BookyAI

A book disappeared from my Library but I never deleted it. Is my work gone? Almost certainly not — and since v1.8.2 it comes back on its own. Every book lives as a folder on your computer (Docume… › A chapter ignores its outline beats and writes the events of the following chapters. What can I do? Update to version 1.9.6 or later. Earlier versions gave the AI the whole outline under "Write Chapter N" without saying… › A chapter or section heading ends up as the last line of a page in my export. How do I fix it? You don't have to — BookyAI's layout engine guarantees it can't happen. In both PDF and Word exports, a heading always … › A chapter repeats parts of the previous chapter. Why does this happen and is it fixed? Each chapter is written in its own AI request, so the model only knows about earlier chapters through the continuity no… › A marker like {{f:jhon}} appeared as-is in my export. That means the key doesn't match any defined character (here: a typo of "john"). Unknown markers are deliberately left … › A table in my chapter shows up in the ePub as a row of pipes and dashes. How do I fix it? Update to version 1.9.2 or later and export again. Tables the AI wrote a little loosely (for example a header with thre… › A tip before extending an imported book? Set the genre first (click the genre badge under the book title). Genre and sub-genre guide the style of the new chapte… › Activation says "The license server had a problem (HTTP 5xx) — your key is fine." Exactly what it says: your key is valid, our server had a momentary problem. Wait a minute and press Activate again. If… › After "Relaunch to update" BookyAI says it could not restart itself. What do I do? From version 1.9.19, if BookyAI is still running fifteen seconds after "Relaunch to update", the panel says "BookyAI co… › After I closed BookyAI on Windows, the shortcut said its target does not exist and I could not reopen the app. What happened? BookyAI had downloaded an update, and on Windows it was installed silently when you closed the app. For about a minute … › After importing my BookyAI DOCX, Kindle Create shows two pages at the top of the Body list in italics with a yellow dot, named after my book title and "Table of Contents". Is something wrong? No. Those are your title page and your contents page. Kindle Create marks any page that comes before the first chapter … › After importing my DOCX into Kindle Create there are blank pages between chapters. Why? This came from doubled page breaks and is fixed in version 1.9.10. Earlier exports ended every section with an empty pa… › After reordering chapters, does my audiobook still work? The chapters you already narrated remain valid and simply play in the new order; their MP3 files are kept. The one thin… › After the update, do I have to render my whole audiobook again to remove the spoken citations? No. Open the Audio page for the book and render only the chapters that contain citations. BookyAI keeps the audio of ev… › Amazon KDP flags my PDF because the page numbers are too close to the edge. What can I do? Update to version 1.9.7 or later and export the PDF again. Earlier versions printed the page numbers about 0.23 inches … › An AI request failed with "used its whole output budget reasoning and returned no text". What should I do? The selected model is a reasoning model and it spent the entire output allowance of that request thinking, so nothing w… › An update is downloading. Why does it take so long, and can I keep working? An update is the whole application: about 250 to 290 MB. On a slow connection the download can take a while, and BookyA… › Are AI-generated references reliable? Treat them as suggestions, not verified citations. AI models sometimes produce sources that are wrong in detail or don'… › Are fact-check results saved? Yes, per chapter — reopen the editor anytime and the last report is still there. Re-check after editing to refresh it. › Bold lines or a sub-heading I put right under the chapter title disappear in the PDF. What's wrong? This was a bug, fixed in version 1.9.3. When preparing a book for export, BookyAI removes the chapter title if the AI r… › BookyAI asked "Move BookyAI to Applications?" when it opened. Is it safe to say yes? Yes. From version 1.9.19, on a Mac, BookyAI checks at start whether it is running from your Applications folder. If it … › BookyAI says Ollama is "not reachable" while a large model is loading, but a smaller model works. Why? Before each request, BookyAI checks that Ollama answers. While Ollama loads a very large model, the disk is busy and th… › BookyAI says Ollama is "not running" but it is. (fixed in v1.3.1) Update BookyAI. On Windows, "localhost" can resolve to IPv6 while Ollama listens only on IPv4 — BookyAI now tries both … › BookyAI says my blueprint file is not valid JSON, or that nothing of a book was found in it. What do I do? "This file is not valid JSON" means the chat added text the file format does not allow, or cut the answer short. Go bac… › Can BookyAI create a portrait image of my character? Yes. Open the book, click "Codex" above the chapter list, and in the Characters