--- title: "Book writing software for a novel in Slovenian" description: "Write and typeset a Slovenian novel: „low-high quotes“ as you type, hyphenation by Slovenian rules, č š ž intact through export, and a print-ready PDF for a Slovenian printer." source: https://usegalley.com/book-writing-software-slovenian --- # Book writing software for writing a novel in Slovenian TL;DR Amazon does not publish in Slovenian in any format, so the print PDF and the EPUB are the whole product. Galley types the Slovenian quote pair, hyphenates on Slovenian patterns and embeds a face you are licensed to sell. Slovenščina ## Kako napisati roman v slovenščini Galley je kraj, kjer napišeš roman in kjer iz njega narediš knjigo. Pišeš od prvega stavka na pravi knjižni strani: tvoj format, tvoji robovi, pisava natisnjene knjige. Narekovaji so slovenski, deljenje besed sledi slovenskim pravilom, na voljo pa je petnajst knjižnih pisav, vse s prosto licenco. Na koncu dobiš PDF, pripravljen za tiskarno, in veljaven EPUB. Vmesnik je v angleščini; knjiga je v slovenščini. ## Why Galley is the right book writing software for a novel in Slovenian Two million speakers is a market that publishing tools ignore, and the way they ignore it is by defaults. The quote pair defaults to English. The hyphenation defaults to none. The font defaults to something you are not licensed to sell. None of those is a decision anyone made about Slovenian; they are what happens when nobody asks. Galley asks, once, from the book’s language. Set it to Slovenian and the quote marks become „ and “ as you type, the print PDF hyphenates on Slovenian patterns when you justify, and the face that gets embedded is one you may sell the book with. Then there is the market fact, which is closed: **Amazon does not list Slovenian 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](https://usegalley.com/features/make-the-book) at your trim, the [story bible](https://usegalley.com/features/story-bible) beside the manuscript, a print-ready PDF and a valid EPUB. ## How Slovenian gets typeset **Hyphenation follows Slovenian rules**, in the justified print PDF only. **Č, š and ž go all the way through**, including into the download filename. **Sorting is Slovenian**, so the three carons land where a Slovenian reader expects them. **Italics work**, and all fifteen faces carry a proper italic. ## The typefaces you get for Slovenian Fifteen faces, all under the [SIL Open Font License](https://openfontlicense.org/). **EB Garamond** is the safe first choice for a novel. ![Sample sentence in EB Garamond](https://usegalley.com/images/specimens/eb-garamond-en.png) **Literata** reads well at small sizes and sets an even page. ![Sample sentence in Literata](https://usegalley.com/images/specimens/literata-en.png) **Charis SIL** has the deepest diacritic coverage on the shelf. ![Sample sentence in Charis SIL](https://usegalley.com/images/specimens/charis-sil-en.png) The rest of the shelf: Crimson Pro, Cormorant, Lora, Libre Baskerville, Source Serif 4, Spectral, Alegreya, Vollkorn, Cardo, Gentium Book Plus, Newsreader and Libre Caslon Text. The [typeface documentation](https://usegalley.com/docs/book-design#typeface) lists every face by language. ## Exports for a Slovenian novel - **Print-ready PDF** at your trim, mirrored margins, real gutter, font embedded. - **EPUB 3** with your cover, tagged `sl`. - **Store-ready EPUBs** for Kobo and Apple Books. - **Word and Markdown** for an urednik 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**. ## Slovenian punctuation The quote pair you get automatically. Slovenian dialogue is set with a dash at the head of the line, and that is a character you type. The [dialogue punctuation rules](https://usegalley.com/resources/dialogue-punctuation-rules) and [dashes, hyphens and ellipses](https://usegalley.com/resources/dashes-hyphens-and-ellipses) sheets cover the general cases. ## How long a Slovenian novel is Slovenian publishing quotes length in authors’ sheets and in characters. Galley counts words and projects a page count at your trim, which is the number the printer works from. The [word count to page count converter](https://usegalley.com/resources/word-count-to-page-count) should be a helpful resource for you. ## Trim sizes for a Slovenian book Six standards, from mass market at 4.25×6.87 inches to Royal at 6.14×9.21. Slovenian trade fiction is commonly issued around 13×20cm, close to the Digest at 5.5×8.5 inches. The [spine width calculator](https://usegalley.com/resources/book-spine-width-calculator) and the [trim size comparison](https://usegalley.com/resources/book-trim-size-comparison) would be helpful here. ## Metadata and the copyright page The [copyright page](https://usegalley.com/docs/publishing#copyright-page) writes itself from the metadata you filled in. A Slovenian ISBN comes from the Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica in Ljubljana. ## Translating into or out of Slovenian 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 Croatian](https://usegalley.com/book-writing-software-croatian), [writing a novel in Slovak](https://usegalley.com/book-writing-software-slovak) and [writing a novel in Hungarian](https://usegalley.com/book-writing-software-hungarian). No machine touches the prose. Galley has [no AI anywhere near your writing](https://usegalley.com/blog/no-ai-in-your-prose). ## Self-publishing and traditional publishing in Slovenian **Self-publishing.** Amazon is closed, so print goes through a Slovenian printer or IngramSpark and the ebook goes to Google Play, Apple Books, Kobo or Biblos. **Traditional publishing.** Slovenian houses read submissions directly, and JAK support is a real part of how literary fiction gets published. The [submission package](https://usegalley.com/docs/publishing#where-it-goes) assembles the synopsis, the bio and the opening chapters. The same book exports both. The longer arguments are in [Galley for self-publishing](https://usegalley.com/blog/galley-for-self-publishing) and [Galley for traditional publishing](https://usegalley.com/blog/galley-for-traditional-publishing). ## Where to go next - [Writing software for novelists who don’t write in English](https://usegalley.com/blog/write-a-novel-in-your-language) covers every script Galley sets. - [Book design and typefaces](https://usegalley.com/docs/book-design#typeface) lists every face by language. - [Series and translations](https://usegalley.com/docs/series-and-translations) covers the full language list. - [EPUB vs print PDF](https://usegalley.com/blog/epub-vs-print-pdf) explains what each format can do. ## Questions people ask about writing a novel in Slovenian ### Can I sell a Slovenian book on Amazon KDP? No. Amazon does not list Slovenian in any format. The print PDF goes to a Slovenian printer or IngramSpark, and the EPUB goes to any store that sells Slovenian. ### Which quote marks does a Slovenian book get? The low-then-high pair, „like this“, which is the Slovenian convention. The rule follows the book's language. ### Does Galley hyphenate Slovenian? Yes, on Slovenian patterns, and only in the print PDF when you justify. ### Do č, š and ž survive export? Yes, through typing, autosave, search, sorting, both exports and the download filename. ## Other languages - [Book writing software for Croatian](https://usegalley.com/book-writing-software-croatian)Write and typeset a Croatian novel: „low-high quotes“ as you type, hyphenation by Croatian rules, č ć đ š ž intact through every export, and a print-ready PDF. - [Book writing software for Slovak](https://usegalley.com/book-writing-software-slovak)Write and typeset a Slovak novel: „low-high quotes“ as you type, hyphenation by Slovak rules, the full diacritic set intact through export, and a print-ready PDF. - [Book writing software for Hungarian](https://usegalley.com/book-writing-software-hungarian)Write and typeset a Hungarian novel: „low-right quotes” as you type, hyphenation for long agglutinated words, ő and ű drawn properly, and a print-ready PDF. Start the book. Galley sets it in Slovenian from the first sentence to the print PDF. [Launch Galley](https://app.usegalley.com)