Create your first book

AStarting a standalone book

1. In the Library, click New book (at the top right).right.
2. Type the title. Below it, choose the pen name ifIf you have more than one,one andpen thename, pageyou'll setupbe asked which one; if you haveyou've made more than one—otherwiseone neitherpage issetup, asked.you'll be asked that too. Otherwise there's nothing more to fill in.
3. Click Add.

The book opens in the editor, empty, with two choices:ways to begin: Add the first chapter, or bring in a manuscript you already have. If the book already exists in Word, Markdown or plain text, importing it is fastermuch quicker than starting over—see Import a manuscript.

AStarting a book in a series

ABooks bookthat joinsbelong to a series are added from the series'series ownitself rowrather in the Library, notthan from the top button.button, so they land in the right place with the right number. Find the series,series in the Library and click Add book on its row,row. andYou'll givebe asked for the title and its number in the seriesseries—3, (3,say, or 2.5 for a novella that sits between books;books. leaveLeave the number blank for a prequel or anything unnumbered).that isn't numbered. A book in a series takes the series' pen name.name automatically.

NoDon't have a series yet? New series, (beside New book)book, makes one:one. It asks for a name,name and the pen name it is published under,name, and optionally a universeuniverse—a itsetting this series shares with otherothers. series.You can skip the universe for now; it's easy to add later.

What a new book comes with

• A page setup (setup—trim size, margins, fonts), fonts—inherited from the seriesseries, or from your default.default Changeif it's a standalone. You can change it laterany time from the editoreditor, under Book → Page setup.
• Chapter header settings, inherited fromif the series if it has them.
• Nothing else:else. noNo chapters, no front matter.matter yet. Those comearrive as you add them.

OpenOpening it again

The Library lists everyEvery book is listed in the Library, under its series or, for standalones,or on its own.own row if it's a standalone. Click the title to open it;it. theThe editor remembers which scene you werehad in.open last time and takes you straight back to it.