tab expand a character card (the arrow … › Can BookyAI create an index at the end of my book (keywords with page numbers)? Yes, from version 1.9.15. Open your book and click "Index" at the top of the page, next to "Quality review", then click… › Can BookyAI interview me before it writes the book, so the book is built around my own stories? Yes, from version 1.9.18. Click "New Book", describe your topic, and in the card "Tell me your stories first" press "St… › Can BookyAI write in British English? Yes. Choose "English (UK)" as the book language (or set it as your default language in Settings). The AI then uses Brit… › Can I add an existing standalone book to a series I already have? Yes, from version 1.9.7. Open the book's workspace, and on the Series card use "Or add it to an existing series…" to pi… › Can I add images to my book? Yes. In the chapter editor click "Insert image", pick a layout, choose your file (PNG, JPG, WebP or GIF), and it's inse… › Can I add my own sources? Yes — open the chapter, click "Add source", fill in the fields (at minimum a title or a citation), and save. Empty rows… › Can I add references for the chapters I added later? Yes. After chapters are added or regenerated, the References card in the workspace shows an Update references for new c… › Can I change how my book's interior looks? Yes. In the book page, the "Book design" card offers 5 professional templates. Click one — the previews show real fonts… › Can I change my book's title after it was created? Yes. In the book page, hover over the title and click the pencil to edit it, or the sparkle icon to get 6 AI title sugg… › Can I change the layout after inserting? Yes — the layout is the word in quotes at the end of the image line, e.g. . Chang… › Can I change the order of the front matter (Dedication, Preface, Introduction and so on)? Yes, from version 1.9.15. Open the book and go to the Export card on the right. Under "Include in book" every section h… › Can I change the passage BookyAI wrote from my story before it goes into the chapter? Yes, from version 1.9.19. On the preview, the chapter is shown with the new passage in place. Under it: "Shorter" and "… › Can I choose my own fonts and text size for the book's interior? Yes. Open your book, find the "Book design" card on the right, and select "Custom" (the wide card at the bottom of the … › Can I choose which appendices to generate instead of all twelve? Yes, from version 1.9.6. In the wizard, after ticking "Generate appendices", a list of the twelve sections appears with… › Can I create covers without creating a book first? Yes — that's the Covers page in the sidebar (Cover Studio). Fill in title, subtitle, author, genre/sub-genre and option… › Can I decide what each story in my collection is about? Yes, from version 1.9.20. When you create a collection, the Structure step of the New Book form shows "Your stories": o… › Can I edit my book's text directly in BookyAI? Yes. Open your book and click the pencil icon on any finished chapter — a full-page editor opens where you can rewrite … › Can I edit the outline after the book is generated? Yes, with one restriction: once chapters exist, you can edit titles and beats but not add or remove chapters (chapter f… › Can I edit while the book is still generating? No — editing is locked during generation to prevent conflicts. Wait for generation to finish (or stop it) first. › Can I generate a preface, introduction and other appendices for a manuscript I imported? Yes. Open the imported book in its workspace and click Generate appendices in the Appendices card. BookyAI first prepar… › Can I get an audiobook of my book in another language? Yes — translate the book into that language first (Editions card in the workspace), then open the Audio studio for the … › Can I import a book in a language other than English? Yes. Pick the language during import (or leave Auto-detect). › Can I move between chapters quickly? Yes — use the ‹ › arrows in the editor's top bar. Unsaved changes are saved automatically when you switch. › Can I move the Table of Contents, for example after the Dedication? Yes, from version 1.9.15. In the Export card, under "Include in book", "Table of Contents" is a row among the front mat… › Can I plan a whole saga before writing the first book? Yes — that is exactly what the series-first flow is for. In your Library click "Start a series" (or "New Series" in the… › Can I put the Acknowledgments at the end of the book instead of the front? Yes, from version 1.9.15. Open the book and go to "Include in book" in the Export card. The list has a "Chapters" line … › Can I regenerate just one chapter using my updated outline? Yes. Chapter regeneration always re-reads the current outline, so: edit the outline (or a chapter's beats), then click … › Can I remove "About the Author" from one book without deleting my bio? Yes, from version 1.9.17. Open the book, scroll to the Export card, and under "Include in book" untick "About the Autho… › Can I rename chapters? Yes — in the chapter editor the title is an editable field, with its own "Suggest" button that proposes 6 AI titles