Formatting & Exporting

Book styles, print and ebook settings, PDF and EPUB, in Studio and Formatter.

• Generating your print PDF and ebook with Generate Book Generate Book writes your finished print PDF and EPUB ebook files to a folder you choose, and this article explains how to prepare, generate and check them.
• Choosing trim size, margins and the KDP gutter in Print Settings Set the format, trim size, margins and bleed for your printed book on the Print Settings tab, and let Pendrilo widen the inside margin to meet KDP's page-count rules.
• Choosing a theme, adjusting the look and choosing fonts in Styles Pick one of 65 genre-sorted themes to set the whole look of your book, change individual parts on the Styles tab, or choose from 14 built-in fonts or add your own.
• Sending your manuscript to an editor in Word and bringing their edits back Export your book as a Word file for your editor, then bring their edits back into Pendrilo while keeping your styles, book details, pictures and fonts.
• Getting your book ready to upload with the Publishing Desk Use the Publishing Desk to check what's left before you upload, fill in your keywords, categories and description, research keywords, and track releases, marketing and ads.
• Filling in Book Details and Studio Details: title page, copyright, store links, cover, genre and blurb Fill in the Book Details tab for your title page, copyright and store links, and use Studio's Details workspace for your cover, genre, logline, blurb and where-to-buy links.
• Formatting a submission manuscript for agents and publishers Set your book to the standard 12-point Courier, double-spaced submission layout, with a title page, running head and page numbers, then save it as a PDF.
• Making an index for a non-fiction book: entries, cross-references and the Index page Learn how to list the entries for your non-fiction book's index, add other wordings and "see" cross-references, and put the Index page into the book.
• Make your paperback cover with Cover Wrap, starting from Book → Make the Cover Use Book → Make the Cover… to send your book's details and page count to Cover Wrap, then style, place, check and export a paperback cover for KDP or IngramSpark.
• Grouping books into a box set: Book → New Box Set and refreshing it from its books Learn how to combine two or more of your Pendrilo books into one box set, with each book numbered as a volume, and how to bring in later changes.
• Previewing your pages: Print, Ebook and Manuscript views and automatic page polish Use the page preview's Print, Ebook and Manuscript views to check how your book will look, and learn which page-layout rules Pendrilo applies for you.
• Making a handwriting font with Pendrilo Type: printing the template, scanning, checking and installing Print a template, write each letter by hand, scan or photograph the pages, check the traced letters, then install or export your handwriting as a font.
• Lettering a comic in Panelhouse: importing the script and art, book setup, balloons, checks and exporting files Import a comic script and its art into Panelhouse, set up the book, letter the balloons, captions and sound effects, run the checks, and export the print, ebook, webtoon and CBZ files.
• Making a title, ornament or single-line font with Pendrilo Type Choose one of three font kinds in Pendrilo Type, bring in your lettering or artwork, and export the font for Word, Canva, Cricut Design Space or Pendrilo Formatter.