Features

Everything a book needs. Nothing it doesn’t.

Chapterly is a writing studio, a design desk and a publishing house in one calm place. Here’s the whole thing, chapter by chapter. Most of it you can play with right on this page.

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Chapter I · The Writing Studio

A quiet desk for a noisy imagination.

Write in a calm, distraction-free editor that saves every keystroke. Shape your book into parts and chapters, add the front and back matter, and keep your notes one click away.

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Chapter One

The Count

Wren had counted the steps to the lamp room four hundred times, and every time the number came out different. Tonight it was one hundred and twelve.

She climbed anyway. The lamp room was cold. The great lens waited in its brass cradle, patient, the way it had waited every night since the storm.

a chapter, writing itself

Every version, kept.

Drag back through a chapter’s history to see how a line grew up, and restore any version you like.

Revision historynothing is ever lost

Wren counted the steps.

  • Chapters, parts & foldersDrag to reorder your manuscript whenever the story changes its mind.
  • Front & back matterTitle page, dedication, epigraph, copyright, acknowledgements and more.
  • Word-count goalsDaily, weekly or monthly targets, for one book or all of them.
  • Revision historyStep back to any earlier version of a chapter. Nothing is ever lost.
  • Import your draftBring in .docx, .odt, Markdown, plain text or EPUB, split into chapters for you.
  • Spelling & grammarA built-in checker that catches what tired eyes miss.
Chapter II · Chap, an Assistant

Help when you ask. Silence when you don’t.

Chap is the AI assistant built into Chapterly. Select a passage and ask for sensory detail, dialogue or a simpler sentence, or let it carry on from your cursor. It suggests; you decide.

Chapter three · The Stranger

Wren, who had not expected anyone at all at such an hour, and certainly not on a night like this one, opened the door, whereupon she saw that there stood a man who was, as far as she could tell, completely soaked through.

ChapChoose what this paragraph needs

Pick an action above and Chap will suggest a rewrite.

try it: pick an action
  • Compose & dialogueKeep writing from your cursor, or turn narration into conversation.
  • Simplify & enrichUntangle a long sentence or add sight, sound, smell and touch.
  • OutlinesDraft a chapter outline to react to, argue with and rewrite.
  • Titles & blurbsBrainstorm a title and a back-cover description that fits your genre.
  • Character profilesFlesh out a new character in a few seconds, then make them yours.
  • Images & Story AnalyzerGenerate artwork for boards and covers, and (on Pro) get feedback on a whole manuscript.
Chapter III · Characters & Places

Every name, face and hiding place in one binder.

Give every character and location a home right beside the manuscript, so the scar you gave someone in chapter two is still on the right cheek in chapter twenty.

The Lighthouse Keeper’s DaughterCharacters980 / 1,500 today
her fatherwho is he?

Wren Ashby

The keeper’s daughter

  • stubborn
  • counts things
  • 17

First appears · Ch. 1

Tom Ashby

Keeper of Gull Rock light

  • lost at sea
  • kept a logbook

First appears · Ch. 1

The Stranger

Arrives in chapter 3

  • soaked
  • knows her name

First appears · Ch. 3

the binder, opened
  • Character templatesReady-made templates to fill in as you get to know someone.
  • Location templatesBuild the lighthouse, the harbour town and everything in between.
  • Custom fieldsAdd the attributes your story needs, from magic systems to star signs.
  • Tags & notesTag anything and find it again in a second.
  • PicturesUpload your own reference images or pick from thousands of free Unsplash photos.
  • Always beside the pageYour binder stays open while you write, so nothing breaks your flow.
Chapter IV · Boards & Outlines

Tie your plot together with red string.

Visual boards give your plotting somewhere to sprawl. Pin scenes, characters, images and links, connect them, and rearrange until the story clicks.

The storm

Tom rows out to the wreck and doesn’t come back.

Gull Rock

The Stranger

A soaked man at the door. He knows her name.

The logbook

Her father’s last entry: one step missing.

Act II

The second light

go on, move a card

this board is real: drag the cards
  • Visual boardsA drag-and-drop canvas for research, mood and plot.
  • Connected cardsDraw lines between cards to show cause, effect and coincidence.
  • Cards for everythingChapters, characters, locations, notes, images, links and whole books.
  • Boards inside boardsGroup cards and nest boards when a subplot needs its own room.
  • OutlinesPlan chapter by chapter with outlines that sit right in your manuscript.
  • AI artworkGenerate a quick image for a place or a mood when words aren’t enough.
Chapter V · Covers & Typesetting

Then make it look like a real book.

