Seoul, Retold

You lived it.
Let's write it down.

Send us where you went, when, and why — plus your own photos. We'll turn your trip into a personalized book, written the way the Seoul, Curated series is written. Part guidebook, part keepsake.

Sumi, Coral and Teal in a hanok alley in Ikseon-dong, Seoul
Ikseon-dong, Seoul Sumi, Coral & Teal — based on a true trip
6Guidebooks it's built from
Hardcover or eBookYour choice
No trip planningJust the book, after
Snack · Coffee · Mart · Retro · Market · TempleThe six books it's built from — more on the way
Written, not templatedReal travel writing, in the books' own voice
No other guide does thisA book made from your own trip is still rare
How it works

Three steps — and the first one already happened

1

You traveled

With the books, without them — doesn't matter. You went, you have photos, you remember why.

Already done
2

Send us your trip

Where you went, when, who was there, and the occasion — plus your photos.

3

Get Your Chapter

A personalized book — digital or printed — built from the places you actually went.

What's inside

Part guidebook, part photo album — written, not just laid out

  • Already-covered places pull straight from the Seoul, Curated books, matched to what you actually visited.
  • Anything new gets freshly written for your book — and might make the next edition.
  • Your photos, placed alongside the writing, not just dumped in a grid.
  • Every so often, one of the book's characters chimes in on your photo.
Already covered
Sumi, Coral and Teal at the food stalls in Gwangjang Market
Gwangjang Market
Day 3 · with Coral & Teal

You came for the tteokbokki and stayed forty minutes past when you meant to leave — pulled straight from Snack Seoul, matched to this exact photo.

Freshly written
Sumi glancing back over her shoulder on a stall-lined street in Namdaemun Market
Namdaemun Market, hat & bag alley
Day 4 · solo

Not the stop you plan ahead of time — you wandered off from the others for twenty minutes and this is what you came back with. Not in the books yet; we wrote it up fresh from your photo.

Photo + text
Sumi and Teal browsing a vintage clothing stall at Dongmyo Flea Market
Dongmyo Flea Market
Day 2 · with Teal

Your photo runs the full page, the writing threaded around it — not a caption underneath, part of the same layout.

Character chimes in
Close-up of Coral smiling on a food-stall alley in Tongin Market
Tongin Market
Day 5 · with Coral
"found my new favorite street and I'm not sharing the address" — Coral

Same playful voice as the series, dropped right onto your own photo.

Real hardcover cover proof, the exact file submitted to Lulu's print API
Not a render

This exact sample already passed a real print check

We sent the album below — the same cover and pages you're about to flip through — straight through our production printer, the same one every order ships through. It came back accepted, ready to print. This cover image is the printer's own proof, not a mockup.

8.5″ × 8.5″square hardcover
Case Wrapglossy, premium binding
Full-color80# coated photo paper
A real sample

Flip through an actual album

Not a mockup — this is a real sample copy, cover to a full chapter. Open it up and turn the pages.

Cover · tap to open
Optional add-on

Instagram Carousel — five posts, cut from your own album

Add a 5-slide Instagram carousel — cropped, captioned, and ready to post — pulled from the same photos and writing as your book. +$2, added at checkout.

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seoul.retold every trip gets its own chapter — this one's yours.
Pricing

Hardcover, eBook, or both

Your Chapter starts as a hardcover — eBook and the bundle are priced from there. Prices below are for the book itself; shipping & handling is calculated at checkout once we know where it's going.

eBook · lightest way in

Your Chapter — eBook

Short (5 places · 24–29p)$15.99
Standard (6–10 places · 28–54p)$24.99
Extended (11–15 places · 48–79p)$36.99

Delivered as a PDF, ready in about two weeks. No shipping.

Bundle · both together

Your Chapter — Hardcover + eBook

Short (5 places · 24–29p)$44
Standard (6–10 places · 28–54p)$63
Extended (11–15 places · 48–79p)$88

Hardcover and eBook together, for less than buying separately. + shipping & handling, calculated at checkout.

Shipping & handling is calculated at checkout, based on your address — never hidden until the last step.

Customs/import duties, if any, are set by your destination country and not included.

Send us your trip

Turn it into your book

Seven short steps. Nothing is charged until the last one.

Step 1 of 7

Pick your look

The visual style your book is built in — browse and pick one.

"Peek inside" opens a full sample page in a new tab so you can see the style beyond the cover.

Step 2 of 7

How many places?

This sets how many stops you can add in the next step.

Prices shown are for Hardcover, before shipping & handling — eBook and Bundle pricing come up in Step 6.

Step 3 of 7

Pick your places

Choose from places we've already written up.

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Heads up — places not yet in the library take a little longer, since they need fresh writing.

Step 4 of 7

Order your places

Drag into the order you visited them — we'll group nearby ones into days automatically. Exact dates are optional.

Step 5 of 7

Tell us what happened

A few lines per place — this is what becomes the "Our story" page.

Step 6 of 7

Choose your format

Step 7 of 7

Your info & review

Used on the front of your book (and the "book is being made" email). Defaults to your first photo if you don't pick one.

Confirm your email before paying — we'll send a 6-digit code, no account needed.

✓

Your trip is in.

We'll be in touch if we need anything else. Your book is on its way.

Haven't traveled yet?

Start with the books — your trip, informed

Seoul, Retold is built from these six — and many more are coming. Reading one before you go means your book afterward has even more to draw from. More about the series →

Coffee Seoul cover
Coffee Seoul
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Market Seoul cover
Market Seoul
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