StarbyBook

Design & Write Books

The professional double-page layout and writing suite for independent authors. Format spreads, manage bleeds, and polish manuscript prose in one workspace.

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Book Title Author / Pen Name

Trim size Bleed handling

Paper type Base margins

Your Saved Books

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Design & Write Books

Double-page interior & cover layout engine

Editor ready.

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Project

Title

Saved

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Project notes / style guide

Settings

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Trim size ? Side margins ? Top margin ? Bottom margin ? Bleed handling ? Font size Paper type

Version v0.1

Show trim and gutter guides ? Dark mode

Book Metadata

Used for copyright pages, preflight checks, exports, and AI book help.

Author name Copyright year Publisher / imprint ISBN Edition Permissions / rights Contact / website

Recovery saves

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Restore point

Print Proof

Interior spread preview

Selected Page

Upload target: left page image space

Page title Layout Upload as Image space Background Text font Text size Text alignment Caption preset Text box width Text box height Text box left / right Text box up / down

Text Box Frame

Box opacity Frame style Image

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Image X Image Y Zoom

Writing Workspace

Selected page

0Words

0Characters

0 minRead time

Text fit looks okay.

Page / chapter title Draft text

Page notes

Back Cover Blurb

Font Text size Width Height Left / right Up / down Alignment

Text Box Frame

Box opacity Frame style

Print Details

Barcode and sales information use the ISBN from Settings.

Show barcode box ? Price Category Barcode width Barcode height Barcode left / right Barcode up / down

Image Library

Uploaded images stay here so you can reuse them.

Spreads

Spine width: calculating...

Back

Book Title Author

Front

Estimated spine preview

Spine title ? Spine author Wrap type ? Sleeve flap width

Book Outline

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Selected page role

Find pages

Preflight

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Local AI Helper

Uses Ollama on this computer. For best results, run this app locally and start Ollama first.

Ready for local Ollama.

AI mode

Draft fresh page text, captions, or scene copy for the selected page.

Book actions

Book brief

Chat with AI

AI suggestion

Review fixes

Ollama model

Large models may write better, but smaller models usually answer faster.

Spread notes

Design & Write Books

Resume Active Book

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Your Saved Books

Book structure