Plan your book
The order of work for a Keepsake book: write and finish stories, shape the design as you go, then check, proof and order it.
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You don't assemble a Keepsake book at the end. It's in your project's Book tab from the start, and it fills up as stories are finished. You can shape its design whenever you like and print it when it feels ready. This page gives the order most people follow, with a link to each step.
The owner and admins shape and print the book. Writers and viewers can look through it at any time. See How your book works.
Write and finish stories
Everything starts with the stories. When a story is finished, it goes into the book in its chapter. Drafts stay out until they're finished. See Which stories go in your book and Finish a story.
Shape the design as you go
In the Book tab, Your book walks through six steps, in the order they appear in the printed book. Nothing here needs to be final. You can come back to any step as often as you like.
| Step | What you decide | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Title | The title and author on the cover and spine | Edit your book's title, author and details |
| Cover | The colour, the cover design and an optional photo | Choose a colour theme and Design your cover |
| Contents | Whether the book has a contents page | Edit your book's title, author and details |
| Blurb | An optional first page for a dedication or introduction | Add a blurb page |
| Chapters | How each chapter's opening page looks | Choose a chapter design |
| Entries | Whether each story shows who wrote it | Edit your book's title, author and details |
Arrange the order
Chapters and stories print in the order the Content view shows. You can change it at any time. See Change the order of chapters and stories.
Check, proof and order
When the book feels ready:
- Run through Check your book is ready to print.
- In the Book tab, go to Print. Build a proof, look through every page, then approve it. See Prepare and proof your book.
- Choose copies and delivery, then pay. See Order a printed book.
Nothing prints and nothing is charged until you order.
After you print
You can keep writing. The copies you've printed stay as they were, and the book carries on with new stories. When there's enough for another book, you can start the next volume. See Book volumes.