bas… › Can I research a different Amazon marketplace than Amazon.com? Yes — the marketplace selector next to the search bar covers 13 KDP stores (US, UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, CA, AU, IN, JP,… › Can I review and edit the outline before the book is written? Yes. In the New Book wizard, on the "Structure" step, enable "Review the outline first". Generation pauses after the ou… › Can I see how my book's pages will look before exporting? Yes. In the Book design card, next to the Trim size selector, click Page preview. BookyAI renders your actual print PDF… › Can I set the context window BookyAI uses for Ollama models? Yes, from version 1.9.4. In Settings, under the Ollama model field, choose an "Ollama context window": Automatic (8k to… › Can I switch templates after exporting? Anytime. Pick a different template and export again — your text is untouched, only the design changes. › Can I tell the AI what my Glossary, Preface or Acknowledgments should contain? Yes, from version 1.9.15. In the manuscript list of the book, move the mouse over the section and click "Instructions".… › Can I translate a book automatically as soon as it's written? Yes. In the New Book screen, under Language, use "Also translate into (optional)" to add one or more languages. When th… › Can I turn a book I already have into a collection of stories? Yes, from version 1.9.20. Open the book's page, then Book details in the right column, and tick "A collection: every ch… › Can I undo an AI rewrite? Yes — an "Undo last AI edit" button appears after every rewrite and restores the text exactly as it was. › Can I upload covers I made in other software (Photoshop, Canva, Midjourney…)? Yes. On the Covers page use "Upload front" / "Upload back" — no book needed. Uploads land in the gallery like generated… › Can I upload my own manuscript as a book of a series? Yes, from version 1.9.7. When you import a manuscript, the "Series (optional)" field lets you make it the next book of … › Can I use "Extend with AI" on a book BookyAI generated? Yes — it works on any book. It's handy for adding an extra chapter or an epilogue after the fact. › Can I use LM Studio, vLLM, DeepSeek, Mistral, Together or another OpenAI-compatible server with BookyAI? Yes, from version 1.9.16. Open Settings, "AI engines", click "OpenAI", and fill in "Base URL" with the address of the s… › Can I use an Anthropic-compatible server or gateway instead of Anthropic itself? Yes, from version 1.9.16. Open Settings, "AI engines", click "Claude", and fill in "Base URL" with the address of the s… › Can I use my Author voice for some books and not for others? Yes, from version 1.9.18. Each author profile has its own voice, so a pen name for thrillers can write differently from… › Can I write a chapter from one character's point of view? Yes. Open the book and hover over a chapter in the chapter list — a small "POV" button appears (it shows up once you ha… › Can I write my book with ChatGPT (OpenAI) models? Yes, from version 1.9.16. Open Settings, stay on the "AI engines" section and click "OpenAI" in the row of engines. Pas… › Can I write my own prompt for the cover instead of letting BookyAI decide? Yes, from version 1.9.7. In the book's workspace, the cover card has a "Cover art direction" choice: "BookyAI decides" … › Can my novel be written in first person — or alternate between my two leads like romance novels do? Yes. For fiction books, the Voice step of the wizard (and Book details on an existing book) offers a Narration setting:… › Can the AI build the character list for me from a book I already wrote? Yes. Open the book, click "Codex" above the chapter list, and in the Characters tab press "Extract from manuscript". Th… › Can the AI figure out the characters and their relationships from a book I already wrote? Yes, in one click. Open the book, click "Codex" above the chapter list, and in the Characters tab press "Extract from m… › Can the AI overwrite my imported manuscript? No. On imported books the "Regenerate" buttons are removed entirely, and the app refuses regeneration requests for them… › Can the AI rewrite just one paragraph instead of the whole chapter? Yes — that's exactly what "Rewrite with AI" does. Select any passage in the editor, then choose Improve, Expand, Shorte… › Can the interview questions be read aloud, and can I speak my answers instead of typing? Typing is free for everyone and needs nothing extra. From version 1.9.18 there are two comforts for owners of the add-o… › Chapter generation with a local Ollama model takes hours in BookyAI but minutes in Ollama itself. Why? Thinking models (Qwen 3, Gemma 4, DeepSeek R1 and similar) reason before every answer, and at local speeds that reasoni… › Code blocks in my technical book come out broken in the exports: indentation lost, lines overlapping in the ebook, ``` printed in Word. Why? This was a bug, fixed in version 1.9.6. Two things were wrong: a clean-up pass removed the leading spaces from code bef… › Cover generation says I need an OpenAI key, but I have a Gemini key. (fixed in v1.5.0) Update BookyAI. Covers now work with either key: OpenAI