Writing & Editing with PubliWrite's collaborative editor
PubliWrite’s collaborative editor makes writing and editing easy—no matter how you want to use it. If you're working solo or co-authoring with others it's a great tool to enjoy a better writing experience. Designed to help authors focus on their content while staying organized, the editor offers real-time collaboration, version history, and powerful formatting tools to bring your manuscript to life. Here's how to make the most of it.
Once you open the manuscript in the editor you can do the following:
add chapters, front matter, back matter, acknowledgements and notes
write and edit each section
share your manuscript with peers (be it editor, beta readers, co-authors or someone else)
collaborate with your peers using comments
keep track of the changes made to your manuscript using versioning
send your book for publication once it's ready
You can find out more information about writing a book here.
In this section you are able to see all of your content broken down into chapters, front matter, back matter, acknowledgements, and notes.
To add chapters, front matter, back matter, acknowledgements, and notes click on Add Content and then select the type of section you want to add
If you want to delete a section, click on the : next to the section and select Delete.
If you want to rename a section, click on the : next to the section and select Rename.
The : button appear only if you hover on the section
This feature allows authors to keep track of the characters they have in their book, add features, build relationships and have a clear image of their story.
For each character you can insert the information you want and add up to 10 extra fields.
You can also create relationships between you characters and edit whenever it's needed.
In this tab you can view all your previous versions of the book under the Versioning section, from there you can restore to previous versions in case you need to and you can also see the differences between the current version and a selected previous version.
Why versioning? Keep track of your activity! You can easily manage the evolution of your work and decide what's in and what's out.
You can also view all the comments left by collaborators under the Comments section. You can resolve or delete them if you are the owner of the book or you can edit them if you're the person that wrote the comment. You can also start threads for a particular comment
By selecting the Writing tab you'll be able to see the text editor for the selected Chapter or Section highlighted on the left hand side.
By selecting the Characters tab you'll be able to see your characters section, relationships, attributes.
By selecting the Format tab you'll be able to change the format of the final book that will be published.
Format tab includes:
page settings under Settings tab. Here you can chose your settings for your manuscript:
- Dropcaps
- Chapter Title Alignment
- Page Number Alignment
- Page Number
- Chapter Title Style
- Also, you can chose the Ornamental Break for your page if you feel like it.
page layout settings under Page Setup tab; Here you can chose the dimensions for your manuscript which best fits your needs.
a place to upload your book cover under Book cover
Depending on your preference you can either use the app in light mode or dark mode. Switching between these 2 can be done via the theme switch.
Depending on your preference you might want to focus just on writing and not see all the items that are available in the editor. When you are on the writing tab - you'll have a button next to theme switch to expand the screen and only view the text editor.
The profile button expands a dropdown that lets you:
navigate to your profile details
navigate to your pen names
navigate to the proof of identity section
navigate to previous payouts
navigate to the app's marketplace
logout
If you want to collaborate with your peers, you can invite them to view your book in the collaborative editor by clicking on the Share button. You'll need to provide the email address of the collaborator and their role. Any invitee is able to leave comments directly on your manuscript and do other actions based on the role you assign to them
Click on Share
Fill in the Email and Role of your collaborator
Click on Invite.
They will get notified via email and will need to accept your invite.
Which starts the process of publishing your manuscript.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@publiwrite.com
Writing your manuscript
Once you open the manuscript in the editor you can do the following:
add chapters, front matter, back matter, acknowledgements and notes
write and edit each section
share your manuscript with peers (be it editor, beta readers, co-authors or someone else)
collaborate with your peers using comments
keep track of the changes made to your manuscript using versioning
send your book for publication once it's ready
You can find out more information about writing a book here.
Here's how you can navigate the editor
Left hand side tools
Outline
In this section you are able to see all of your content broken down into chapters, front matter, back matter, acknowledgements, and notes.
To add chapters, front matter, back matter, acknowledgements, and notes click on Add Content and then select the type of section you want to add
If you want to delete a section, click on the : next to the section and select Delete.
If you want to rename a section, click on the : next to the section and select Rename.
The : button appear only if you hover on the section
Characters
This feature allows authors to keep track of the characters they have in their book, add features, build relationships and have a clear image of their story.
For each character you can insert the information you want and add up to 10 extra fields.
You can also create relationships between you characters and edit whenever it's needed.
Right hand side tools
Collaboration
In this tab you can view all your previous versions of the book under the Versioning section, from there you can restore to previous versions in case you need to and you can also see the differences between the current version and a selected previous version.
Why versioning? Keep track of your activity! You can easily manage the evolution of your work and decide what's in and what's out.
You can also view all the comments left by collaborators under the Comments section. You can resolve or delete them if you are the owner of the book or you can edit them if you're the person that wrote the comment. You can also start threads for a particular comment
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Writing tab
By selecting the Writing tab you'll be able to see the text editor for the selected Chapter or Section highlighted on the left hand side.
Characters
By selecting the Characters tab you'll be able to see your characters section, relationships, attributes.
Format tab
By selecting the Format tab you'll be able to change the format of the final book that will be published.
Format tab includes:
page settings under Settings tab. Here you can chose your settings for your manuscript:
- Dropcaps
- Chapter Title Alignment
- Page Number Alignment
- Page Number
- Chapter Title Style
- Also, you can chose the Ornamental Break for your page if you feel like it.
page layout settings under Page Setup tab; Here you can chose the dimensions for your manuscript which best fits your needs.
a place to upload your book cover under Book cover
App theme switch
Depending on your preference you can either use the app in light mode or dark mode. Switching between these 2 can be done via the theme switch.
Focus mode button
Depending on your preference you might want to focus just on writing and not see all the items that are available in the editor. When you are on the writing tab - you'll have a button next to theme switch to expand the screen and only view the text editor.
Profile button
The profile button expands a dropdown that lets you:
navigate to your profile details
navigate to your pen names
navigate to the proof of identity section
navigate to previous payouts
navigate to the app's marketplace
logout
Share button
If you want to collaborate with your peers, you can invite them to view your book in the collaborative editor by clicking on the Share button. You'll need to provide the email address of the collaborator and their role. Any invitee is able to leave comments directly on your manuscript and do other actions based on the role you assign to them
Click on Share
Fill in the Email and Role of your collaborator
Click on Invite.
They will get notified via email and will need to accept your invite.
Publish button
Which starts the process of publishing your manuscript.
Any further questions?
Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@publiwrite.com
Updated on: 27/03/2025
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