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Manuscript import

Bring the draft you have, finish the book

Drop in a Word file. Chapters, front matter, images and footnotes land where they belong, and your prose stays exactly as you wrote it.

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  • Up to 200,000 words
  • Review every chapter split
  • First import of each book type free

See it in action

Finish the book you started

Without it

  • A draft stuck in a Word file for years
  • Copy-pasting chapters one by one
  • Starting over in a new tool

With it

  • Chapters detected and split for you
  • Your words kept exactly as written
  • Write, edit, translate and publish from there

From .docx to a book

  1. 01Step

    Drop your Word file

    Say how far along the draft is: notes, outline or full chapters.

    Import screen with the I have a draft option and a drop zone
  2. 02Step

    See what was found

    Language and chapter count detected before you start.

    File set up showing full chapter text and 4 chapters identified
  3. 03Step

    Check the chapter splits

    Rename, combine or split, with undo.

    Adjust chapters editor with chapter list and split controls
  4. 04Step

    Pick the next step

    Finish missing chapters, edit, cover, format or translate.

    Your book looks finished screen with next step options

What comes across intact

  • Chapters and titles

    Detected from headings and page breaks.

  • Front and back matter

    Dedication, acknowledgments, copyright, about the author.

  • Images and footnotes

    Kept where they were in the manuscript.

  • Partial drafts

    Notes, characters or outlines become the plan for the rest.

  • Big files

    Up to 200,000 words and 32 MB per Word file.

  • Everything after

    Edit, translate, narrate, cover and export EPUB or print PDF.

Free account. Your first fiction and nonfiction import is free. The total shows before you confirm.

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Questions authors ask

Your draft is closer than you think

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