is preferred when configured (strongest cover typography), and … › Did version 1.9.11 change the look of the title page in my Word export? Only slightly. The title, subtitle and author name are laid out as before, and a small ornament in the template's accen… › Do Codex and series features cost extra AI usage? They use your own API keys, same as book generation, and the overhead is small by design. The story bible is compressed… › Do I have to run BookyAI with my VPN off all the time? No. You only need the license server reachable at two moments: when you activate, and at an occasional background re-ch… › Do I need a Perplexity, DeepL or OpenAI key to use BookyAI? No. They are optional and each one serves a single feature. You find them in Settings under "Extra tools". Covers: an O… › Do images appear in the audiobook? No — audiobooks are audio only. Captions are not narrated. › Do images from my Word manuscript come into BookyAI when I import it? Yes, since v1.8.2. When you import a .docx manuscript (Library → Import your manuscript), the pictures embedded in your… › Do images inside my Word document get imported? Not yet — text only for now. You'll see a notice during import if images were found. You can re-insert them with the ed… › Do tables and lists look right in the exported book files? Yes, in every format. In PDF, EPUB and HTML, tables get proper book typography: a strong rule under the header, fine li… › Do templates work on imported books? Yes — identically. Imported manuscripts get the same professional interior design as generated books. › Do the new character and relationship features cost extra AI usage? Almost nothing in normal writing. Character depth, relationships and arc milestones travel inside the same compact stor… › Does BookyAI invent details when it writes my story from the interview? It is built not to, and it shows you. In Interview Mode (version 1.9.18 and later) every instruction to the AI carries … › Does BookyAI keep previous versions of my chapters? How do I restore one? Yes, since v1.8.3. BookyAI automatically saves a snapshot of a chapter BEFORE every regeneration and before edits (at m… › Does BookyAI spend my API credits in the background? No. Every AI call is triggered by an action you take (generate, research, preview, covers, fact-check). BookyAI makes n… › Does BookyAI support OpenRouter? (from v1.6.2) Yes. Settings → AI providers → "OpenRouter API key" (from openrouter.ai). One key gives you the whole OpenRouter catalo… › Does a translated edition get the index of the original book? No. The headings of an index are words in the book's own language, so each edition has its own index. Open the translat… › Does editing a chapter break my originality/grammar scores? They're marked as outdated automatically (the text changed), so just re-run the checks in Review when you're done editi… › Does fact-checking change my text? Never. It only reports findings and suggested corrections — applying them is always your decision. › Does fact-checking work without a Perplexity key? Yes — it falls back to your free AI engine. Results are clearly marked "AI knowledge only": useful, but without web ver… › Does the 1.9.10 change to chapter headings affect my PDF, EPUB or Kindle (AZW3) exports? No. Version 1.9.10 only changes how the Word (DOCX) file is structured internally so that Kindle Create and Word's navi… › Does the AI take my title and subtitle into account when it plans and writes the book? From version 1.9.19, yes. When you give a working title or a working subtitle, they go into the instructions for the ou… › Does the Guide get in the way if I already know BookyAI? No. If you already have books or a connected AI engine, the only thing you see in version 1.9.17 is a new "Guide" butto… › Does the References editor work for imported manuscripts? Yes. Generate references for the imported book first (References card → Generate references), then edit them the same w… › Does the editor save automatically? Yes — about 1.5 seconds after you stop typing. The pill in the top-right shows "Saved", "Saving…" or "Unsaved changes" … › Does the template affect the audiobook or the cover? No — it styles the book interior only. Covers have their own AI design system, and audio is unaffected. › Errors mention "gemini-1.5-flash-latest" even though I selected a different Gemini model. Is BookyAI ignoring my selection? (fixed in v1.6.4) Your selection was never ignored — your chosen model is always tried first. The confusing part was our error reporting:… › Gemini answers "Empty response" for every model, but the key test says the key works. What is going on? When a Gemini model returns no answer at all, without any reason, Google has refused the request: its filter blocked wh… › Gemini fails on every attempt. What should I check? Update to v1.6.4 first — the error message now names the real cause. The most common ones for new keys: the daily free-… › How can I check that BookyAI really learned my voice? In the "Author voice" card on the Authors page (version 1.9.18 and later), type a topic in the box at the bottom, or le… › How can I help BookyAI keep