Book writing software for writing a novel in Lithuanian
Lithuanian needs ą ę į ų with a real ogonek and ė with a dot, and those are the characters a shallow font drops. Every face on Galley's shelf carries them, the quote pair is Lithuanian, and the print PDF hyphenates on Lithuanian patterns.
Kaip parašyti romaną lietuviškai
Galley yra vieta, kur parašai romaną ir kur iš jo padarai knygą. Rašai nuo pirmo sakinio tikrame knygos puslapyje: tavo formatas, tavo paraštės, spausdintos knygos šriftas.
Kabutės yra lietuviškos, žodžių kėlimas laikosi lietuvių taisyklių, o pasirinkti gali iš penkiolikos knyginių šriftų, visi su laisva licencija.
Pabaigoje turi spaudai parengtą PDF ir tinkamą EPUB. Sąsaja yra anglų kalba; knyga yra lietuvių kalba.
Why Galley is the right book writing software for a novel in Lithuanian
Lithuanian’s diacritics are the kind that break a page rather than a word. The ogonek under ą, ę, į and ų is a hook that has to be drawn as part of the letter, and a font that fakes it by hanging a comma underneath looks wrong at body size even to a reader who could not name the problem. Ė takes a dot that has to sit at the right height. Every face on Galley’s Lithuanian shelf carries the whole set properly, and they survive typing, search, sorting, both exports and the download filename.
The quote pair is „low, then high“, picked from the book’s language instead of defaulted to English. Lithuanian words are long enough that a justified page wants hyphenation, and Galley carries Lithuanian patterns for it.
Amazon does not list Lithuanian in any format, so the print-ready PDF and the valid EPUB are the whole product, and Galley makes both without shaping either for a store that will not take them.
Everything else is the same app: a true book page at your trim, the story bible beside the manuscript, a print-ready PDF and a valid EPUB.
How Lithuanian gets typeset
The ogoneks and the dotted vowels go all the way through, including into the download filename.
Hyphenation follows Lithuanian rules, in the justified print PDF only.
Sorting is Lithuanian, so ą, č, ę, ė, į, š, ų, ū and ž land where a Lithuanian reader expects them.
Italics work, on a drawn italic in all fifteen faces, and the ogonek in italic is a place where shallow faces get lazy.
The typefaces you get for Lithuanian
Fifteen faces, all under the SIL Open Font License.
Charis SIL and Gentium Book Plus have the deepest diacritic coverage on the shelf, which is what Lithuanian wants.
EB Garamond is the classic if you want a Garamond.
The rest of the shelf: Crimson Pro, Cormorant, Lora, Libre Baskerville, Literata, Source Serif 4, Spectral, Alegreya, Vollkorn, Cardo, Newsreader and Libre Caslon Text. The typeface documentation lists every face by language.
Exports for a Lithuanian novel
- Print-ready PDF at your trim, mirrored margins, real gutter, font embedded.
- EPUB 3 with your cover, tagged
lt. - Store-ready EPUBs for Kobo and Apple Books.
- Word and Markdown for a redaktorius or an archive.
- Manuscript format, double-spaced.
- A proofreading PDF two pages to a sheet, and a large print PDF.
- A watermarked copy per beta reader.
Lithuanian punctuation
The quote pair you get automatically. Lithuanian dialogue is set with a dash at the head of the line, which is a character you type.
The dialogue punctuation rules and dashes, hyphens and ellipses sheets cover the general cases.
How long a Lithuanian novel is
Lithuanian publishers quote length in authors’ sheets and printed pages. Galley counts words and projects a page count at your trim.
The word count to page count converter should be a helpful resource for you.
Trim sizes for a Lithuanian book
Six standards, from mass market at 4.25×6.87 inches to Royal at 6.14×9.21. Lithuanian trade fiction is commonly issued around 13×20cm, close to the Digest at 5.5×8.5 inches. The spine width calculator and the trim size comparison would be helpful here.
Metadata and the copyright page
The copyright page writes itself from the metadata you filled in. A Lithuanian ISBN comes from the Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka.
Translating into or out of Lithuanian
A translation in Galley is its own book: its own language, its own typeface shelf, its own ISBN, its own cover, still linked to the original, with the editor split so the original sits read-only beside what you write.
There are pages on writing a novel in Latvian, writing a novel in Polish and writing a novel in Estonian.
No machine touches the prose. Galley has no AI anywhere near your writing.
Self-publishing and traditional publishing in Lithuanian
Self-publishing. Amazon is closed, so print goes through a Lithuanian printer or IngramSpark and the ebook goes to Google Play, Apple Books, Kobo or a Lithuanian store.
Traditional publishing. Lithuanian houses read submissions directly, and support from the Lietuvos kultūros taryba is part of how literary fiction gets published. The submission package assembles the synopsis, the bio and the opening chapters.
The same book exports both. The longer arguments are in Galley for self-publishing and Galley for traditional publishing.
Where to go next
- Writing software for novelists who don’t write in English covers every script Galley sets.
- Book design and typefaces lists every face by language.
- Series and translations covers the full language list.
- Choosing a trim size is the longer argument on format.
Questions people ask about writing a novel in Lithuanian
Do the ogonek vowels survive export?
Yes. Ą, ę, į and ų keep a real ogonek, ė keeps its dot, and all of them come through typing, autosave, search, sorting, both exports and the download filename.
Which quote marks does a Lithuanian book get?
The low-then-high pair, „like this“, which is the Lithuanian convention. The rule follows the book's language.
Can I sell a Lithuanian book on Amazon KDP?
No. Amazon does not list Lithuanian in any format. The print PDF goes to a Lithuanian printer or IngramSpark, and the EPUB goes to any store that sells Lithuanian.
Does Galley hyphenate Lithuanian?
Yes, on Lithuanian patterns, and only in the print PDF when you justify.
Other languages
- Book writing software for LatvianWrite and typeset a Latvian novel: macrons and comma-below letters intact through every export, „low-high quotes“ as you type, Latvian hyphenation and a print-ready PDF.
- Book writing software for PolishWrite and typeset a Polish novel: „low-high quotes“ as you type, hyphenation by Polish rules, fifteen book faces and a print-ready PDF. Including the Amazon rule that catches Polish writers out.
- Book writing software for EstonianWrite and typeset an Estonian novel: „low-high quotes“ as you type, hyphenation for long compounds, õ ä ö ü intact through export, and a print-ready PDF.