romance by you

Do you want to be on a book page facing Obama without having to make history?  Or perhaps politics aren’t your thing and you’d rather have the lead role in a steamy romance novel.  Good news!  Customizable, one-off books, the product of POD technology, are available and fanning out into all different genres.  For all of those of us who have a hard time relating to books about other people, there are now all types of ways to insert yourself into the story.

Hewlett Packard has recently employed POD technology for the customizable book The Obama Time Capsule about the presidential inauguration. You can upload pictures of yourself and add your name to the inauguration invite or to the front cover of the book.  Your pictures will appear on various pages like the “celebrity supporters” page, and your children’s artwork can be added to the “Kids for Obama” page.  You get your very own album of the historic inauguration, even though you weren’t really there!

Politics not your thing? Voted for the other guy? You can still put yourself in print!  I know when I read romance novels, I have a hard time relating to Scarlett, Isabella, and Veronica.  But what if I could put my own name in the book?  With companies like Romance By You and Torrid Romance, you can customize the character’s names and other parts of the story online.  They print one copy for you, and voila! You’re experiencing the steamy romance you’ve only dreamed of.