continuity between chapters? Three habits make a big difference. First, review the outline before writing (New Book → Review outline): make sure no … › How can I see the exact prompt BookyAI sent to generate my cover? From version 1.9.7, after a front or back cover is generated in the book's workspace, a "View the prompt sent for the f… › How can I tell whether it's my connection or something blocking the app? Open https://network.bookyai.net in your normal browser. If a page loads, your internet and our server are both fine — … › How do I add a line break between a quote and its "—Author" attribution? (from v1.6.0) Just press Enter once. A single Enter is a line break; a blank line starts a new paragraph. This works identically in e… › How do I add a quoted passage that stands out from the text? Start the line with ">" followed by a space, for example "> Keep going." The passage is rendered indented and in italic… › How do I add an Author's Note? From version 1.9.15 the Author's Note is one of the sections BookyAI can write, but only when you ask for it. For a new… › How do I add an Epigraph or a Foreword? Why does BookyAI not write them? From version 1.9.15: open the book, find the "Front & back matter" card on the right, and under "Add your own" click "E… › How do I add more stories to a collection that is already written? On the book's page, press "Add stories" above the chapter list (from version 1.9.20; in a book that is not a collection… › How do I add my own real story or experience to a chapter? From version 1.9.18, open the chapter in the editor and press "Start the interview" in the "Interview me" card at the t… › How do I center a line, a verse or a dedication? Can I justify or left-align a paragraph? From version 1.9.15: click in the paragraph and click Center or Align right in the toolbar above the editor. The whole … › How do I change a book's genre, sub-genre or audience after it's created/imported? On the book's page, click the genre badge under the title (it shows a small pencil on hover). A "Book metadata" editor … › How do I change my book's trim size (page size) in BookyAI? Open your book and find the Book design card. Below the design templates you'll see a Trim size selector with eight sta… › How do I change or remove my book's subtitle? From version 1.9.17, open the book and move the mouse over the subtitle under the title: a pencil appears. Click it, ty… › How do I change the design template of my book? The gallery of designs is no longer on the page. On the book's page (version 1.9.19 and later), open the "Book design" card in the right column. It shows the design in … › How do I change the index: add a term, remove one, rename or combine them? Open the book, click "Index". To add a heading, type it in "Add a heading of your own" and click Add: BookyAI shows at … › How do I change the order of the chapters in my book? Open the book's workspace and click Reorder in the Manuscript header. Drag any chapter by the grip on its left, or use … › How do I change the order of the front matter and the appendices? From version 1.9.20, on the book's page, press "Reorder" above the chapter list. The list shows three groups: the front… › How do I check for updates myself, and where do I see which version I have? The version is at the bottom of the sidebar, for example "v1.9.19". Click it: "What's new" opens with the notes of ever… › How do I choose WHERE the image goes? Click in the text to place your cursor first — the image is inserted exactly there. If you haven't placed the cursor, i… › How do I create a book where every chapter is its own story, with its own title? From version 1.9.20, on the first step of the New Book form, under "What is your book about?", choose "A collection" un… › How do I create characters that the AI actually respects while writing? Open your book, click the "Codex" button above the chapter list, and use the Characters tab. Each character card has a … › How do I delete a series? Will it delete my books? No book is ever deleted by removing a series. Open the series page (click the series name on its Library shelf) and use… › How do I delete a single chapter from my book? From version 1.9.18, open the book, move the mouse over the chapter in the manuscript list and click the bin at the rig… › How do I delete a wrong or unverifiable source? Open the chapter in the editor, click the trash icon on that source, then "Save chapter". If you delete every source in… › How do I edit "About the Author" for one book only? From version 1.9.17, About the Author is a row in the book's manuscript list, under the back matter. Move the mouse ove… › How do I edit or regenerate the Preface, the Introduction, the Glossary or another front or back matter section? From version 1.9.15 these sections are in the manuscript list of the book, like chapters: "Front matter" above the chap… › How do I edit the Preface, Introduction, Epilogue and other extra sections? (from v1.6.3) On the book's page, hover a section name in the "Include in book" list and click the pencil icon. A Markdown editor ope… › How do I edit the preface, introduction or another