For authors

Give your manuscript
a book of its own.

Open the complete volume where your manuscript begins, then keep its first page and location together in one private record.

An open book on a warmly lit reading desk
A reading-desk study, for inspiration.

The author’s desk

See where your book begins.

Paste your work, or choose a .txt, .md, or .docx file up to 1.4 MB. We keep your original words with your private record; we do not keep a separate upload.

The Library reads lowercase letters, spaces, commas, and periods. It writes numbers as natural English words and gently simplifies other characters. Learn how your volume is found.

How should the Library read numbers?

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