When the last chapter is done, design the cover, pick a typesetting theme and export files you can upload to any store or send to a printer.

Theme
Trim size
Chapter heading

Export as print-ready PDF, EPUB or MOBI

✦The Stranger

Wren opened the door to a wall of salt wind. A man stood on the step, rain running from his collar in thin silver threads, and the cold smell of the sea came in with him.

“You’re soaked,” she said, one hand still on the door. Behind her the lamp turned and turned, and for a moment its light found his face.

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flip the switches, watch the page reflow
The Lighthouse Keeper’s DaughterCovers › Paperback1,204 / 1,500 today
a novelThe Lighthouse
Keeper’s
DaughterJune Ashby

Export

  • Print-ready PDF6 × 9 in · CMYK cover
  • EPUBfor every e-reader
  • MOBIfor older Kindles
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  • Cover designerTemplates for ebooks, paperbacks and hardcovers, with layers, text, shapes and a barcode.
  • Typesetting themesChapter headings, drop caps, headers, justification and hyphenation.
  • Trim sizesTrade, digest, pocket and standard formats.
  • Print-ready PDFInterior and cover PDFs with proper bleed and a CMYK cover.
  • EPUB & MOBIEbook files for every reader and store.
  • Unlimited exportsFix a typo and export again. As many times as you like.
Chapter VI · Writing Together

Bring your editor into the room.

Invite an editor, a co-author or a trusted first reader. Write together in real time, talk in the margins and accept their suggestions with one click.

The Lighthouse Keeper’s DaughterManuscript › 1. The Count1,204 / 1,500 today

Chapter One

The Count

Wren had counted the steps to the lamp room four hundred times, and every time the number came out very different. Tonight it was one hundred and twelve.June

Ed · editor
Ed is the editor. Be nice to Ed.
  • Unlimited collaboratorsInvite as many people as your book needs.
  • Real-time editingLive cursors and instant sync, like writing at the same desk.
  • Comments & repliesDiscuss a line right where it lives.
  • Suggested editsProposed changes you can accept, or not, in one click.
Chapter VII · The Reading Room

Publish a chapter tonight. Wake up to readers.

Every author gets a profile and every story gets its own page. Publish straight from the editor, chapter by chapter, and readers can follow, react and talk to you.

‹Chapter 12 · The Second LightAa

The Second Light

The light came back on the second night.

Wren saw it from the kitchen window: a slow white sweep across the water where there should have been nothing but dark. She counted the turns. Eight seconds. Her father’s light kept eight seconds.

She took the lantern and the key the stranger had given her, and she climbed. One hundred and eleven steps. One fewer again.

At the top, the lamp room door stood open, and someone had laid two cups on the chart table, one of them still warm.

Wren saw it from the kitchen window: a slow white sweep across the water where there should have been nothing but dark. She counted the turns. Eight seconds. Her father’s light kept eight seconds.

She took the lantern and the key the stranger had given her, and she climbed. One hundred and eleven steps. One fewer again.

At the top, the lamp room door stood open, and someone had laid two cups on the chart table, one of them still warm.

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what your readers see

from a reader, chapter 12:

“I’ve read this chapter three times. Please tell me the key opens the logbook.”

Illustrative, but you get the idea.

  • Author profile & story pagesA beautiful home for you and each of your books.
  • Publish from the editorSend a finished chapter to your readers without copy and paste.
  • More than chaptersShare updates, images, audio, video and links too.
  • Followers & reactionsReaders follow your stories, react and comment on every chapter.
  • Messages & notificationsReaders hear the moment a new chapter lands.
  • DiscoveryReaders find new authors and stories on Explore.
Chapter VIII · The Patron’s Ledger

Be paid by the people who love your work.

Turn readers into patrons with membership tiers, sell your finished book, and accept tips. Payouts go to your own Stripe account and Chapterly keeps 10%.

Your prices. Your readers. Your account.

Readers pay you directly through Stripe. Chapterly keeps 10% of tiers, sales and tips, and Stripe charges its usual processing fee. Reading on Chapterly is free.

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  • Membership tiersSet your own monthly prices and perks, including free tiers.
  • Tier-only postsChoose which chapters and posts each tier unlocks.
  • Sell the bookPut a price on a whole story and let readers buy it outright.
  • TipsReaders can send a thank-you from $1 to $100.
  • Stripe payoutsMoney goes straight to your own Stripe account.
  • Earnings goalsSet a goal in your wallet and watch the progress.
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Index

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