Folius

Easy and powerful
book publishing software

Write and format books for all destinations. Free, no account. Save later if you want.

The Folius writing workspace showing an Alice in Wonderland manuscript beside its typeset print page
01

Write

Import a Word manuscript or write directly in Folius.

02

Format

Choose a book style and adjust the details in a live preview.

03

Export

Create files for print, ebook, the web, or your own archive.

Features

The main tools for taking a manuscript from draft to finished files.

Import Word documents

Import a .docx, review the detected chapters, and adjust the splits before adding it to your book.

Folius import preview showing detected front matter and chapters

Style the whole book

Start with a book theme, then adjust type, spacing, chapter openings, headings, and running matter.

Body text selected in a print preview beside its typography and paragraph controls

Set up print pages

Choose a trim size, type size, margins, bleed amount and edges, and crop marks with a paginated preview.

Folius trim-size chooser comparing common print book dimensions

Export six formats

Create print PDF, screen PDF, EPUB, static HTML, Markdown, or a complete Folius backup.

Folius export screen listing six available output formats

Also included

See all features
  • Chapters, sections and front matter
  • Images, captions, cropping and bleed
  • Footnotes and reference-book structure
  • Collaboration and public reading
  • Chapter history and book statistics
  • Portable Markdown and Folius backups

See your words become a book.

Write in the real editor. Keep an EPUB. Free, and no account or card required.