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Deckle, the all-in-one novel writing and formatting app, today released version 1.6, adding faster ways to navigate your story bible, finer control over what actually ships in your compiled manuscript, and a more flexible Outliner for restructuring a book from anywhere inside it.

A Faster, Smarter Story Bible

The Codex now supports filters and collapsible sections, so finding a single character, location, or item across a large project takes seconds instead of scrolling. Character and location templates are also now centrally editable: update a template once, and every entry built from it updates automatically, instead of requiring authors to edit each entry by hand.

Exclude Any Document From Your Compiled Book

Writers can now keep an alternate draft, a chapter that isn’t ready, or a working outline sitting directly alongside the rest of their manuscript, and leave it out of export with a single click. Excluding a folder excludes everything nested inside it too, with a clear marker in the Binder so nothing gets left out by accident.

A More Flexible Outliner

The Outliner now lets writers pull documents from different chapters onto one board and drag them into a new order side by side, regardless of where each one started out, making large-scale restructuring far less tedious.

Also in 1.6

• Paste Clean Text Anywhere: copy a scene or chapter with no formatting attached, ready for an email, a critique group post, or a plain text file.
• Spellcheck in More Languages: added support for Swiss German, Turkish, and Norwegian Bokmål, and spellcheck now also covers Codex character and location notes, not just the manuscript.
• Help Is One Click Away: the Help menu now links directly to the Deckle Wiki, a full guide to every feature and workflow.
• A batch of quality-of-life improvements across the editor, sidebar, and export, plus a round of reliability fixes.

Every release exists to remove one more piece of friction between an author and a finished book.

About Deckle

Deckle is an independent, all-in-one writing and formatting app for authors, replacing the combination of Scrivener, Vellum, and Atticus with a single tool: write, organize, and export professional print and ebook files without switching apps or paying multiple subscriptions. Deckle is available now for Windows, Mac, and Linux at $197, one-time payment, with all future updates included.

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The local-first novel-writing app expands into full manuscript planning, with a visual timeline, a redesigned story Codex, goal and streak tracking, footnote support, and multi-language spellcheck.

Deckle, the local-first writing and formatting app for novelists, today announced version 1.5, its largest release since launch. The update turns Deckle into a full manuscript command center: a visual story Timeline and a redesigned story Codex for planning, plus writing goals, streak tracking, footnotes, and multi-language spellcheck for carrying a draft through to submission-ready.

Most novelists end up stitching together two or three separate tools to plan, write, and stay accountable to a deadline: a Scrivener-style binder, a timeline tool like Aeon, a story bible, and a habit tracker. Deckle 1.5 replaces all of it with one local file.

A Visual Timeline for Plotting Complex Stories

Multi-POV, dual-timeline, and research-heavy stories are hard to hold in your head. Deckle’s new swim-lane Timeline view lays every event out visually, so authors can see a story’s full chronology at a glance instead of guessing whether a subplot actually lines up. Events can be nested, tagged, and linked directly to research documents, and authors can bulk-add a project’s existing chapters and scenes straight from the draft into the Timeline in one step, instead of rebuilding it by hand.

Codex: A Full Story Bible System

The Codex, Deckle’s story bible for characters, locations, and lore, has been rebuilt so it bends to how each author actually organizes a cast and world, not the other way around. Statuses, badges, and entry templates are fully customizable, sections can be added, renamed, or removed per entry, and any entry can be duplicated to speed up building out a large cast or setting.

Writing Goals, Streaks, and Sprints

Deckle now tracks whether an author is actually on pace to hit a deadline, not just how many words they’ve typed. A redesigned stats view shows weekly progress toward a goal, a sprint timer with a completion chime and shared best-streak tracking builds writing-session habits, and typed words are tracked separately from pasted ones so progress reflects real writing, not padding.

Built for Serious Manuscripts

Deckle 1.5 adds footnotes and endnotes, with export to DOCX, EPUB, and Typst-based PDF. Smart quotes and em-dashes apply automatically as authors type and carry through export, and spellcheck now covers seven languages, including Spanish. A new Standard Manuscript Format export produces submission-ready DOCX files in the format agents and publishers expect, and trim sizes now cover EU and metric standards, including BoD Pocket and A5.

Faster to Navigate, Easier to Customize

Everyday friction has been sanded down across the app: keyboard-first arrow-key navigation through the Binder and Research tree, a rebuilt Outliner with custom, renamable, recolorable fields, and style presets that can be saved, shared, and bundled with fonts inside templates. Deckle also adds a native macOS application menu, Markdown import from single files and Obsidian vaults, and the option to start a new project straight from a template file.

