. Counts all the way to ten.

TEN! Ten is the biggest number there is. Denise checked.

$29.99printed, plus shipping

Make this one

Not sure which? Read a few pages first.

Look inside

Look inside.

HELLO! Little Denise behind the Maple Grove Family Dental front desk, holding a clipboard of tally marks.

This is Denise.

Denise is learning to count.

Denise is very good at counting.

Denise keeps count of everything.

Let’s count along with Denise!

Ten Little Fingers: Denise’s First Counting Book, pages 4–5. Finished art, printed as drawn.
Hard as oak, Steve. And long.

See inside every book

Occasions

Every occasion deserves an apology.

Pick yours. We’ll tell you which book to blame.

A gold watch in a velvet box, presented by a hand with six fingers; the watch hands are tiny hands

Retirements

Thirty years of loyal service. Finally, some recognition.

Blame: coming soon
Before it ships

Quality Control.

A real person looks at every printed book. Digital copies go straight to you.

Make their book

A wild-haired inspector in a lab coat grins open-mouthed over a picture book, one eye swollen huge behind the magnifying glass they hold up, while a third arm brings a red stamp down on a clipboard marked APPROVED among six checkmarks.
The guarantee

We’re sorry. In writing.

Every book comes with the Hello Sorry Guarantee.

  • Meet their character before you pay. Doesn’t look like them? Redraw it yourself, free, up to six a day, before you order.
  • Arrived damaged? Send us a photo of the damage within 30 days of delivery and we reprint it, free.
  • A printing or quality problem with a printed book? Tell us within 30 days of delivery and we reprint it or refund you.
  • A quality problem with a digital edition? Tell us within 30 days of purchase and we fix it or refund you.

Read the whole guarantee

Office of Apologies
Hello Sorry · Est. 2026

Dear Customer,

We stand behind every book we make, sometimes nervously.

What we cover, in the same words as the guarantee page and the terms:

Meet their character before you pay. Doesn’t look like them? Redraw it yourself, free, up to six a day, before you order.

Arrived damaged? Send us a photo of the damage within 30 days of delivery and we reprint it, free.

A printing or quality problem with a printed book? Tell us within 30 days of delivery and we reprint it or refund you.

A quality problem with a digital edition? Tell us within 30 days of purchase and we fix it or refund you.

If one of those is you:

Email hello@hellosorry.com from the address on your order with your order number, what went wrong and, for a printed book, a photo of the problem. A real person will reply, and apologize.

Sincerely sorry,

The Management
Pricing

Funnier than flowers. Lasts longer, too.

One price per book, plus shipping, quoted at checkout once we know where it is going. Printed books come with the digital copy.

Digital

$19.99digital copy

The whole book on any screen. For the group chat, or for showing them on the day.

  • Every page, on any device
  • Their name and face, cover to cover
  • Nothing to ship
Make their digital book
Our pick

Softcover

$29.99printed, plus shipping

The classic. Light enough to pass around the table, sturdy enough to survive it.

  • 8×8 inches, full color
  • Their name and face, cover to cover
  • Digital copy included
  • Shipping quoted at checkout
Make their softcover
For keeps, against their will

Hardcover

$39.99printed, plus shipping

For the friend who deserves to keep this forever. Harder to lose, harder to throw away.

  • Everything in the softcover
  • A proper hardcover that will outlive the friendship
  • Digital copy included
  • Shipping quoted at checkout
Make their hardcover
Free character redrawsDoesn’t look like them? Redraw it yourself, free, up to six a day, before you order.
Meet their character firstBefore you pay.
Digital copy includedWith every printed book.
Photo deleted30 days after delivery.

Secure checkout · No subscriptions · No surprises, except the one you’re giving

Questions

Questions to ask before you do this to someone.

Who is it for?

Recipients are 18 or older.

Will it actually look like them?

Yes. Their face is the one thing we get right on purpose. You meet their character before you pay. Doesn’t look like them? Redraw it yourself, free, up to six a day, before you order.

Are the mistakes on purpose?

Yes.

Can I see the whole book before it prints?

No. You meet their character before you pay. The book is written and drawn after you order.

How long does it take?

You upload a photo and meet their character before you pay; redraws are free, up to six a day. Then you order, we write and draw the book, and your digital copy arrives by email when ready. For print we make and review the book first, then print, bind and ship; checkout shows shipping estimates for your address.

What does it cost?

Digital is $19.99. Softcover is $29.99. Hardcover is $39.99. Printed books include the digital copy. Shipping is quoted at checkout for wherever it is going. No subscriptions.

Can I give it digitally first?

Yes. Every printed book comes with the digital copy, and it arrives first. Show them on the day; the printed one follows.

Where do you ship?

We print and ship to more than 170 countries; the checkout lists every one. Shipping is quoted there, before you pay. The digital edition works anywhere.

Can I put more than one person in it?

Yes. Add up to three sidekicks, with one to three photos each, and they appear alongside the star.

Can I pick what’s in it?

You tell us about them in your own words. The slop machine does the rest.

What happens to the photo?

It goes to Anthropic for the photo check and to OpenAI to draw their character, both before you pay, then into making the book. Never sold, shared with advertisers, posted publicly or used to train AI models. Photo deleted 30 days after delivery. The Privacy Policy and Photo & AI Policy carry the whole rule.

Do they need to be okay with this?

Yes. When you add their photo, you confirm they’re an adult who’d be fine starring in a gag book. No coworkers you barely know, no celebrities, no exes. Especially no exes.

Can I make one about my boss?

Only if your boss would find it funny and you would like to keep your job. We can help with the first part.

What if they’re offended?

Then you’ll need a different kind of apology.

Is it a real book?

Very. Full-color pages, properly bound, shipped to your door. Heavy enough to throw. Please don’t.

What languages can it be in?

The books are written in English, whatever language you’re reading this in. The site comes in other languages too; the globe at the top of every page lists them.

Somebody you love deserves this. We’re so sorry.

One photo. One real book. A lifetime of them bringing it up at dinner.

Make their book

From $19.99 · Character redraws: free, up to six a day · Digital copy with every printed book