appendix of my book? In the book's workspace, find the section in the "Include in book" list and click Edit next to it. The section opens in… › How do I get the free Google Gemini API key? In BookyAI open Settings, stay on "AI engines", click "Gemini", then click "Get your free Gemini key: step by step" (fr… › How do I give the AI my own research or background material for a book? Open the book, click "Codex" above the chapter list, and go to the Knowledge tab. You can paste notes directly ("Paste … › How do I import a manuscript that has front matter (a preface, an introduction, a dedication) without it becoming Chapter 1? Since v1.8.4 the import preview gives every detected section a destination selector. Sections recognized as front or ba… › How do I know that an update was really installed? From version 1.9.19 the first time BookyAI opens on a new version, "What's new" opens by itself with the line "Updated … › How do I know which AI engine and model wrote a chapter? From version 1.9.6, every chapter in the book's workspace shows a small label with the engine and model that wrote its … › How do I leave the index out of an export, or move it? Open the book and look at the Export card on the right, under "Include in book". Once your book has an index, "Index" i… › How do I make text bold, italic or underlined in the editor? Is there a toolbar? Yes, from version 1.9.15 there is a formatting toolbar above the text in the editor: Bold, Italic, Underline, Heading, … › How do I pick a model that is not in the list? From version 1.9.16 every model field lets you type. Click in the field, type the model name and press Enter. This work… › How do I put a gallery cover on one of my books? Two ways: in the Covers gallery, hover a cover and choose "Use for a book…", or on the book's page click the "Gallery" … › How do I put a scene break or a separator line in my chapter? On its own line, type three asterisks (***), three dashes (---) or three underscores (___), with an empty line before a… › How do I re-run the originality evaluation for a chapter? Open Quality from your book's workspace. On each chapter card, in the Originality section, you'll find the button: Chec… › How do I rename a series? From version 1.9.14: open the series (Series page), click the pencil next to the series name, type the new name and sav… › How do I save or download my book covers as image files? From version 1.9.17 there is a "Save image" button under each cover on the book's page. It opens a save dialog with a f… › How do I set up Ollama to write books on my own computer? Ollama is a free program that runs AI models on your own computer: no key, no account, and your manuscript never leaves… › How do I tell BookyAI that two characters are married, enemies, or boss and employee? With the Relationship Network. Open a book, click "Codex" above the chapter list, and go to the Relations tab (you need… › How do I tell the AI exactly what a chapter should contain and in what structure? With the Structure button. Open your book and hover over a chapter in the chapter list — a small "Structure" button app… › How do I translate my book into another language? Open the book and find the Editions card in the workspace (right-hand column). Choose a language in the "Translate into… › How do I update BookyAI? BookyAI checks for updates automatically and updates itself on restart (Windows), or notifies you to download the new v… › How do I use DeepL for translations in BookyAI? Get an API key from deepl.com/pro-api — the free plan gives 500,000 characters a month, roughly one full-length book — … › How do I use a custom instruction? Select the passage, type your instruction in the "Custom instruction…" box (any language), and press the sparkle button. › How do I write a book series where the AI remembers the previous books? Two ways to start. If you already have a book: open it and use the "Series" card on the right ("Start a series with thi… › How do I write the caption? The caption is the text between ![ and ] — it's pre-selected right after inserting, so just type. The caption appears u… › How do character "secrets" work — won't the AI just blurt them out? No, and that's the point of the field. Open a book, click "Codex", expand a character card and fill in "Secrets — what … › How do covers "know" my book's style? Cover generation uses genre-aware art direction: each genre/sub-genre has a designer brief (imagery, palette, typograph… › How do the guided tours work? Open the Guide (the "Guide" button at the bottom left, from version 1.9.17) and click a tour. The screen dims, one butt… › How does BookyAI detect my chapters? In this order: Heading 1 styles from Word, then Heading 2, then plain lines like "Chapter 1", "Chapter One: Title", "Pr… › How does saving work? Per chapter. Chapters with unsaved changes show an "unsaved" marker; click "Save chapter N" to store them. Your changes… › How does the index look in PDF, Word, EPUB and Kindle? PDF: two columns, letter headings, subentries and "See also", with real page numbers; each number is a link to the pass… › How long a passage can I select? Anything from a