Guides
How to plan, write, revise and publish a book in InkSpine, and how to bring one in from another app.
Featured
- Publishing
Export an EPUB for KDP
Turn your finished manuscript into an EPUB for Kindle, and preview it at Kindle size before you upload.
6 min read - Moving from another app
Move your book from Scrivener
Leaving Scrivener? Bring your draft and your notes across without retyping a word.
6 min read
Writing
- Writing
Writing a Novel in Obsidian
Obsidian can hold a novel, but the plugins add up. What works, and where it stops short of a finished book.
10 min read
Worldbuilding
- Worldbuilding
Build your first character and place pages
Give your characters and places their own pages, linked to your chapters automatically.
5 min read - Worldbuilding
Character & Worldbuilding Template for Novelists
A free character, place and faction template, and why a spreadsheet stops working for a series.
5 min read
Revising
- Revising
Compare an earlier version and copy back a passage
Changed your mind about a rewrite? Bring back one passage from an earlier version without losing today’s work.
5 min read
Publishing
- Publishing
Export an EPUB for KDP
Turn your finished manuscript into an EPUB for Kindle, and preview it at Kindle size before you upload.
6 min read - Publishing
How to Export an EPUB for Amazon KDP
What an EPUB for Amazon KDP needs, and how to export a validated one from InkSpine.
6 min read - Publishing
Vellum for Windows: What to Use Instead
Vellum only runs on a Mac. What to use to make an ebook for Kindle on Windows or Linux.
3 min read
Moving from another app
- Moving from another app
Bring a Word manuscript into InkSpine
Already have a draft in Word? Bring it in, split into chapters, and keep writing where you left off.
5 min read - Moving from another app
Move your book from Scrivener
Leaving Scrivener? Bring your draft and your notes across without retyping a word.
6 min read