A best friend gift: the chat, as a book
Updated November 8, 2026
Years of messages with a best friend, or the group chat that has run since school, make a funny and personal gift as a printed book. Bound Texts lays out a WhatsApp chat or group chat with everyone's names, emoji and photos, for $49 as a paperback.
Why a chat makes a good friendship gift
A long friendship is mostly small messages: the meme at midnight, the “call me”, the photo from a night out, the running joke nobody else gets. Printed in order, it reads like the story of the friendship, and it is the rare gift that makes people laugh out loud when they open it.
Moments the book picks up
In the best moments edition, the book keeps the messages that made someone laugh (the ones followed by a “hahaha” or a 😂), the birthday messages, the thank-yous and the photos, each with the messages around it.
Good occasions
- A milestone birthday.
- A friend moving away.
- A wedding: the group chat that planned it, as a book for the couple.
- Ten years of friendship.
Start by exporting the chat with its photos, then drop it into the book maker.
Questions
Does it work with group chats?
Yes. Everyone else’s messages carry the sender’s name, and the numbers page lists who sent the most.
The group chat is enormous. Then what?
Pick the dates (one trip, one year, the wedding planning) or the best moments edition, which keeps the funny, warm and grateful messages and the photos. A book holds up to 600 pages at $69.