sentence to several pages. For best results (and faster responses), work in passages of a few paragraph… › How long does a fact-check take? Typically 20–60 seconds per chapter, depending on length and how many claims it contains. › How much of my own writing does Author voice need, and what kind? In version 1.9.18 and later, a sample needs at least 40 words, and the bar under your samples fills up to 600 words, fr… › I added chapters to my book and now the endnotes, glossary and discussion guide don't match. How do I update them? Open the book's workspace. When chapters have been added, regenerated or reordered after the appendices were written, t… › I already have a list of my story ideas. Do I have to type them in one by one? No. From version 1.9.20, in "Your stories" on the Structure step of the New Book form, press "Paste a list" and paste y… › I already wrote my book. Can I use BookyAI without generating it with AI? Yes. Click "Import" in your Library (or the "Import your manuscript" tile) and load your finished manuscript. Once impo… › I am new to BookyAI and I do not know where to start. Is there a tutorial? Yes, from version 1.9.17 BookyAI has a built-in Guide. Click "Guide" at the bottom left of the app, under the menu. It … › I asked for a steamy romance but the AI only wrote kisses. How do I set how explicit my romance is? Use the heat level. When creating a romance book, the Voice step of the New Book wizard shows a "Heat level" selector f… › I bought BookyAI Listen. How do I unlock it? If you bought it with the same email as your BookyAI account, you do not have to do anything: update BookyAI to version… › I can't paste my API key into the key field on Windows. (fixed in v1.3.1) Update BookyAI. Paste (Ctrl+V and right-click → Paste) works everywhere now. › I centered my image captions manually in Word, but exports show them as plain left-aligned text. How do I get proper captions? Update to version 1.8.5 or later and simply export again — no re-import needed. When you center a caption by hand in Wo… › I changed the Base URL and now BookyAI says my saved key belongs to another address. What do I do? This is a safety rule, new in version 1.9.16: a key is only ever sent to the address it was saved for. If you saved an … › I changed the tone, the audience or the author voice of my book after some chapters were written. What happens to those chapters? From version 1.9.19 every chapter remembers the settings it was written with. When you change the writing style, the to… › I chose an OpenRouter (or Grok) model for my book, but some chapters were written by Gemini. Why, and how do I stop it? Update to BookyAI 1.9.14 or later. Many models on OpenRouter and Grok think before they answer, and their thinking uses… › I chose the wrong file when importing a manuscript. Do I have to start over? Not from version 1.9.8. In the import preview, click "Replace file" next to the file name (there is a second one at the… › I chose third person but my fiction book, or parts of it, came out in first person. Why? This was a bug, fixed in version 1.9.4. Choosing "Third person" in the wizard sent no narration instruction to the AI a… › I clicked Shorten but nothing acceptable came back / I got an error. Shorten guarantees the result is genuinely shorter — the app measures the word counts and even retries once with strict… › I clicked a Title idea / Sub-niche in Research and the wizard opened empty. (fixed in v1.4.0) Update BookyAI. Clicking a result now carries everything into the New Book wizard: the title AND subtitle as the topic,… › I closed the interview window before finishing. Did I lose my answers? No. In version 1.9.18 and later the conversation is kept for that chapter on your computer, and it is there when you pr… › I created a book and now want a different writing style or tone. Where do I change the voice? From version 1.9.7, open the book's workspace and find the Voice card in the right panel, under Book details. Choose or… › I deleted a chapter by mistake. Can I get it back? Yes, in version 1.9.18 and later. On the book's page, above the manuscript list, a button "Deleted (n)" appears as soon… › I design my back cover text in Canva or KDP Cover Creator. Can I get the back cover without text? Yes. From version 1.9.17, click "Text" under the back cover and untick "Put the description and the author bio on the b… › I edited a passage until it sounded exactly like me. Can BookyAI learn from it? Yes, from version 1.9.18. In the chapter editor, select the passage (40 words or more) and press "This sounds like me",… › I edited my chapters after creating the index. Are the page numbers in the index still right? Yes. From version 1.9.15 the index never stores page numbers or positions. BookyAI saves only the list of headings you … › I edited the JSON files in the book's sources/ folder and nothing changed. Why? Those files are only a generation cache — exports read a different copy. This was a real trap in older versions. Don't … › I extended my book with more chapters, but the translated edition still has only the old chapters and the refresh button does nothing. How do