About Deckle

Deckle is a local-first writing and book-formatting application for Windows and Mac. It combines manuscript organization, research management, and professional-quality EPUB, PDF, and DOCX export in a single one-time purchase, with no subscription and no cloud dependency. Every project lives as a file on the author’s own machine.

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Deckle’s early access price of $107 will end on August 8th, after which new purchases will be $197. This is a one-time note for anyone considering Deckle who hasn’t picked it up yet — current owners are unaffected and continue to receive every future update for free, as always.

What’s Included at Either Price

Every purchase, at $107 or $197, includes the full app — writing, organising, styling, and exporting a book to EPUB, DOCX, Typst, and InDesign-ready files — plus all future updates, forever. No subscription, no add-ons, no separate purchase required to unlock formatting or export features later.

Why the Price Is Moving

Deckle has grown substantially since early access opened. In the time since, the app has added full Scrivener project import, a built-in spellchecker, native Linux support, the Codex world-building system, DOCX and InDesign export, comment import/export, custom and variable font support, automatic backups, and a redesigned Outliner, among other things — all of which are included in the same one-time price. $197 reflects where the app stands today, not where it started.

For Anyone Comparing Options

A common workflow for independent authors right now is Scrivener for drafting plus Vellum for formatting and export — two separate purchases, on top of learning two separate pieces of software, with your manuscript passing between them by hand. Deckle handles drafting, organising, styling, and export in one app, at one price, with no ongoing subscription either way.

If you’ve been meaning to try Deckle, now through August 8th is the last window at $107.

About Deckle

Deckle is a desktop writing and publishing app built for independent authors — one place to write, organise, format, and publish a book, for one price, with no subscription. deckle.studio

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Ezzy, co-founder
hello@deckle.studio
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Automatic Backups, a Redesigned Outliner, and More Editor Polish

Deckle today released version 1.4.5, a focused update centered on peace of mind for your manuscript, along with a redesigned Outliner and a handful of editor refinements. As always, the update is free for everyone who already owns Deckle.

What’s New in 1.4.5

Automatic Backups

Deckle now backs up your project automatically, in addition to the existing manual “Back Up Now.” You can set how many backups are kept and how often they’re triggered, so your work is protected without you having to think about it.

Outliner Redesign

The Deck (Outliner) view has a reworked card/list interface, making it easier to see and organise your project at a glance.

Text Color in the Editor

A new toolbar button lets you color text as you write, with a color picker and eight quick presets. This is an editor-only tool — it’s automatically stripped from every export format (EPUB, DOCX, Typst, InDesign), so it never leaks into your shipped book.

Comment Shortcut

Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+C now inserts a comment at the cursor, so you can leave yourself or a collaborator a note without leaving the keyboard.

Fixed Column Count for Deck Grid View

A new dropdown next to the Grid/List toggle lets you pin the grid to 2–6 columns, instead of it always auto-fitting to your window size.

Availability

Version 1.4.5 is available now as a free update for everyone who owns Deckle. New writers can get early access for $107 (a one-time payment, rising to $197 at full launch on August 8th), which includes every feature above and all future updates, forever. Deckle now runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and comes with a 30-day, no-questions-asked refund.

About Deckle

Deckle is a desktop writing and publishing app built for independent authors — one place to write, organise, format, and publish a book, for one price, with no subscription. deckle.studio

Media Contact

Ezzy, co-founder
hello@deckle.studio
deckle.studio

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The Biggest Update Yet — Every Part of Your Scrivener Project Now Imports, Your Spellchecker Learns Your Words, and Deckle Now Runs Natively on Linux

Deckle today released version 1.4, its most substantial update since launch. The release brings full Scrivener project import — not just the manuscript, but Research, Notes, web pages, and nested folders — alongside a built-in spellchecker that learns your personal vocabulary, native Linux support, and a significant set of editor improvements. As always, the update is free for everyone who already owns Deckle.

From the Co-Founder

“Full Scrivener import and a proper spellchecker were the two things authors asked for most. Both are in this release, and we’ve shipped them the right way — import that actually brings everything across, and a spellchecker that remembers every word you add, forever. Linux support is a bonus that’s been quietly requested since day one.”

Ezzy, co-founder, Deckle

What’s New in 1.4

Full Scrivener Import — Your Whole Project, Not Just the Draft

Deckle now imports the complete Scrivener project — Draft, Research, Notes, web pages, and nested folders all come across in one step. For authors who have spent years building out their projects in Scrivener, switching to Deckle no longer means leaving anything behind.

Built-In Spellcheck — Smarter, and Actually Yours

Deckle now ships with its own built-in spellchecker — wavy underlines, right-click suggestions, and a persistent personal dictionary. Add a word once and Deckle remembers it forever, across every project. Character names, invented words, technical terms — they’re yours to keep.

