How to export your book from WriteWithPaige (Word, EPUB, PDF, Kindle, AO3)

Step by step

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   Step 1: Open the Export hub

   In the chapter list, tap the export button at the top (its label is “Export or share this book”), or open the ⋯ “More chapter actions” menu and choose “Export or share…”. On a phone, open the “Chapters” tab first. To export one chapter, use that chapter’s ⋯ menu and choose “Export…”, or use “Export this chapter” in the editor’s ⋯ menu.

   

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   Step 2: Pick where it is going

   The first screen asks “Where is this going?”. Tap a destination, for example “Word file”, “EPUB” or “Send to Kindle”. If you picked “Copy for a site”, choose the site under “WHICH SITE?”. If you exported before, a “Same as last time” button at the top repeats your last choice.

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   Step 3: Choose what to include

   On “What to include”, pick the scope under “WHAT”: the chapter or folder you started from, or “Whole project”. Then set the options for that destination: the cover, the title page and pen name, “Copyright page and dedication”, and “Part pages from folders”. Tap “Continue”.

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   Step 4: Preview and go

   The last screen, “Preview and go”, shows a short preview where it can. Tap the download button (for example “Download Word file”), “Build PDF”, “Download for Kindle” or the copy buttons. When it finishes, the button changes to “Downloaded. Export again”.

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   Step 5: Set your pen name once

   Open Settings and find “Exports”. Type the name you want under “Name on your exports”. It is printed under the title of every Word, EPUB and Story Bible export. Switch on “Leave my name off exports entirely” if you want no name at all.

   

Every destination and what you get

The Export hub starts with the place your book is going, not the file type. Each destination sets the right format for you. In a Brand workspace you only see the general ones: “Copy for a site”, “Word file”, “EPUB”, “Markdown” and “Plain text”.

What to include: chapters, a folder or the whole book

Where you open the hub decides the first choice. From a chapter’s ⋯ menu you start with “This chapter”. From a folder’s ⋯ menu you start with that folder. If you selected several chapters (with “Select several”), you start with “Selected”. “Whole project” is always there too.

Exports always follow book order, not the sort you picked in the sidebar. The hub tells you this when your list is sorted.

• Chapters with no text are skipped. The hub tells you how many, and names them after the download.
• Drafts from Paige that you have not accepted yet are left out. The hub says how many are waiting. Accept them first if you want them in the book.
• If your newest edits have not saved yet, the hub saves them first. If that fails, you can tap “Try again” or “Export last saved version”.

Cover, title page, copyright and dedication

Word, EPUB, KDP and print exports have a “TITLE PAGE” section. It shows your book title and the name that will be printed under it. To use another name just this once, tap “Use a different name for this export”, type it and tap “Use once”. “Undo” puts your normal name back.

Open “Copyright page and dedication” for three extras. “Copyright page” adds a line with the year and your name, followed by “All rights reserved.”. It needs an author name, so it is unavailable when your name is hidden. “Dedication” adds its own page with whatever you type.

EPUB, print, Kindle and KDP EPUB exports have a “COVER” section. If your project has a book cover, “Put my cover first” puts it on the first page (and e-readers use it as the thumbnail). No cover yet? Tap “Add a cover” to upload one. For a print PDF going to KDP paperback, turn the cover off, because KDP takes the cover as its own file.

The "Written with WriteWithPaige" line

Word, EPUB, Markdown, plain text and print PDF exports end with one quiet line after your last chapter: “Written with WriteWithPaige”. Agent submissions and Kindle copies never get it.

On any paid plan you can switch it off for an export. Open “Copyright page and dedication” and turn off “End with “Written with WriteWithPaige””. On the Free plan the line is always included.

Copy for Wattpad, Royal Road and other sites

Sites post one chapter at a time, so “Copy for a site” gives you one copy button per chapter. Tap it, then paste into the site’s editor. Formatting such as italics, bold and scene breaks comes with it.

Post to AO3 without sharing your password

Choose “AO3 (Archive of Our Own)”. The first time, type “Your AO3 username” (never your password). Then fill in the work: “Title on AO3”, “Rating”, “Warnings”, “Category”, fandoms, relationships, characters, “Additional tags” and the “Summary”. You can switch on “Add an “AI-assisted” tag” so readers know Paige helped. It is off unless you turn it on.

Next you add optional chapter notes, then a check step. “Before you can post this” lists anything missing. “Worth a look” explains that long chapters are split to fit AO3’s size limit and that images and text colour are left out.

On the last step, choose how long the link lasts under “Link expires after” (1 hour, 24 hours or 7 days) and tap “Create import link”. Copy the links, tap “Open AO3 import” and fill in AO3’s form in the order shown. Choose “Chapters in a single work” and leave “Post without previewing” off so you can check it first.

Already posted the work? Paste its AO3 address under “Already posted on AO3?”. The hub then shows the next unposted chapter with “Copy chapter for AO3”, “Copy title”, “Open AO3 new chapter” and “Mark as posted”.

Kindle, KDP, print and agent submissions

“Send to Kindle” has two ways. “Download for Kindle” saves a file you upload on Amazon’s Send to Kindle page (“Open Amazon Send to Kindle”). Or tap “Email it to my Kindle instead”, enter your “Kindle email address” (it must end in @kindle.com or @free.kindle.com) and tap “Send”. First add kindle@writewithpaige.com to Amazon’s approved senders. The “Copy address” and “Amazon’s Personal Document Settings” buttons help with that. There is a daily cap on Kindle emails. If you hit it, download instead.

“Print book (PDF)” builds a PDF at your chosen trim size. Tap “Build PDF”. Long books can take up to two minutes. A very big book builds in the background and you get an email with a link when it is ready.

“Agent submission” asks for your contact block (shown on the first page): “Legal name”, “Address line 1”, “Address line 2”, “Email” and “Phone”. Pick “Courier Prime” or “Times New Roman” under “FONT”, and check the “Word count”, which is shown rounded on the first page.

Other ways to get your words out

The Export hub is for chapters. These other buttons cover the rest of your project.

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