Pick a starting outline
Choose a template, or bring your Word or Markdown draft. Every chapter opens with a private prompt, so you always know what to write next.
Free · No sign-up · Works offline
Write the book
you keep talking about.
Endpaper is a calm place to write a whole book in your browser. Start from a template with a prompt in every chapter, write a little each day, and finish with an ePub, a print-ready PDF, or a book on the web.
No account. Your words stay on your device.
That's the real app, not a picture of it. Click around; nothing you change here is saved.
0things to install
6templates with prompts
5ways to export
$0now and later
How it works
From the first line to a finished book
Most books don't stall on talent. They stall on a blank page, a lost draft, or a file nobody can open. Endpaper handles those, so you only have to write.
Write a little every day
A normal editor that saves while you type. Set a daily goal, keep a streak going, and press one key for focus mode when the words are flowing.
Shape it as you go
Drag chapters into order, add parts and picture pages, and mark each one draft, revising or done. Older versions are kept, so nothing is lost.
Hand it to readers
Preview it in a proper reader, then export for e-readers, for print, or for the web, in one click and right in your browser.
Templates
Never start on a blank page
Each template is a ready-made outline with a question waiting in every chapter. Keep it, change it, or delete it as the book finds its own shape.
Novel2 parts · 6 chapters
“Open on your main character doing something ordinary. What do they want right now?”
Family stories5 chapters · 1 photo
“Walk through the front door. What do you smell? Where did everyone gather?”
Handbook2 parts · 5 chapters
“The first three things a new person should do, in order.”
Stories or poems2 parts · 4 pieces
“Paste a piece you have already written. Polish later.”
Picture book4 picture pages
“Full-page pictures with captions, for comics, photo books and sketchbooks.”
Blank book1 chapter
“One empty chapter. Build the rest as you go.”
Covers
A cover that looks published
Thirteen designs, seven typefaces and any colours you like, drawn from your title as you type. Download a store-ready 1600 × 2400 image, or upload your own artwork.
Premium designs are free during early access.
Design your cover
In the app
Everything a book needs. Nothing it doesn't.
Writes like a document
Headings, quotes, lists, links and pictures from a quiet toolbar. Paste from Word or Google Docs and keep the structure, not the mess.
Focus mode
Ctrl + . hides everything but the page. The line you're writing stays near the middle of the screen, like a typewriter.
Version history
Every chapter keeps earlier drafts while you work. Read an old version next to the new one and bring it back in a click.
An outline you can see
Chapters, parts and picture pages in one list. Drag to reorder, search the whole book, and watch the status dots turn green.
Bring your draft
Import .docx, Markdown, plain text or HTML. Endpaper splits it into chapters at your headings and makes parts from the top level.
A reader worth reading in
One page at a time, clean type, paper, sepia and night themes, and arrow keys to turn pages. Exactly what your readers will see.
Private by default
No account, no server, no tracking. The book lives in your browser until you export it, and a full backup is one click away.
Goals and streaks
A daily word goal, a seven-day chart, and a streak that counts any day you write at all. Small and steady wins.
Works offline, installs like an app
Add Endpaper to your dock or home screen. It opens and saves with no connection, on a train, in a cabin, on a plane.
Search, and pick up where you left off
Readers can search the whole book and jump to every match. Close the tab mid-chapter and it reopens on the same paragraph.
Pictures, video and code
Click any picture to see it full screen. Paste a YouTube, Vimeo or Loom link to embed it, and code blocks get proper colour.
See every page at once
The grid shows the whole book as cards, like a contact sheet. Drag them to reorder. Deleted pages wait 30 days in the Trash.
Make it yours
Give each book its own accent colour, and add your own CSS for the reader and the web book when you want full control.
Notes beside every chapter
Research, reminders and the template's prompt sit in a private notes box above each chapter. Readers never see them.
Markdown when you want it
Copy any page as Markdown, download the whole book as a .md file, or type # and > shortcuts while you write.
Export
One book. Every way to read it.
Made right in your browser, with nothing uploaded anywhere.
Plus Markdown for other tools and a full backup file to move your book between computers.
Why Endpaper
Built for writing a book, not a memo or a server
Word processorSelf-hosted publisherEndpaper
Ready in secondsYesServer, domain, terminalYes
Chapters as an outlineOne long fileYesYes, with status
Prompts and daily goalsNoNoYes
Writing without MarkdownYesMarkdown onlyYes
ePub and print PDFAdd-onsWeb onlyBuilt in
Publish on the webNoYesOne-file web book
Reader search and resumeNoYesYes
Works offlineDesktop appsNeeds the serverYes, installable
Write together liveYesYesNot yet
A book is only a lot of pages, written one at a time.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is it really free?
Yes. Endpaper runs entirely in your browser, so there's no server to pay for and nothing to charge you for. No trial, no plan, no card.
Where is my book stored?
In your browser's storage on this device. It survives restarts and works offline. Clearing your browser's site data deletes it, so export a backup now and then; the backup file also moves a book to another computer.
Can I put my book on Kindle?
Yes. Export the ePub and send it with Amazon's Send to Kindle, which accepts ePub files. The same file works in Apple Books, Kobo and Google Play Books.
Can I print it, or sell it as a paperback?
Export the PDF at 6 × 9 in, A5 or Letter. It has a title page, a contents page and each chapter on a new page, which is what most print-on-demand services ask for. Upload a cover image in Book settings for store-ready art.
How do I publish it on the web?
Export the web book. It's a single HTML file with its own reader, contents and dark mode. Drag it onto Netlify Drop, or upload it to GitHub Pages, Vercel or any web host.
Can I bring in a draft I already have?
Import a .docx, Markdown, plain text or HTML file. Endpaper splits it into chapters at your headings, and makes top-level headings into parts when chapters sit under them.
Can I install it like an app?
Yes. In Chrome or Edge, use the install button in the address bar; on an iPhone or iPad, choose Share → Add to Home Screen. It then opens in its own window and works with no connection.
What are Premium covers?
Nine of the thirteen cover designs (Endpaper, Bands, Monogram, Arch, Sun, Swiss, Photo, Deco and Waves) are Premium. They're free for everyone during early access. The four classic designs, every typeface and every colour stay free for good.
What's coming next?
Three things, in this order. Publish at a link: one click puts your book online at its own address, with no file to upload. Sync: the same books on your laptop and your phone. Write together: invite co-authors and readers to a book. They'll be optional; Endpaper will keep working with no account, exactly as it does today.
Can I write with someone else?
Not at the same time, yet; it's on the way (see above). For now you can pass a backup file back and forth.
Your book is one tab away.
Pick a template, answer the first prompt, and you've started.