Your chapter-based draft
Title, author, optional sections, ordered chapters, text, images and simple tables.
Windows book-production software · 6 × 9 closed beta
Turn your manuscript into a professionally formatted, editable Word book.
Write your book – we’ll handle the formatting
Build your chapters in a guided desktop app. Manuscript to Book handles margins, sections, chapter starts, running heads, page fields and contents mechanics—then gives you an ordinary DOCX you can continue to edit.
Closed beta currently supports 6 × 9 books on Windows. Access is not yet an open public download.
The product, not a mock-up
A book workflow built around chapters.
Work with the parts of a book you recognise. The app turns those choices into the Word mechanics you should not have to construct by hand.
Manuscript to Book at a glance
The important facts, without the sales fog.
- What it is
- A guided Windows book-production application
- Current beta
- 6 × 9 chapter-based books
- Output
- An ordinary, editable Microsoft Word DOCX
- Free
- Build the complete book and generate a restricted sample
- Book Licence
- $29 permanently unlocks one book
- Pro
- $39/month across multiple eligible books
- Manuscript processing
- Local-first; manuscript text is not required by the account service
- Generative AI
- Optional externally, never imposed on the manuscript workflow
The work behind the words
Writing the book was difficult enough.
Word can make an excellent book, but it expects you to understand mirrored margins, section breaks, page-number restarts, running heads, contents fields and styles that behave across hundreds of pages.
Manuscript to Book replaces that manual construction with a guided sequence built around the parts authors recognise.
Mirrored marginsFront matterChapter startsRunning headsPage fieldsWord contents
Before and after
Keep the manuscript simple. Let the document carry the mechanics.
A professionally constructed Word book
Selected trim size, structured sections, book styles, mirrored margins, chapter starts, running heads, page fields and contents mechanics.
The reading view is approximate. Microsoft Word remains authoritative for final line breaks and pagination, and publishers’ current requirements must still be checked.
A guided book workflow
Five understandable stages. One editable result.
- 01Start or import
Create a book or import compatible structured Markdown.
- 02Organise
Add the details, sections and chapters your book needs.
- 03Design
Choose the supported typography and book treatment.
- 04Review
Check structure and an approximate reading view.
- 05Generate
Download a professionally constructed Word document.
See the real workflow
From book details to an editable DOCX
Start or import your book
Create a local project, enter the book details or import compatible structured Markdown.
Book details, publishing information and export controls are organised around the book as a whole. Add and organise the content
Create, rename, reorder and edit chapters without manually managing Word sections.
Add, rename, reorder and edit chapters in a focused workflow built around a manuscript. Choose the book-wide design
Set supported title, chapter and body typography once for the complete book.
Book-wide typography choices are made once and applied consistently to the generated document. Review the structure
Use the approximate reading view to check order and appearance before generating.
The reading view helps check structure and appearance; Microsoft Word remains authoritative for final pagination. Generate an editable Word document
Ask the Windows app to construct the DOCX, then continue working with it in Word.
The desktop dashboard keeps locally stored books together without turning the app into a general-purpose word processor.
The Word document is the product
Useful after it leaves the app.
Your DOCX contains Word-native book construction wherever practical. Open it, update its fields, revise the text, adjust styles or save a PDF yourself.
Explore Word-native formatting- Selected book sizeCurrently 6 × 9 in beta
- Structured sectionsFront matter, story and back matter
- Running heads and page fieldsConstructed for Word to resolve
- Editable stylesAn ordinary DOCX you control
Portable alongside Word
A human-readable Markdown form of the project.
Export structured Markdown for a portable backup, editing in ordinary text tools or an external AI workflow you choose. Import compatible structured Markdown back into Manuscript to Book when you are ready.
Stage 1 Markdown contains references and metadata for images—not image binaries, base64 or data-URI content.
Understand the Markdown format →Owned
The output is an editable Word file. Structured Markdown gives you a readable, portable form of the project too.
See the Markdown workflow →Local-first
Manuscript content stays on your device for authoring, review and DOCX generation. Account and entitlement services do not require the manuscript text.
Understand what stays local →AI optional
No generative AI writes, rewrites, edits or trains on the manuscript in the core workflow. Use an external AI tool only if you choose.
AI optional. Never AI imposed. →Straightforward access
Build first. Choose how to unlock the complete document.
No credits and no fee every time you download the same permanently licensed book.
Free
$0
Build and review your complete book, then generate a Word sample.
Book Licence
$29 per book
Permanently unlock full Word exports for one book project.
Pro
$39 per month
$390 per year
Generate full Word documents across multiple books while subscribed.
Questions worth answering clearly
Before you trust an app with your book
What does Manuscript to Book do?
It guides you through the parts of a chapter-based book and generates a professionally constructed, editable Microsoft Word DOCX with the selected book size, styles, sections, chapter starts, running heads, page fields and contents mechanics.
Do I need Microsoft Word to use Manuscript to Book?
You do not need Word to build the project or generate the DOCX. Word or a compatible application is useful afterwards to inspect final pagination, update fields, make manual changes or save a PDF.
What does a Book Licence unlock?
It permanently unlocks full Word-document generation for one specific book project, including later revisions of that same project.
What happens if I cancel Pro?
Your projects and local manuscript content remain yours. Permanently licensed books stay licensed; other projects return to the free export restriction when the paid Pro period ends.
Closed beta
Spend your time on the book.
Manuscript to Book is being prepared for its first 6 × 9 Windows beta. Join the beta list to hear when access is available.
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