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Epistla

Books deserve beautiful software.

Three desktop apps for books: one to write them, one to publish them, one to read them. Your books live on your own computer.

Manuscript

For writing

A writing environment for novelists, and a way to understand your whole book, scene by scene.

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Bindery

For publishing

Turn a finished manuscript into validated EPUBs and print-ready PDFs, the files distributors require.

Learn more In beta
Reader

For reading

A desktop app for your books. No accounts and no store. Your books stay files in your own library.

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One book, from first draft to last page.

Write
Draft in Manuscript, and see how the book is working.
Publish
Bindery reads the same format and builds the finished files.
Read
Open your books in Reader and keep them as files you own.

Built for people who make books.

Your files, on your disk

Epistla apps keep your books in ordinary files on your own computer, not locked inside a service.
Made by a publisher

Epistla comes from Rambler Books, an independent publisher.