Native Linux Support

Deckle now ships native packages for Linux — a .deb for Debian and Ubuntu-based systems, and an .rpm for Fedora and RHEL-based systems. Linux authors now have a first-class native desktop writing and publishing app with no workarounds required.

Unified Binder — Research and Draft, One Place

Research and Draft now live in a single unified binder. Drag documents freely between sections, apply colour labels to any folder, and keep your whole project — manuscript and research together — exactly where you need it.

Hyperlinks

Insert and edit links directly in the editor. They render correctly in the editor and carry through to every export format. Click to open.

Web Pages in Research

Save web pages directly into your Research folder and read them inside Deckle, right alongside your manuscript. No switching to a browser to check your sources.

Split-Pane Editor

Open two documents side by side — write Chapter 22 with Chapter 3 open beside it, or keep your outline visible while you draft. Drag the divider to set exactly how much space each pane gets.

Editor Appearance Controls

New controls in Preferences let you set your preferred line height and text column width. These are purely editor-side settings — they have no effect on your exported book, only on how comfortable the page feels while you write.

Variable Font Support

Deckle now fully supports variable fonts — the format used by most Google Fonts. Upload a variable font and Deckle automatically generates real Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variants from the font’s own named instances. The bundled font library has also been overhauled with complete, genuine variants throughout.

Bold and Italic in Special Blocks

Bold and italic now work correctly inside every block type — blockquotes, verse, epigraphs, and insets. Format anything, anywhere in your manuscript.

Export Preflight

Before every export, Deckle runs a preflight check of your manuscript. External images are fetched and embedded automatically. Any other issues are surfaced clearly before export — nothing fails silently.

Availability

Version 1.4 is available now as a free update for everyone who owns Deckle. New writers can get early access for $107 (a one-time payment, rising to $197 at full launch on August 8th), which includes every feature above and all future updates, forever. Deckle now runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and comes with a 30-day, no-questions-asked refund.

About Deckle

Deckle is a desktop writing and publishing app built for independent authors — one place to write, organise, format, and publish a book, for one price, with no subscription. deckle.studio

Media Contact

Ezzy, co-founder
hello@deckle.studio
deckle.studio

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Deckle, the all-in-one writing and publishing app for independent authors, today released its biggest update yet. Version 1.3 makes it easier to write without distractions, keep track of characters and locations as a story grows, and hand a manuscript off to an editor or designer without wrestling with file formats. As always, the update is free for everyone who already owns Deckle — no subscriptions, no upgrade fees.

From the Co-Founder

“Every one of these came from authors who were already using Deckle and told us what was missing — a place to write in their own font, a way to keep their characters straight across a 100,000-word draft, and a smoother way to work with an editor. This update is us listening and shipping.”

Ezzy, co-founder, Deckle

What’s New for Writers

Write in Your Own Fonts

Authors who already have a favourite font — or a set bought specifically for their book’s branding — can now bring it straight into Deckle. Drop in a font folder or a handful of files, and Deckle automatically sorts out the regular, bold, and italic versions and adds them to the Styler, ready to use in the manuscript and the finished book.

Focus Mode: Just You and the Page

One click hides everything but the manuscript — no sidebar, no panels, nothing pulling the eye away from the sentence being written. Pressing Escape brings everything back. For writers who want the simplicity of a typewriter with none of the limitations, this is that.

Typewriter Scrolling

For those who like their current line to stay put in the middle of the screen rather than creeping toward the bottom as they type, Deckle now offers typewriter-style scrolling. It’s entirely optional, turned on in Preferences → Writing for anyone who wants it.

The Codex: A Story Bible That Lives With the Manuscript

Long projects mean a lot to keep straight — eye colour, who knows what secret, which town has the bakery. The Codex is a new built-in reference for characters and places, with room for appearance, personality, motivations, flaws, backstory, and more, plus photos or images for each entry. Best of all, Deckle automatically shows where every character appears throughout the manuscript, so continuity checks take seconds instead of an afternoon of searching.

See Your Writing Habits at a Glance

A new stats view shows a full year of writing activity as a heatmap, plus today’s word count, current and longest streaks, and averages for the past week and month. For anyone trying to build — or just see — a consistent writing habit, it’s all in one place from the sidebar.

Sending a Manuscript to an Editor or Designer Just Got Easier

Deckle now exports two kinds of Word documents built for different people. One is set up with proper manuscript formatting (chapter headings, verse, attributions, and more) so an editor or agent can open it and start reading and marking up right away. The other is built for book designers working in Adobe InDesign, with every paragraph labelled so layout can begin almost immediately — no time lost reformatting.

Comments That Travel With the Manuscript

Working with an editor often means going back and forth in Word — and now those comments don’t get lost. Open a Word file with existing comments and they come into Deckle exactly as they were, with who wrote them and when. Export back to Word, and Deckle’s comments appear the same way for the editor. When a note has been addressed, it can be marked resolved with one click, so it’s easy to see what’s left to deal with.

