Start here
- How the factory worksSix steps from your manuscript to a finished EPUB and print PDF, and who does what.
- Signing in and your booksYour client code, the emailed sign-in link, and the page that lists your books.
Your books
- The transmittalThe one-page form about your book. It sets the title pages, trim size, typography and copyright page.
- Send your manuscriptUpload one .docx from your editor. Heading 1 for chapters, named styles or [[markers]] for the rest.
- InspectWhat the factory found in your file, how serious each finding is, and what to do next.
- Build and downloadFree proofs, counted finals, how long a build takes, and where your files are.
- Your style sheetYour book's editorial decisions (spelling, commas, capitals). Accept the studio's, edit them, or add your own.
Inspect findings
- Custom styles not in your transmittalYour file uses a paragraph or character style the transmittal doesn't list.
- Book map: front / body / back matterHow the build reads your file, and any warnings or notes about it.
- Marked styles ([[style]] markers)The [[markers]] Inspect found at the start of paragraphs, and what each becomes.
- Headings without a Heading styleA line that looks like a heading but is styled as body text, so the factory can't find it.
- Spacing-sensitive or preformatted contentText that looks like ASCII art or a preformatted block, where the spacing matters.
- Stray \">\" marks from a pasted email\">\" characters inside your running text, left over from a quoted email or Markdown.
- Mixed fonts or sizes in one paragraphA paragraph with more than one font or size in it.
- Colored textText set in a color other than black.
- Highlighted textText with a highlighter mark on it.
- Unusual fonts (ignored by the factory)A font in your file that the factory won't use.
- Non-Latin scriptText in a non-Latin script, such as Greek, Cyrillic or Arabic.
- Bold/italic applied by handBold, italic or underline set directly on the text rather than by a style.
- Lists typed by handBullets or numbers typed as characters (-, *, 1.) instead of a list style.
- Spacing/indent/alignment applied by handSpacing, indent or alignment set on a paragraph directly, not by a style.
- Scene breaks done by handA scene break made with typed characters or a row of empty paragraphs.
- Emoji or special font useEmoji or a special font in your text.
- ImagesThe images Inspect found in your file, and how large each will print.
- Styles seen in the fileCustom styles Inspect noticed in your file.
- Declared styles found in the fileA custom style you declared in the transmittal, confirmed present in your file.
- Bracketed style nameA custom style declared in the transmittal with [[ ]] in its name.
The studio
- Your Factory PassWhat a pass includes, how finals and storage work, and what happens when it ends.
For developers
- The factory from your own deskThe same six steps as the Factory page, as API calls or a small Python script.
Learn more
- Further readingBooks, papers and standards behind the factory, from the soft protocols of books (conventions, house style, institutions) to the hard ones (markup, formats, metadata).
For agents and scripts: llms.txt · every page also as markdown at /help/<page>.md.