A NO-HYPE PRACTICAL GUIDE

AI Friction-Free

Reclaim your time with everyday AI agents, prompts & automations.

For busy parents, professionals, and family caregivers — the people most AI books overlook.

$9.99 Kindle · $19.99 paperback · two free companion PDFs included

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AI Friction-Free

Reclaim Your Time with Everyday AI Agents, Prompts & Automations

By Marin Veld

If you've ever...

  • Bought an "AI productivity" book that turned out to be a thousand prompts with no context.
  • Spent forty minutes comparing tools and given up before setting any of them up.
  • Watched a friend evangelize Claude and quietly wondered if you were the problem.
  • Saved a TikTok with a "this will change your life" prompt and never opened it again.
  • Felt like everyone else is getting an extra hour a day and you're getting more meetings.

...this book is for you.

Eight chapters. Eight specific outcomes. One handbook.

Chapter 1

Why Friction Is Stealing Your Life

The framework that runs the whole book — and why most productivity advice gets it wrong.

Chapter 2

AI Basics & Setup

The 2026 stack you actually need (smaller than you think) — set up in one afternoon.

Chapter 3

Prompt Engineering 101

The 4-Part Prompt Formula, and the templates you can copy-paste tonight.

Chapter 4

MCP Mastery

The single biggest time-saver of 2026, explained in plain English.

Chapter 5

Core Friction-Removal Playbooks

Seven life categories, twelve workflows, one chapter of actual reclaim.

Chapter 6

Building & Scaling Your Personal AI Team

When one prompt isn't enough — the system that holds everything together.

Chapter 7

Case Studies, Pitfalls & Long-Term Success

Five real stories. Seven mistakes everyone makes. The fixes.

Chapter 8

Turn Your New Skills Into Income

Three honest paths. No millionaire hooks. The first $1,000.

How to start.

What Price Description
The book (Kindle) $9.99 The full handbook. 8 chapters, 5 appendices, 44 designed visuals.
The book (paperback) $19.99 The same content as a printed book you can hold.
Free Visual Guide Free The 14-visual cheat sheet. PDF download.
Free Prompt Vault Free 20 copy-paste prompts from the book. PDF download.

Every reader gets two free companion PDFs (Visual Guide + Prompt Vault) — no upsell, no nag screen, no "buy this next." The brand voice avoids hype, and "free" is the version that works for a debut reader.

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FAQ.

Will there be an audiobook?

Maybe later. The book has 44 designed visuals — including reference tables, prompt boxes, and worksheets — so audio is a poor fit for the first edition. If demand is strong post-launch, a narration-only edition with a companion PDF is on the table.

Is there a refund?

Amazon's standard 7-day refund applies to Kindle purchases and KDP paperback returns. The two companion PDFs (Visual Guide + Prompt Vault) are free — there's nothing to refund. Email hello@aifrictionfree.com with any other question.

Was any of this written by AI?

The book is written by Marin Veld (a human, working under a pen name) with AI used as a thinking and editing tool — the same way the book recommends using AI. No content was generated end-to-end by AI; every paragraph was written, edited, and approved by a human author.

What if I'm not a busy parent or professional?

You'll still get value. The frameworks apply to anyone trying to reclaim time. The examples lean toward family + work life because that's where most of the testing happened, but the core patterns (the four-part prompt, the three workflow patterns, the friction framework) apply universally.