Availability

Version 1.3 is available now as a free update for everyone who owns Deckle. New writers can get early access for $107 (a one-time payment, rising to $197 at full launch), which includes every feature above and all future updates, forever. Deckle works on Windows and Mac, runs fully offline, and comes with a 30-day, no-questions-asked refund.

About Deckle

Deckle is a desktop writing and publishing app built for independent authors — one place to write, organise, format, and publish a book, for one price, with no subscription. deckle.studio

Media Contact

Ezzy, co-founder
hello@deckle.studio
deckle.studio

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Deckle today announced the early access launch of its native desktop application for Windows and Mac, giving indie authors a single offline tool that takes a manuscript from first draft to publish-ready file. Writing, organizing, formatting, and export are handled in one place, for a one-time payment of $107, with no subscription required.

From the Co-Founder

“Writers deserve a place that feels like home: one app where you write your first word and export your final file, and nothing pulls you out in between. No switching tools, no wrestling with formats, no subscriptions eating into your royalties. Just you and your book.”

Ezzy, co-founder, Deckle

The Problem

Most indie authors run a three-app workflow they never asked for. They draft in one tool, format in another, and spend hours troubleshooting file compatibility between the two right when they should be finishing their book. The result: more money spent, more time lost, and a manuscript bounced between file formats before a single reader ever sees it.

Scrivener is excellent for organizing a manuscript. But when it’s time to publish, many writers end up buying Vellum ($249, Mac only) or Atticus ($147) just to get polished output. That’s $298 and two separate learning curves for a workflow that should be one tool.

What Deckle Does

Deckle is a single offline desktop app for Windows and Mac that handles the full journey from first draft to publish-ready file. One purchase. Every feature included. All future updates free, forever.

Every feature described below is in the product today. This is a working tool, not a promise.

What Early Access Means

Deckle is a fully functional, native desktop application. Because it runs entirely offline, manuscripts never leave the author’s machine and the app works with or without an internet connection. There is no server that can go down and no cloud dependency that can take files with it.

“Early access” means the product is complete and in active use today, with continued refinements shipping regularly. Purchases directly fund that continued development, and every future update is included at no extra cost. Covered by a 30-day, no-questions-asked refund.

Writing Environment

• Binder-based manuscript organizer: Draft, Notes, Research, and Trash folders with chapters, scenes, and notes with drag-and-drop reordering
• Four view modes: Editor, Outliner (grid and list), Continuous View (full manuscript as one scroll), and Live Preview (see your actual EPUB or print layout in real time)
• Fiction-specific block types: scene breaks, verse, dialogue blocks, inset text, epigraphs, images with captions
• Autosaves on every keystroke; no manual saving, no lost work
• Split up to 4 panes simultaneously
• Research panel: import PDFs, images, and documents directly into your project, side-by-side with your manuscript
• Import from Scrivener (.zip), DOCX, and EPUB — chapters, scenes, synopses, notes, and research all come across in one step
• Named version snapshots with restore

Formatting: Done-For-You or Fully Custom

• 26 done-for-you style presets including Meridian, Oxford, Scribe, Kindred, and Artisan — each a complete package: typeface pairings, color palette, layout, chapter styles
• Advanced mode with over 60 granular controls: typography, margins, running headers, drop caps, chapter ornaments, scene break glyphs, blockquote styling, special pages layout, and more
• Every change previews instantly — the actual export compiler runs in real time
• 30+ professional typefaces bundled, including accessibility options: Atkinson Hyperlegible and OpenDyslexic

Front and Back Matter

Deckle automatically typesets: title page, copyright, dedication, epigraph, table of contents (auto-generated from chapter hierarchy), about the author, acknowledgments, also-by, and glossary.

Export Formats

• EPUB 3.1, EPUBCheck validated, with separate targets optimized for Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, and generic EPUB
• Print PDF via the Typst typesetting engine; passes KDP preflight, fonts fully embedded, compatible with KDP and IngramSpark
• DOCX in clean standard manuscript format for agents and editors

Pricing

Early access: $107 one-time payment. Price increases to $197 at full launch on August 8th. No subscription. All future updates included forever. 30-day no-questions-asked refund. Available now on Windows and Mac.

Affiliate Program

An affiliate program is available. Affiliates receive a custom coupon code: readers get 10% off, affiliates earn $30 per sale.

About Deckle

Deckle is a desktop writing and publishing application built for indie and self-publishing authors. One app, one purchase, from first draft to publish-ready file. deckle.studio

Media Contact

Ezzy, co-founder
hello@deckle.studio
deckle.studio

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