Word manuscript to EPUB and a print PDF, without buying formatting software
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R. S. Breed Founder
If you've written your book in Word, Google Docs (downloaded as Word), LibreOffice or plain text, you can now turn it into the two files you need to publish, free: https://bervet.com/tools/make-an-ebook
- Drop in your manuscript.
- It finds your chapters and shows you the table of contents first, so you can fix any chapter names before anything's made.
- You get an EPUB ebook (the file every store takes, with a contents page that links to your chapters) and a print-ready interior PDF for your paperback or hardcover, with margins set for the printers you pick.
What helps it work well: use Word's Heading 1 style for chapter titles. If you didn't, lines like "Chapter 7", "Prologue" or "XII" are picked up instead. Scene breaks marked with *** or # become a proper break in the ebook.
What it isn't: a design program. If you want drop caps, scene-break ornaments and custom chapter openings, Vellum, Atticus or a formatter will do more. But for a clean, readable novel, this gets you there.
It's all done in your browser. Your manuscript isn't uploaded to Bervet and nothing is kept. Free for members. Check the print PDF in the print file checker before you upload it.