01Your books
Type a title, the cover lands
The cover search finds the edition and drops it straight into the slot — no downloading images, no cropping, no dragging them into place. Your own photographs work just as well.
cover search built in
The whole shelf
Machines that already move
Point at any of them to watch it run. All 33 come with the key, and new ones arrive every month — no second purchase, nothing to re-download.
hover to playSlot Machine · Studio
Pull the lever, get a book
hover to playBlind Date
Three hints, then the cover
hover to playSpin the Wheel · Studio
The real wheel picks one
hover to playClaw Machine · Studio
The real cabinet picks one
hover to playOn a Ribbon · Studio
The photographed version of the bows
hover to playRibbon Drop · Studio
One book, lowered on a ribbon
hover to playBook Machine · Studio
The photographed machine picks one
hover to playSpin the Wheel
Eight covers, one winner
hover to playClaw Machine
The grabber picks one
hover to playBook Machine
One capsule drops, one book pops out
hover to playEnvelope Reveal
One book, one slow reveal
hover to playBook Mail
The box opens, the haul stands up
hover to playTake What You Need
A flyer with tear-off books
hover to playCover Crawl
A wall of covers, always moving
hover to playCover Drift
Chaos, then shelves
hover to playOn a Ribbon
Covers hung on satin bows
hover to playBookish Bingo
Nine squares, tick what you have read
hover to playReading Goal
The yearly challenge, counting up
hover to playCurrently Reading
One book, how far in, how it is going
hover to playQuote Card
A line worth keeping
hover to playThis or That
Two books, one wins
hover to playTier List
S, A, B, C — say it out loud
hover to playWrapped
The year, in numbers
hover to playThe Cat Decides
One book goes over the edge
hover to playRead This Next
Loved that one? Then this
hover to playTBR Tower
The pile that keeps growing
hover to playThe Book Opens
A cover that opens on the line
hover to playThis Month
Everything you read, shelved
hover to playThis Month · Studio
Your month on a real bookcase
Ask the Board
The planchette picks your next read
Read the Cards
Three cards, three next reads
Ask the Board · Wood
The planchette picks your next read
Read the Cards · Studio
The same spread, photographed
Not a video — the real thing
Have a go, right here
This is the studio itself, not a picture of it. Swap the template, change the colours, pick a background, type your own headline — everything works except saving the file.
go on, change the colours
- Any of the 33 templates
- Recolour it
- Change the background
- Type your own words
02Your colours
The same template, your palette
Twenty-eight presets — coquette pink, cozy romance, dark academia, matcha, midnight — thirty-seven backgrounds and four lettering styles. Or set every colour by hand until it matches the rest of your feed.
one template, two moods
03Done
Save the MP4 and post it
Story size, feed size, or any size you type in. The export is silent on purpose, so Instagram and TikTok still let you lay a trending sound over the top of it.
about a minute, start to post
Why it is worth it
Posting stops being a second job
A post takes an evening
A template takes about a minute. Covers in, words typed, MP4 out.
Stills get scrolled past
These move. The claw grabs, the wheel lands, the gumball drops — the thing that stops a thumb.
Every book means redrawing the layout
The layout is already built. You are filling one in, not making one.
Another monthly subscription
One payment. The key is yours, including everything added later.
One key, everything on this page
What you actually get
One payment buys the whole bookstagram video studio: 33 animated templates for Instagram stories, reels and TikTok, the colours and backgrounds to make them yours, and the cover search that fills them. No subscription, no software to install, and every template added later is already included.
A key that does not expire
One payment, and every template on the shelf is yours — including the ones added after you buy. Nothing renews, nothing lapses.
A finished video in a minute
No timeline, no keyframes, no layers. Choose a template, drop the covers in, type the words. The animation was made for you.
28 palettes, 37 backgrounds
Coquette pink, cozy romance, dark academia, matcha, midnight — or every colour set by hand until it matches your feed exactly.
Book covers found for you
Type a title, pick the edition, and the cover lands in the slot. Or upload your own photographs of the books on your shelf.
Story, feed, or any size
1080 × 1920 for stories and reels, 1080 × 1350 for the grid, or a custom size you type in yourself. Same template, any shape.
Silent, so audio still works
The MP4 comes out without a soundtrack on purpose — Instagram and TikTok let you lay a trending sound straight over it.
Not another Canva template
Stills you redraw, or videos already built
A Canva template is a still you redraw for every book: drag the cover in, resize it, nudge the text, do it again next week. These are real animated videos. You change the covers and the words; the movement is already built and it stays built.
- A design subscription
- about $120 a year, every year
- One commissioned reel
- made once, for one post
- Pinky Cat
- $28 once · 33 templates · yours for good
Pay once
$28
A lifetime key to all 33 templates, every colour, every export — and everything added from here on.
Instant download · a one-page PDF with your key · nothing renews
Before you ask
Questions
Do I need to install anything?
No. Pinky Cat runs in your browser — phone, tablet or laptop. Nothing to download, no Canva, no CapCut, no editing software.
Is this a subscription?
No. One payment, one key, for good. Every template that exists now and every template added later is covered by it.
How do I get my key?
The moment you buy on Etsy you get a one-page PDF with your key and a link that opens the studio already unlocked. Nothing to wait for and nothing to install.
Will it work on my phone?
Yes — that is where most of these get made. The studio is built for a phone screen first, and the export saves straight to your camera roll.
Can I post what I make to a business account?
Yes. Make as many videos as you like, for your own feed or for the shop, blog or bookshop page you run. The key is yours, the videos are yours.
Why is the export silent?
So Instagram and TikTok let you lay their own trending audio over it. A video that arrives with its own soundtrack loses that.
What if I get stuck?
There is a help button inside the studio and a person reads every message that comes through it.
Where do the book covers come from?
The covers shown here and on the listing are for preview only. Cover art is fetched from the Open Library catalogue and stays the property of its publishers and artists — you are buying the animated templates and the studio, not the artwork on the books.
Post something moving tonight
your shelf is already interesting — show it moving