The writing app that sees your story the way an editor does

Write, organize, analyze, and export your publish-ready manuscript—all in one place. Bookshaper gives authors the structural insight at every stage that usually requires a professional editor. Plus, Bookshaper tops that off with high-end visual formatting that typically only major publishers provide.

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Everything you need, from first draft to finished book

Most authors piece together half a dozen apps to get from idea to published manuscript. Bookshaper replaces that fragmented workflow with one integrated environment.

Write

A focused, scene-by-scene editor with rich text formatting, inline comments, continuous autosave, automatic backups, manuscript preview, split editor, and keyboard shortcuts designed for long-form writing.

Organize

Structure your manuscript with parts, chapters, and scenes. Drag-and-drop reordering, card and outline views, plot grid, series management for multi-book projects, snapshots, and front and back matter management.

Analyze

Get a prioritized report card that celebrates what’s working and flags what needs attention—with specific, actionable guidance for each finding. Ask follow-up questions in the AI Chat panel to dig deeper or brainstorm next steps. The kind of feedback that usually requires a professional editor, available on demand. Track what improved between revision passes.

Refine

AI-powered scene rewrite, line editing, expansion, and dialogue harmonization—all preserving your voice. Review diffs, accept or reject changes individually, and undo anything. Style profiles detect voice drift across your manuscript.

Track

Manage characters and locations across your manuscript. Visualize relationships in an interactive map. Tag scenes with POV, timeline, and purpose. Spot continuity gaps before your readers do.

Visualize

Interactive charts that back up every finding with evidence. Word count distribution, chapter balance, POV patterns, tension plots, pacing heatmaps, and dialogue ratios—click any data point to jump straight to that scene.

Publish

Generate marketing blurbs, design book covers in Cover Studio with front cover, back cover, and spine design, then export to EPUB, PDF, and DOCX with full typographic control. Choose from built-in templates or create your own with 36 style targets, thousands of built-in ornaments, and running headers.

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Cover Studio

Design your cover without leaving your manuscript

Generate cover concepts with AI, style your title and author text with professional typography controls, then export directly to EPUB—all inside the same app where you write.

Cover Studio showing front cover design with text styling controls and live preview

The problems that Bookshaper solves

Scattered tools

Before: One app to write, a spreadsheet to track characters, another tool to format, and a human editor to catch structural issues.

With Bookshaper: One environment for the entire manuscript lifecycle—from first draft through publication-ready export.

Invisible structure

Before: You can’t see your pacing problems until a beta reader flags them three months later.

With Bookshaper: A prioritized report card tells you what’s working, what needs attention, and exactly what to do about it—backed by interactive charts that show the evidence.

AI that overwrites

Before: AI tools that rewrite your prose, flatten your voice, and make every novel sound the same.

With Bookshaper: AI that analyzes your story and offers targeted rewrites you control. Review every change in a diff view, accept or reject individually, and undo anything. Your voice stays yours.

How it works

Import or start writing

Import an existing manuscript from DOCX, EPUB, or Markdown\u2014or start fresh. Bookshaper organizes your work into parts, chapters, and scenes automatically.

Write and organize

Write scene by scene in a focused editor. Rearrange your manuscript in card view or outline view. Tag scenes with POV, characters, and timeline.

Analyze and revise

Run AI analysis and get a coaching report that prioritizes your strengths and flags areas for improvement\u2014with specific guidance and visual evidence behind every finding.

Style and publish

Choose a template, customize your typography, and export a publication-ready EPUB or PDF. No separate formatting tool required.

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