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Practical, step-by-step articles on how to write, shape and publish your book - by speaking, not typing.
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A beginner's guide to Your Book Pro
The complete walkthrough, from a blank page to a finished export. Create (dictate, write or upload), your book dictionary, Shape (Plan and Edit side by side), editorial feedback and the readiness checker, with screenshots of every step.
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How to turn audio recordings into a book
Podcasts, talks, lectures and interviews can become a real manuscript. This step-by-step guide walks through uploading your audio, reviewing the transcripts and drafting chapters that still sound like you.
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How to print your book
From finished manuscript to copies in your hands: choosing a print size, generating printer-ready files, checking them with the printer and ordering 1-50 private copies.
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The publishing guide: from finished manuscript to a real book
A finished draft is only half the journey - deciding how to publish is the other half. This guide walks through your realistic options and how to pick the right one for your book.
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Pay for the book, not the month
Books are not written to a billing cycle, so we are changing how Your Book Pro is paid for. Introducing Plus: a thousand free credits on us when you verify your email, no card, and prices for a finished book, not for months.
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How to Import a Scrivener Project into Your Book Pro - and Export It Back Again
Already writing your book in Scrivener? You do not need to start again. Here is how to bring your complete project into Your Book Pro, use its editorial and author tools, and export it back to Scrivener when you are ready.
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This Week on Substack
One novelist wrote an entire first draft in pencil, writers worried about being accused of using AI, and an agent explained what makes an author worth signing. This week's Substack reading was really about staying recognisably human.
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Love Scrivener? Supercharge it with Your Book Pro.
Keep Scrivener. Add Your Book Pro for editorial feedback, beta readers, proofreading, dictation, recorded source analysis and publishing support around the book you already have.
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I've always wanted to write a book - but I don't know where to start
Not sure what your book should be? Talk it through with Ask the Editor before you write a word - one question at a time, by voice or text - and discover a direction worth exploring.
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This Week on Substack
Writers were soaked by endless rain, banned from book clubs and told their manuscripts were not publishable. Here is what this week on Substack taught us about voice, structure and turning fragments into books.
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How to write a book
The complete end-to-end guide: finding your subject, building a chapter spine, drafting fast by speaking rather than typing, shaping the transcript into chapters, editing and publishing - plus which genre guide to read next.
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The best book writing software in 2026: 14 author tools compared
Fourteen author tools compared on best use, author-journey coverage, AI level, current price and reported scale - with sources, Reedsy's human marketplace rates in context, and no pretence that one tool wins everything.
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Your best book may already be recorded
Podcasts, keynotes, lectures and sermons already contain the stories, arguments and voice a book needs. Here's why your archive may hold a stronger book than a blank page ever would.
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Can speaking help writers finally finish their books?
Most writers know exactly what they want to say - they just stall the moment they open a blank page. Speaking your book instead of typing it can be the change that finally gets a draft finished.
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Kids write books too
Children have wildly original stories, but writing them down is often the hardest part. Here's how a child can speak their book aloud and end up with something real to hold.
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Love Novlr? Add Your Book Pro when you want book-level guidance.
Novlr is one of the calmest places to draft, and it is owned by its writers. Here is what it does best, what Your Book Pro adds around it, and a practical workflow for using both.
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Love ProWritingAid? Add Your Book Pro for the whole-book view.
ProWritingAid is one of the strongest line-level editors available to authors. Here is where it stops, what Your Book Pro adds above the sentence, and how to use both without duplicating work.
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Love AutoCrit? Add Your Book Pro around it.
AutoCrit is a fiction diagnostics engine: pacing, dialogue, repetition, benchmarked against genre. Here is what it is genuinely best at and what Your Book Pro adds above the paragraph.
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Using Sudowrite? Add Your Book Pro to keep the book yours.
Sudowrite is the strongest generative fiction assistant on the market. Your Book Pro takes the opposite approach - it never writes your prose. Here is why authors use both, and where the line sits.
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Using Reedsy Studio? Here is where Your Book Pro fits.
Reedsy Studio is free, elegant and excellent at export. The Reedsy Marketplace hires human professionals at professional prices. Here is the honest picture of where Your Book Pro sits between them.
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Love Dabble? Add Your Book Pro for the editorial stage.
Dabble makes plotting and drafting a novel genuinely enjoyable. Here is what it does best, what Your Book Pro adds once the draft exists, and how to run both without friction.
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Your Book Pro vs Scrivener: a decision guide
Not a takedown. Scrivener and Your Book Pro solve different problems, and they are the one pair in this category with a genuine two-way project handoff. Here is how to choose - or use both.
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PodToBook.ai vs Your Book Pro: two different jobs
PodToBook.ai is the fastest route from a podcast feed to an AI-drafted manuscript. Your Book Pro treats recordings as source material for a book you develop and finish. Here is how to choose.
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Love PodToBook.ai? Supercharge your podcast book with Your Book Pro.
PodToBook.ai is excellent at one job: turning chosen episodes into an episode-ordered DOCX draft quickly. Here is the honest handoff into Your Book Pro for the stages after the draft - theme, editorial judgement, proofreading and finished files.
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Whatever kind of book you're writing, start here.
How to write a memoir
A memoir turns real life into a story a reader can hold. Learn how to choose the moments that matter, structure them, and start dictating your first chapter today.
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How to write a leadership book
Your expertise is worth more as a book than as another slide deck. This guide shows you how to shape one big idea into chapters readers can actually use.
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How to write a non-fiction book
A strong non-fiction book turns a big idea into something a reader can act on. Learn how to structure your argument and speak your way through a first draft.
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How to write a novel
Every novel starts with a character, a want and a world. This guide walks you from opening scene to structured draft - by speaking the story out loud.
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How to write a children's book
A great children's book earns its re-reads through rhythm, image and heart. Learn how to shape a story that works aloud - and how to plan the pages around it.
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How to write a travel book
A travel book is more than a diary of places - it's the story of how the journey changed you. Learn how to capture scenes as you go and shape them into chapters later.
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How to write poetry
Poems arrive as fragments; a collection gives them shape. This guide covers the craft of a single poem and the sequencing that turns a folder of drafts into a book.
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How to write a screenplay
A screenplay is a blueprint - dialogue, action and structure, on the page. Learn the industry-standard format and how to speak your scenes into a first draft.
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How to write a textbook
A textbook teaches, tests and stays on the shelf for years. Learn how to plan a syllabus-shaped book that meets teachers, students and standards where they are.
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How to write a graphic novel
A graphic novel tells its story through image and word together. Learn how to plan the page turns, pace the panels and speak your script before you draw.
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