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Book — read & export

The last screen, and the payoff. Book stitches every rendered scene into one continuous read — chapter by chapter, in book typography — and hands you an export drawer that turns it into a real, formatted manuscript you can download and publish.

The Book screen — a chapter list on the left, the assembled prose reading centre in serif book typography, and an open export drawer on the right with format tabs (TXT/DOCX/EPUB/PDF), metadata, layout and additional-section controls
Book: the chapter list (left), the assembled read (centre), and the export drawer with format, metadata and layout (right).

The reading view

The centre shows the current chapter exactly as a reader would meet it — a centred heading, your chapter title, and the prose in book typography, with scene breaks, dialogue and inner thought all set properly. The chapter list on the left moves you around; arrows at the foot of each chapter step to the next. It’s a true read-through, not an editor — the place to see whether the book flows as a whole.

Progress at a glance

Each chapter in the list carries a status dot — a green check when every scene has text, an amber dot when it’s partly written, dim when it’s empty — so you can see how far the book has come without opening each one. The bar along the bottom totals it up: scenes ready, chapters with text, the word count and an estimated reading time. Export appears once at least one scene is written.

Exporting your book

Export opens a drawer on the right. Pick a format first — everything you set below is saved automatically, so you can tune it and re-download freely:

TXT
FreePlain text — the raw manuscript. Free on every plan (watermarked without a subscription).
DOCX
A formatted Microsoft Word document — the usual hand-off to editors and most publishers.
EPUB
The e-book format — reflowable, for Kindle-class readers and e-book stores.
PDF
A print-ready, fixed-layout book — page size, drop caps and dividers exactly as set.

Metadata

Set the book’s Title, Subtitle and Author for the export. Leave the title blank to fall back to your project settings.

Layout

For DOCX, EPUB and PDF you control how the book is set:

  • Title page · Contents · Page numberstoggle each front-matter piece on or off
  • Font & sizeserif or sans, 10–14 pt
  • Page sizeA5, A4, Letter, or trade 6×9 (the common paperback trim)
  • Line spacing1.0 to 2.0
  • Scene dividerhow scene breaks look — * * *, ✦ ✦ ✦, a rule, or a blank line
  • Drop capsa large opening capital per chapter (EPUB/PDF)

Front & back matter

Optional pages that make it feel like a published book — each a checkbox that opens its own field:

  • Epigraphan opening quote (text + attribution)
  • Dedicationa dedication page
  • Copyright pagea formal copyright notice
  • About the authora back-matter bio
TXT is free on every plan; DOCX, EPUB and PDF need a subscription. When a paid format is locked, its tab shows a small lock and the download button becomes an upgrade link — TXT still exports (watermarked without a subscription) so you can always get your text out.

Set it the way you want and hit Download. That’s the whole pipeline, end to end — from one idea, through the world, the plot, the structure and the scenes, to a finished book you can hold.

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