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3 step-by-step guides for templates in Inkfluence AI.

How to start a book from a template

Pre-built chapter outlines for common book types.

1 min read · Updated 2026-08-30

Steps

From the Home tab, click `New Book`. Instead of starting blank, browse the template gallery. Pick one that matches your genre (how-to guide, romance, cookbook, workbook, and more). Your new book opens with a ready-made chapter outline to fill in.

How to preview a template before you use it

See a template's outline, sample chapters, and cover before committing.

1 min read · Updated 2026-08-30

Steps

From the Home tab, click `New Book` and switch to the `Templates` tab. Each template shows the genre, target audience, and chapter count on its card. Click any template to open the preview. You will see the full chapter outline, a sample chapter, and a draft cover, all using your account author name.

You can browse as many templates as you like before picking one. When you find one that fits, click `Use Template` to spin up a new book from it. Everything in the resulting book is editable, so the template is just a starting point, not a lock-in.

Custom templates, page margins, and other layout limits

What you can and can't customize about your book's layout right now.

2 min read · Updated 2026-08-30

Key takeaways

Duplicate as a starting point

Copy a finished book and edit, instead of starting blank.

Margins are auto-set

Tuned for KDP and standard ereaders.

Full template builder is on the roadmap

A proper save-as-template feature is planned.

Reusing a book structure

There is no full template builder yet. For now, the cleanest way to reuse a book structure is to `Duplicate` a finished book from the Home tab and edit the copy. That gives you the same chapter outline, branding, and cover settings as a starting point without re-typing.

A proper template builder (where you save a whole book skeleton with chapter titles, branding, and cover settings as one reusable thing) is on the product roadmap. We will announce it in the changelog when it ships.

Page margins

Page margins are auto-set in the export pipeline to values that work for standard book trim sizes (5x8, 6x9) and KDP's technical specs.

If you have a specific publishing target that needs different margins (large print, picture book, etc.), email us with the trim size and target platform and we can guide you, or check our blog post on print-ready PDF setup.

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