The page
Vertical Japanese and Chinese
Setting a book top to bottom, columns right to left, the way Japanese literary fiction is printed.
Waiting onFollows the horizontal work, which is done. The print engine has no vertical text yet.
Updated 7 September 2026
What I'm working on
A list of your ideas and features currently under consideration or already live in Galley.
To request a feature, reach out from within the app dashboard. For what has already shipped, with dates, see product updates.
Backlog
10Things under consideration.
Structure
Restructuring a book offline
Writing offline works. Adding, renaming, and reordering chapters still needs a connection.
Series & editions
Translator access
A translator should get access to localized versions of your book without editing the source.
Waiting onAccounts
Series & editions
Story bible across a series
Book two starts with an empty story bible today.
Publishing
Boxsets
Several finished books compiled into one store-ready file, with their own front matter and contents.
The page
Full-page images
A full-page image as a matter page, for maps and part-title art.
Story bible
Plot tracking
Plot lines, twists, and holes tracked across the manuscript.
The writing room
Style sheet rules
The style sheet is one free-text box today. Making the editor’s automatic dash and quote changes visible and optional needs work.
Story bible
Research attachments
PDFs, recordings, and scans in Research. Today you can only add text and links.
Account
Collaboration
Editor and co-author access.
In progress
2Currently working on.
Safe & yours
Offline writing out of Beta
Offline writing works-ish. It needs testing.
The page
Right-to-left languages
Writing and publishing support for right-to-left scripts like Arabic, Persian, and Urdu.
Done
21Live in Galley 🎉
Safe & yours Sept 26
Accessibility in the editor
The Galley app is now screen-reader friendly with accessibility features in place.
How accessibility in the editor works The page Aug 26
Japanese, Chinese and Korean
Horizontal CJK: kanji chapter numbers, kinsoku line breaking, emphasis dots, Japanese trim sizes and the colophon.
How japanese, chinese and korean works Structure Aug 26
Prologues and epilogues
The parts of a book that carry no chapter number. They stay inside the manuscript, so every check still reads them.
How prologues and epilogues works Revision Aug 26
Reading links for beta readers
A watermarked link per reader, with an optional password and expiry, that you can turn off.
How reading links for beta readers works The writing room Aug 26
Toolbars and Drawers
Fewer toolbars, labelled story tabs, and the rest moved into Drawers.
How toolbars and drawers works Platform Aug 26
Status page
Hosted off Galley’s own infrastructure.
Story bible Aug 26
Research and ⌘K search
⌘K searches the whole book. A clipping can become a glossary term, a citation, or a permissions entry.
How research and ⌘k search works Revision Jul 26
Self-edit tools
A consistency sweep, delivery readiness, and in-book statistics.
How self-edit tools works Revision Jul 26
Draft milestones
Mark an entire book as a draft stage, and compare any chapter across milestones.
How draft milestones works Story bible Jul 26
Permissions and credits
Keep track of copyrighted material in the book, and generate a credits page from it.
How permissions and credits works Revision Jul 26
Cuttings
Cut prose is kept, searchable, and can be pulled back in.
How cuttings works Structure Jul 26
Manuscript import
A .docx, .md, or .txt splits into chapters. A revision comes back with a diff.
How manuscript import works Story bible Jul 26
Retroactive tagging
Tag a character or location, and every earlier mention updates.
How retroactive tagging works The writing room Jul 26
Offline writing Beta
Chapters save to the device and sync when you reconnect.
How offline writing works The page Aug 26
Page breaks in the editor
A mark to indicate an approximate page break (which may change depending on stray words and scene breaks when the book is exported).
Publishing Jun 26
Print typography
Justification, hyphenation per language, widow and orphan control, and real ligatures.
How print typography works Publishing Jul 26
Large print and accessible EPUBs
A 16pt large print PDF, and EPUBs that declare their accessibility.
How large print and accessible epubs works Publishing Jun 26
One tuned EPUB per store
Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play, and Nook.
How one tuned epub per store works Publishing Jun 26
Device preview
Preview the book on a Kindle, iPhone, iPad, or as print.
How device preview works Revision Jun 26
Read-through mode
The whole book in one continuous scroll.
How read-through mode works Series & editions Jun 26
Editions and translations
A translation or edition inherits the master book’s design.
How editions and translations worksNot doing
2Decided against for now.
The writing room
Sprints and timers
Writing against a stopwatch. Goals, streaks, and momentum are as far as this goes for now.
Story bible
Structure templates
No fifteen-thousand-point grids to fill in. Galley won’t prescribe a method.