Can BookyAI interview me before it writes the book, so the book is built around my own stories?

Yes, from version 1.9.18. Click "New Book", describe your topic, and in the card "Tell me your stories first" press "Start the interview". It takes about ten minutes and it is optional. The first topic is always "Why this book, and why you"; the others are proposed from your idea, for example the day the problem became yours, a failure that taught you the method, or a person who changed your mind. Answer one question at a time and press "Keep this story" when the meter says there is enough. Three to six stories carry a book. They are listed in the card (the X removes one) and kept with the draft of the form. When you create the book, your stories are saved in its Codex before the outline is written, the outline gives each story its chapter, and those chapters are written from your answers. The chapters without a story teach through explanation: BookyAI is told never to invent further personal stories for you.