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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cover
Front matter
Title
Rights & Credits
A Note From The Author
Chapter
III
❦
“I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
Jordan Baker
There was music from my neighbour’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motorboats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On weekends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight.
Chapter
III
❦
“I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
Jordan Baker
There was music from my neighbour’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft.
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You finished your book. Now you need to make it look professional.
The most recommended tool — Vellum — costs $250 and only runs on Mac. If you're on Windows, or not ready to spend $250 on your first book, you've been left without a good answer. Until now.
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Atticus
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cover
Front matter
Title
Rights & Credits
A Note From The Author
Chapter
III
❦
“I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
Jordan Baker
There was music from my neighbour’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motorboats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On weekends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight.
Chapter
III
❦
“I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
Jordan Baker
There was music from my neighbour’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft.
manuscript-final.docx
Chapters detected automatically
backlist-book-3.epub
Update back matter, re-export
notes-draft.md
Headings become chapters
Import what you have. No hunting for old source files.
Already have EPUB files from Vellum, Atticus, or Scrivener? Import them, update the back matter, fix the formatting, and re-export — without rebuilding from scratch. Essential if you have a backlist of books that need refreshing.
Not every book should look the same. A thriller needs bold, punchy headings. A romance wants elegant script.
Chapter One
❦
03
1. The problem
CHAPTER 7
Hearts for romance. Daggers for thrillers. Dragons for fantasy. Atoms for sci-fi.
311 ornaments across 16 categories. Your scene breaks can finally feel intentional, not generic.
Chapter
III
❦
“I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
Jordan Baker
There was music from my neighbour’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.
Chapter
III
❦
“I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
Jordan Baker
There was music from my neighbour’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths.
Preview your book on Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Oasis, Kobo, iPad, and iPhone — before you export.
The most common formatting surprises happen after upload. Catching them in the device preview — before you publish — is how you avoid the rejection cycle and the re-upload wait.
Advanced Features
Features designed for real publishing workflows, not just pretty templates.
Libba runs in your browser. After initial load, core editing continues offline so you can keep working on flights or with spotty WiFi.
Syncing and cloud backup happen when you're connected. You're in control of when to sync, so you're never blocked while writing.
Local-first architecture: Core editing works offline after the app loads; sync and backup require a connection.
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If you're going wide — publishing beyond Amazon to Kobo, Apple Books, Google Play, and Nook — you need separate EPUB files for each store. Each one needs different back matter links. Doing it manually means editing six files every time you publish.
Libba handles it automatically. Export a Kindle version, a Kobo version, an Apple Books version — each with the right links for that retailer, no competitor links that would cause a KDP rejection. One project, six clean exports.
Choose your layout style, select which sections you need, and you're done. Title page, copyright, chapters, acknowledgments—all pre-filled and styled.
No more staring at a blank page wondering where to start. The New Book Wizard gets you from idea to a formatted manuscript quickly.
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Jane Austen
Default · Persuasion
Oscar Wilde
Second profile · The Happy Prince
Fills your back matter
About the Author
Jane Austen is the author of six novels, including Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. Discover more of her books at the end of this edition.
Create author profiles for each pen name with bio, photo, and store links. Libba automatically populates your "About the Author" and "Also By" pages with the right information for each book.
Update your bio once, then refresh it into any book with one click. You see the new page before anything changes, so nothing is overwritten by surprise.
Your description, categories, and keywords live right next to your manuscript. Fill them in as you write and edit, while the story is still in your head, instead of facing a blank box on upload day.
Libba checks everything against Amazon's rules as you go: the 4,000-character description limit, keywords Amazon rejects like "free" or "bestselling", and words you're wasting because they're already in your title. Paste the category rankings from books like yours, straight from their Amazon pages, to see which categories they share. Your description and keywords are ready to reuse on other stores too.
Amazon listing
The Great Gatsby
Description
1,248 / 4,000A mysterious millionaire. A love he can't let go. Across one glittering summer on Long Island, Nick Carraway is drawn into Jay Gatsby's world of parties…
Categories
↗ A book ranked #18,400 overall is #9 in Historical Fiction
Keywords
⚠ "gatsby" is already in your title
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From the founder
I wanted to write a book. Formatting it in Word was a nightmare.
Vellum looked perfect, but it's Mac-only and $250. Atticus was $147, but the reviews mentioned bugs. And I'm stubborn.
So I did what any reasonable person would do: spent over a year building my own formatting tool instead of just buying one. My girlfriend still hasn't forgiven me for all the late nights.
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| Feature | Vellum | Atticus | Libba |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | $250 one-time | $147 one-time | $39/year or $99 lifetime |
| Platform | Mac only | Web app (desktop) | Web, tablet, mobile |
| Free tier | Preview only | 14-day trial | 1 free book, pay to export |
| Import formats | DOCX, TXT | DOCX only | EPUB, DOCX, Markdown |
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| Template editor | Presets | Style options | Live visual editor with genre presets |
| Scene break ornaments | 20+ | 50+ | 300+ |
| Text messages | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Auto "Also By" pages | Manual | Manual | Auto-generated from library |
| Pen name profiles | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Cloud backup | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
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