Word import
Import a .docx, review detected chapters, and adjust the splits before adding it to the book.
Features
Write, organise, format, preview, and export a complete book in one browser workspace.
Write and organise
Build the manuscript and its structure in one place.
Browser editor
Write headings, lists, quotations, code, images, scene dividers, and footnotes without installing an app.
Book structure
Arrange front matter, body matter, back matter, sections, chapters, and a generated table of contents.
Chapter history and statistics
Return to earlier chapter versions and track word, chapter, and estimated print-page counts.
Collaboration
Members can invite editors to a shared manuscript; collaborators do not need their own membership.
Cross-platform
Use the same book on macOS, Windows, Linux, Chromebooks, tablets, and phones in a modern browser.
Learn moreImport a manuscript
Folius finds likely chapters in a Word document and lets you correct the outline before import.
Format and preview
Set the rules once and see them applied across the book.
Print and EPUB preview
Edit beside a paginated print page or switch to a reflowable ebook preview.
Book themes
Start with a coordinated design for a novel, reference book, or children’s book.
Typography
Control fonts, spacing, chapter openings, headings, indents, hyphenation, widows, and orphans.
Print page setup
Choose trim size, margins, type size, bleed amount and edges, crop marks, headers, footers, and recto starts.
Image layout
Place, crop, caption, and bleed images within text, beside it, or on their own pages.
Publication details
Keep the title page, copyright, ISBN, language, cover, and other metadata with the book.
Adjust the book, not one page
Select a page element, change its shared rule, and judge the result in the finished-page preview.
Publish and share
Generate finished files and keep the source portable.
Six export formats
Free accounts include EPUB, Markdown, and backup; membership adds print PDF, screen PDF, and static HTML.
Print production
Produce PDF/X-3 interiors with CMYK output, embedded fonts, bleed, and crop marks.
Amazon KDP checks
Check page limits, page-count-based margins, trim, bleed, and safe areas before upload.
Learn morePublic reading
Members can share a read-only browser edition; the public link pauses if membership ends.
Export history
Keep previous publication files available when you need to download them again.
Backups and portability
Download the manuscript as Markdown or save a complete Folius backup for safekeeping.
Choose the output
One book can produce files for a printer, an ebook store, the web, another writing tool, or an archive.
Experience the real editor. Keep an EPUB.
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