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ARQS Press Publishing Studio · v1.0 · free to try

From outline
to a finished book.

Set up your book, outline and write every chapter, assemble the front and back matter, brief your cover with real spine and wrap measurements, and export a print-ready manuscript. Built by ARQS Press. Everything stays in this browser.

Start freeBuy Pro · $99
5studio steps
10press-ready checks
5export formats
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Pricing

Start free. Go Pro when your book is ready.

ARQS Press Publishing Studio stays free to try with no account. Pro is a one-time licence for your book projects, delivered within 72 hours.

Free

$0USD
  • The full studio in your browser
  • Outline, chapters, front and back matter
  • Cover brief, checks and all exports
Start free
PRO

ARQS Press Publishing Studio Pro

$99USD one-time
  • Licensed offline copy for unlimited book projects
  • ARQS Press interior and cover-brief templates
  • Launch checklist: ISBN, metadata and proof steps
  • v1 updates + 30 days email support
Buy Pro

Secure checkout on the ARQS Shopify store. Your Pro package ships, sends or downloads within 72 hours of payment, or you get a full refund. No subscription.

How a book comes together

Five steps, one studio.

Book setup fixes the title, credit, trim size, paper and word goal. The outline holds every chapter with a synopsis, target and status, and the writing desk tracks words as you draft. Front and back matter are switched on or off and written in place. The cover brief turns your page count into a spine width and full-wrap size, and the export step checks the book against ten press-ready rules before you download.

Manuscript pages with pencil notes, a grid of storyboard cards, a gold pen and a navy cloth book proof on a dark desk
Practice on a sample

Sample: The Okanagan Ledger.

A fictional ARQS Press sample by E.H. Ackerman and J.D. Ackerman, with five chapters at different stages, so the outline, cover, checks and exports work before you start your own book.

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Outline and write

Parts, chapters, synopses and word targets you can reorder, with a writing desk that counts words and tracks each chapter from planned to edited.

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Cover brief with print maths

Trim, paper and page count become a spine width and a full-wrap size with bleed, next to a live cover preview and a brief for your designer.

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Export the book

Print-ready HTML (save as PDF), a Markdown manuscript, the cover brief, an outline CSV and a project file you can reopen anywhere.

The studio

Your book, assembled.

The ARQS Press sample is loaded. Edit it, or start a blank book. Saved in this browser only.

Outline

    Writing desk

    What this is, and isn't. A free book planning and assembly studio from ARQS Press that keeps your manuscript in your browser. It does not publish, register an ISBN or submit to any retailer for you. For editing and launch help see the Manuscript Readiness Review, and for the wider lab ARQS Software.