Author Tools
Typeset your book. Design its covers.
Turn a Word, Markdown or plain-text manuscript into a print-ready PDF and an EPUB, then design the front cover, spine, back cover and full wrap-around sized to your page count. Free, and everything runs in your browser: your manuscript never leaves your device.
Book details
Used on the title page, copyright page, EPUB and covers. Remembered in this browser (the manuscript is not).
Book identifier
Printed on the copyright page and as a scannable barcode on the back cover.
1. Your manuscript
Everything is typeset in your browser. Your text is never uploaded to ProActa or anyone else.
2. Page design
Chapters open on right-hand pages; the inside margin grows with the page count so text never disappears into the binding; headings are kept with the text that follows; no single line is left alone at the top or bottom of a page.
3. Build your files
Add the title and author under “Book details” first.
1. Design
The title, author, identifier and publisher come from “Book details”. Fill in the back-cover text below.
Colours
Use a picture you own or have the right to print. It is shown behind the front cover under a dark veil so the lettering stays readable.
Choose an ISBN or a free SmartRead SSBN under “Book details” to put an identifier on the back cover.
2. Preview
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Full wrap-around, 12.72 × 9.25 in (323 × 235 mm) with 0.125 in bleed. Pink lines mark the spine folds; blue is the trim edge. The guides are not in the downloaded files.
Front
Back
3. Download
Print files are 300 dpi. Send the wrap-around PDF to your printer along with the interior PDF.
Fonts: Crimson Text and Poppins (SIL Open Font License). Pictures inside the manuscript are not typeset in this version. Print files are set for 6 × 9 in and other common trim sizes; confirm the specification with your printer before ordering.