Book Settings

Steps

Click the pencil icon next to your book title at the top of the editor. The `Edit Book Details` dialog opens with three fields: Title, Subtitle, and Author. Update any of them, then click `Save`. The `Cover Designer` Text tab is the same set of fields plus typography styling if you want finer control over how they appear on the cover.

Where your changes appear

Title, subtitle, and author changes flow through every surface automatically:

• Your book cover
• The My Books dashboard card
• Every export (PDF, EPUB, DOCX)
• The Showcase listing if the book is published

Author name (per book)

Each book stores its own author name, so you can use a pen name on one book and your real name on another. To edit it, click the pencil icon next to your book title at the top of the editor. The dialog lets you change both the title and the author name. Your choice flows through to the cover and every export.

You can also edit the author name inside the Cover Designer if you are already there fine-tuning the cover layout.

Your default bio

Your default bio lives on your account. It is the bio on your Showcase author page and in every book that does not have its own. Edit it from any of these:

• `Profile` page (avatar top right, then Profile)
• Author profile card (Community tab, Your Shelf, then `Edit profile`)
• Publish dialog when publishing a book to Showcase

Your profile picture

Go to `Profile`, then Author Profile. Click the circle to upload a photo; phone photos are fine and are resized for you.

Prefer not to show a photo? Under it, pick any badge you have earned (the ones in colour) and it becomes your picture. Grey badges are still locked: hover one to see what earns it. Your picture shows on your Showcase author page and next to your name on your published books.

A different bio for one book

Writing under a pen name, or in a different genre? Open the book, go to Export, then `About the Author`, and edit the bio there. It changes that book only, and a line under the box reads "For this book only".

Click "Make this my default" to use that bio everywhere instead, or "Use my default" to put the book back on your usual bio.

If you have no bio yet, the first one you type in the Export dialog becomes your default. Click "Only for this book" under the box to keep it on that book instead.

What changes when you update your bio

Updating your default bio changes:

• The About the Author page in future exports of every book without its own bio (paid plans)
• Already-published books on /books, which sync to the new bio automatically
• Your Profile page and Showcase author card
• Books with their own bio keep it until you click "Use my default"

Steps

Click `All tools` at the end of the formatting bar above the chapter text (on a phone, tap `Text`). Under Typography you will see a Font family dropdown. Highlight the text you want to restyle first, or press `Cmd+A` to select the whole chapter, then pick a font from the dropdown.

Changes apply to your current selection or the text you type next. To use the same font across every chapter, open each chapter, select all, and repeat. Your font choice carries through to the editor preview and every export.

Available fonts

The dropdown offers a mix of serif, sans-serif, display, and monospace options:

• Serif: Georgia, Times New Roman, Garamond, Palatino, Baskerville, Merriweather, Lora, Playfair Display
• Sans-serif: Roboto (default), Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Montserrat, Poppins, Mulish, Quicksand
• Monospace: Courier New, Monaco

Steps

Open any chapter in the editor and use the typography controls in the sidebar. Five body font sizes are available: 14, 16, 18, 20, and 24px. The default is 16px which reads comfortably across most genres.

Larger sizes mean more total pages. 24px is unusually large for body text, best reserved for large-print editions or kids titles. 14px is tight, useful when you want a slimmer book. Pick the size that matches your audience and intended page count.

Steps

Click `Export`, then the `Chapter titles` line, and pick `Small`, `Medium` or `Large`. To see it before you export, click `Preview` instead: the same choice sits under the book style buttons as `S`, `M` and `L`, and the preview redraws straight away.

Both places set the same choice, and it is saved with the book, so every export uses it: PDF, KDP files, EPUB and Word. Medium is the default. You can also get there from `All tools` → Page setup → `Chapter title size`.

The size works with each book style: Modern keeps its larger titles, and every style gets smaller with S and bigger with L. The title in the editor itself stays the same size.

Steps

Open `Project Settings` (the gear icon at the bottom of the editor sidebar). Under Colour theme, click any preset to apply it instantly, or click `Randomize` to try a fresh combination. For full control, click `Custom` to set your own primary, secondary, and accent colours via hex code. Your palette flows through the cover design and every exported document.