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            "tagline": "Free browser app for planning, drafting and formatting a book",
            "summary": "Reedsy Studio is a free browser app from Reedsy for planning, drafting, editing and formatting a book. It has Boards for notes, characters and research, and it exports EPUB files and print-ready PDFs. Paid Craft and Outlining add-ons extend the studio.",
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                "Free to write, with Boards for notes and research",
                "One-click EPUB and print-ready PDF export",
                "Runs in a browser with nothing to install"
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                "Runs in a browser rather than as a desktop app",
                "Advanced stats and outlining need paid add-ons"
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            "overview": "Reedsy Studio runs in a browser and signs in with a Google account, so there is nothing to install. Boards hold notes, characters and research beside the manuscript, and the writing area supports track changes and comments. You can import an existing draft, and the Reedsy marketplace lists professional editors you can hire to review it.\n\nThe free studio's strongest feature is export: it creates an EPUB with one click and a print-ready PDF from a chosen template. Paid Craft and Outlining add-ons add features such as unlimited history, advanced stats, custom goals and outlining, and both come with a 30-day trial. Because it is a browser app rather than a desktop program, writers who want local project files should look at Scrivener or novelWriter."
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            "page": "https://listme.name/software/vellum",
            "tagline": "Mac app that formats novels into ebook and print files",
            "summary": "Vellum is a book formatting program for macOS that turns a finished manuscript into EPUB ebooks and print PDFs. It adds title pages, tables of contents and book styles, and it builds box sets when a series is complete. Drafting happens in another app, because Vellum starts from an imported manuscript.",
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                "Mac only, with no Windows or web version",
                "Starts from an imported manuscript, not a draft"
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            "overview": "Vellum imports a manuscript and builds the title page, table of contents and chapter layout automatically. You choose a book style, and it applies to every chapter, including chapters you add later. The preview updates as you edit and shows how the print edition will look, as well as the ebook on a range of devices.\n\nOutput includes EPUB 3 and EPUB 2 files that pass validation, and print editions with 24 trim sizes, full-bleed pages and PDF/X-1a files. Vellum sells two Mac licenses, one for ebooks and one for ebooks and paperbacks, so the price depends on whether you need print. The app runs only on macOS, so Windows authors need another formatting tool."
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        "Only Vellum runs on macOS.",
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        "Reedsy Studio has a free plan or free version; Vellum does not.",
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