--- title: "The Galley blog, page 4 of 5" description: "How novels get finished and published, in plain English: trim sizes, word counts, front matter, EPUB and print PDF, KDP formatting, querying agents and the typography that makes a book look professionally made." source: https://usegalley.com/blog/page/4 --- # The Galley blog - [Publishing](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/publishing) - [Craft](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/craft) - [Galley](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/galley) - [Guides](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/guides) - [Design](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/design) - [Formatting](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/formatting) - [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/manuscript-to-published-book.png) Galley From Manuscript to Published Book, Without Leaving One Tool Making the print PDF, the EPUB, beta-reader copies and a submission package usually means a second tool or a freelancer. In Galley it's one menu on the book you wrote. June 14, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/manuscript-to-published-book) - [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/what-is-a-style-sheet.png) Craft What a Style Sheet Is, and Why Your Copyeditor Will Ask for One What goes on a novel's style sheet (spellings, names, hyphenation, numbers, timeline), why copyeditors make one for every book, and why it's worth starting your own while you draft. June 10, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/what-is-a-style-sheet) - [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/format-a-paperback-for-kdp.png) Publishing How to Format a Paperback for KDP (Margins, Gutter, and Bleed) A plain walkthrough of the print-interior settings Amazon KDP checks (trim size, margins, gutter, bleed and page count) so your paperback passes on the first upload. June 6, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/format-a-paperback-for-kdp) - [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/continuity-errors-in-fiction.png) Craft Continuity Errors in Fiction, and How to Catch Them The continuity mistakes that get into published novels (Conan Doyle made two famous ones), the four kinds to check for, and how to catch them before a reader does. June 2, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/continuity-errors-in-fiction) - [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/why-galley-is-buy-once.png) Galley Why Galley Is Buy-Once, Not a Subscription Most writing tools rent by the month now. Galley is €199, paid once, with every feature and every future update included. Here's why, and the maths. May 29, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/why-galley-is-buy-once) - [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/do-you-need-an-isbn.png) Publishing Do You Need an ISBN to Self-Publish? When you need an ISBN, when you don't, the difference between KDP's free ISBN and your own, and why whose name is on the record matters more than the price. May 25, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/do-you-need-an-isbn) - [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/consistent-character-names.png) Craft How to Keep Character Names Consistent Across a Whole Book Why character names drift over a long draft, the find-and-replace traps when you rename someone, and how to check every spelling and nickname before a reader does. May 21, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/consistent-character-names) - [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/story-bible-beside-your-manuscript.png) Galley Keep the Story Bible Beside Your Manuscript, Not in Another App A story bible only works if you keep it up to date, and one in a separate app is one you forget. Galley's is a set of tabs on the book, a keystroke away from the prose. May 17, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/story-bible-beside-your-manuscript) - [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/what-is-a-story-bible.png) Craft What Is a Story Bible, and Do You Need One? The reference document that keeps names, timelines and world details consistent across a novel or a series, what goes in it, and when you need one. May 13, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/what-is-a-story-bible) - [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/prologues-in-a-novel.png) Craft Should Your Novel Have a Prologue? Why agents are wary of prologues, the kinds that work, and how a prologue, epilogue and interlude should be numbered and laid out in a printed book. May 11, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/prologues-in-a-novel) - [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/self-editing-checklist.png) Craft A Self-Editing Checklist for Your Novel A self-editing checklist for a finished draft, in the order that saves you work: structure first, then scenes, then sentences, then the mechanical copyedit. May 9, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/self-editing-checklist) - [![](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/thumbs/how-to-write-a-synopsis.png) Publishing How to Write a Synopsis for Literary Agents What agents want from a novel synopsis, how long it should be, how to format it, and how to fit a whole book into a page without it reading like a list of events. May 7, 2026](https://usegalley.com/blog/how-to-write-a-synopsis) ## Go on, write a page in it. Opens straight into a book. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for. [Open the demo](https://demo.usegalley.com) [See what €199 gets you](https://usegalley.com/buy?from=site)