--- title: "Galley — the Galley blog" description: "Every post on galley: Galley for Self-Publishing; Galley for Traditional Publishing; Is Your Writing Being Used to Train AI?." source: https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/galley --- [Blog](https://usegalley.com/blog) · Galley # Galley 8 posts on galley, newest first. [All posts](https://usegalley.com/blog) [Publishing](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/publishing)[Craft](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/craft)[Design](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/design)[Formatting](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/formatting)[Guides](https://usegalley.com/blog/tag/guides) ![A print interior PDF and an EPUB exported from the same manuscript](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/galley-for-self-publishing.png) Publishing ## Galley for Self-Publishing What self-publishing a novel in Galley involves: a print-ready interior PDF, a valid EPUB, a tuned file per store, and two checks that run before you upload to KDP. August 15, 2026 https://usegalley.com/blog/galley-for-self-publishing ![A double-spaced manuscript page in standard manuscript format](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/galley-for-traditional-publishing.png) Publishing ## Galley for Traditional Publishing Querying agents or working with an editor: standard manuscript format, the submission package, watermarked beta drafts, and getting an editor's Word comments back where they belong. August 10, 2026 https://usegalley.com/blog/galley-for-traditional-publishing ![A licence grant clause in a terms of service document](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/is-your-writing-used-to-train-ai.png) Galley ## Is Your Writing Being Used to Train AI? How to find out what your writing app is allowed to do with your manuscript: the licence grant, the improve-our-services clause, the sub-processor list, and what no hosted tool can honestly promise. July 20, 2026 https://usegalley.com/blog/is-your-writing-used-to-train-ai ![A manuscript page with a clear 'your words only' mark](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/no-ai-in-your-prose.png) Galley ## Why Galley Will Never Put AI in Your Prose AI writing tools are everywhere. Galley deliberately has none in your manuscript: no generation, no rewriting, no training on your words. Here's the reasoning, in full. July 15, 2026 https://usegalley.com/blog/no-ai-in-your-prose ![A novelist typing directly onto a formatted 6x9 book page](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/write-on-the-real-page.png) Galley ## What You See Is What Prints: Writing on the Real Book Page Most writing apps show you a text box and reveal the book only at export. Galley shows the finished 6x9 page (trim, typeface, ornaments, scene breaks) while you write. June 26, 2026 https://usegalley.com/blog/write-on-the-real-page ![A single manuscript exporting into print, ebook, and proofing files](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/manuscript-to-published-book.png) Galley ## From Manuscript to Published Book, Without Leaving One Tool The back half of self-publishing (print PDF, EPUB, KDP preflight, beta-reader drafts, submission packages) usually means a second tool or a freelancer. In Galley it's a menu. June 14, 2026 https://usegalley.com/blog/manuscript-to-published-book ![A single price tag beside a crossed-out monthly bill](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/why-galley-is-buy-once.png) Galley ## Why Galley Is Buy-Once, Not a Subscription Most writing tools now rent by the month. Galley is €199, paid once, with every feature and every future update included. Here's the reasoning, and the maths. May 29, 2026 https://usegalley.com/blog/why-galley-is-buy-once ![A manuscript with a character reference panel open alongside it](https://usegalley.com/images/blog/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 updated, and a bible in a separate app is a bible you forget. Galley's lives next to the prose, one keystroke away. May 17, 2026 https://usegalley.com/blog/story-bible-beside-your-manuscript