Publishing and export

Editions

An edition is one file of the book for a specific purpose: EPUB for stores, PDF for print, DOCX for an editor, Markdown for moving your text elsewhere. A book can have any number of editions while the manuscript stays single — an edition stores only settings.

• New edition — ”+ New Edition” in the left panel of Publishing, then choose the format.
• Duplicate or delete — the ”…” menu on the edition page, or right-click in the list.

Quick export

⇧⌘E (or ⌘K → “Export”, or “Quick Export…” in Publishing):

1. Choose a format — EPUB, PDF, DOCX or Markdown.
2. Choose an edition. If there is no edition in that format, the default style is used.
3. “Export…” → location for the file → done: number of chapters, words and pages, “Show in Finder”, “Open”.

Detailed edition settings

Edition style — how the book looks (not the editor):

Preset	For
Classic	fiction: serif type, justified text, paragraph indents, “Chapter One”, small caps at the start of a chapter
Modern	sans-serif headings aligned left, first paragraph without an indent
Manuscript	DOCX for an editor or agent: 12 pt, double spacing, page numbers
Large Print	comfortable reading: 16 pt, no hyphenation

“Detailed settings” refine the preset: body and heading fonts, size, leading, chapter number (“Chapter 1”, “I”, “Chapter One” or none), heading alignment, first paragraph (indented, not indented, small caps, drop cap), scene separator, paragraph indent, justification, hyphenation, space before a chapter.

Page (PDF and DOCX) — trim size (A5, 130×200 mm, 5×8″, 6×9″, A4, Letter and others), margins in millimetres, mirrored margins, page numbers, running heads (author on the left, chapter on the right), chapters starting on a right-hand page.

Contents — which scenes are included; epigraph. Scenes with the “Excluded” status are never included.

Preview

On the right of the edition page is the result, built by the same code as the file:

• EPUB — the selected chapter in a phone, e-reader or tablet frame;
• PDF — the first sections page by page, with an optional spread view;
• DOCX — the first sections in the system viewer;
• Markdown — the beginning of the file.

The preview updates on its own a fraction of a second after a change.

Pre-release check

Preflight at the top of the edition page: errors, warnings and suggestions, each linked to its place in the book. An error means “not ready for release” — you can still export the file for review; Norwid will ask you to confirm.

How the book is assembled

• Parts become separate pages with the part title.
• If the book has no chapters, each scene becomes a chapter.
• Scenes within a chapter are separated by the chosen separator.
• If a chapter title already contains a number (“Chapter 3. …”, “XII”), no second number is added.