Creating a New Book
Publishing on Knovel starts with creating a book. You can publish all at once or build it chapter by chapter as you write.
Starting a New Book
From your dashboard, click New Book. This creates a draft that only you can see until you're ready to publish.
The TipTap Editor
Knovel uses a TipTap-based rich text editor for writing. It supports:
Basic formatting: bold, italic, underline, strikethrough
Headings: H1 through H4
Block elements: blockquotes, horizontal rules, ordered and unordered lists
Scene breaks: a dedicated separator for scene transitions within a chapter
The editor auto-saves your work every 30 seconds. You can also save manually with Ctrl+S (or Cmd+S on Mac).
Drafts
Everything you create starts as a draft. Drafts are not visible to readers and are not registered on-chain. You can have as many drafts as you like.
A draft includes:
The book's metadata (title, description, cover, genre tags)
All chapters you've written, whether published or still in draft
Your rights and licensing settings
Chapters
Books on Knovel are structured as chapters. Each chapter is a separate piece of content with its own title.
Adding chapters: From your draft, click Add Chapter. Give it a title and start writing. You can reorder chapters before publishing by dragging them in the chapter list.
Chapter status: Individual chapters within a published book can be in draft status. This lets you write ahead without showing work-in-progress to readers.
When You're Ready
Once your draft is ready, head to Publishing Your Book for the next steps — including setting your license terms and minting your IP asset on-chain.
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