I translate the new chapters? Update to version 1.9.15, open the book and click the refresh icon (the circular arrow) on the edition's row in the Edi… › I get "Couldn't reach the license server" but my internet works perfectly. Your general internet being fine doesn't mean BookyAI's path to our license server is open — something on the computer … › I have a story for a chapter but no idea where it should go. Can BookyAI place it? Yes, from version 1.9.19. In the chapter editor, press "I have a story" in the "Interview me" card, or on the Quality r… › I have no ideas for some of the stories in my collection. Can BookyAI suggest them? Yes, from version 1.9.20. On the Structure step of the New Book form, in "Your stories", press "Suggest story ideas". B… › I have nothing written at hand. Can BookyAI still learn my voice? Yes, from version 1.9.18. On the Authors page, in the "Author voice" card of your profile, press "Build my voice by int… › I imported a book into a series earlier and the next volume does not seem to know its story. How do I fix that? Open the imported book's workspace. On the Series card, an amber note says "Story so far and characters not prepared ye… › I imported my BookyAI Word (DOCX) export into Kindle Create and "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2" and so on each sit alone on a page, with the chapter title on the next page without its number. How do I fix this? Update to BookyAI version 1.9.10 or later and export the DOCX again. Kindle Create splits a book at every chapter headi… › I imported my own chapters. Can the AI write the remaining chapters? (from v1.6.0) Yes. Open the book and click "Extend with AI" at the top of the chapter list. Tell it how many chapters to add (1–30) a… › I imported the wrong file. How do I remove it? Delete the book from the Library like any other book. Your original file on disk is never touched — the import works on… › I opened the Word export and the Index page only shows a sentence about updating fields. Where is my index? The Word index is built by Word itself from index marks in the text, so that its page numbers always match your documen… › I pay for ChatGPT Plus (or Claude Pro). Why does BookyAI still ask for a key and credit? ChatGPT Plus and Claude Pro are subscriptions for the chat website and app. Programs like BookyAI use the API, which Op… › I regenerated a chapter, it failed, and my old text was replaced by a "could not be generated" notice. Is my text gone? Update to v1.8.3 — this can no longer happen. In older versions, a failed regeneration (usually an API quota or connect… › I rewrote or expanded a chapter. Why did its originality score disappear? That's intentional. The originality score describes the exact text that was evaluated — once you rewrite, expand or oth… › I saved my API key but the field cleared and tests say "not configured". (fixed in v1.5.1) Your key is valid — your operating system refused BookyAI access to its secure storage (keys are stored encrypted, neve… › I see "->" and "<-" or "<u>" in my chapter text. What are they? They are formatting marks written by the toolbar above the editor (version 1.9.15 and later). "<u>words</u>" underlines… › I see the raw {{f:…}} markers in the chapter editor. Is that normal? Yes, by design — the editor is your working view, so markers stay visible while you write. They are replaced with real … › I selected a Gemini model in Settings, Test says "Key works", but generating an outline fails and the error names a different model. Is BookyAI ignoring my selection? No, your selected model is always tried first. What you are seeing is this: some Gemini models, such as gemini-3.1-pro-… › I told a story for one chapter. Can I use it in another chapter without telling it again? Yes, from version 1.9.19. Every story you told in an interview is kept in the book's Codex, under Knowledge, as "Interv… › I typed "##" on an empty line to add some space under a heading. Word shows the characters "##". How do I get the space? Update to version 1.9.9 or later. A heading marker on an empty line is rendered as a gap in the Page preview, and since… › I typed an em dash myself in the chapter editor. Will BookyAI remove it? No. The em-dash cleanup only applies to text the AI writes. Anything you type or import yourself is kept exactly as you… › I used Regenerate appendices and it overwrote sections I had written by hand. Can I get them back? Yes. Since version 1.9.3, every section that Regenerate appendices rewrites is saved first in that section's version hi… › I used a back cover from the gallery for another book, and it showed the other book's text. What should I do? From version 1.9.20 this no longer happens. When you pick a back cover from the gallery for a book, and the artwork it … › I want to decide the title and the chapters of my book myself instead of letting the AI decide. How? From version 1.9.18, click "New Book", describe your topic, and in the card "Plan my book with me" press "Start plannin… › I want to preview the writing style before generating the whole book. How? In the New Book wizard, on the "Voice" step, use "Hear this voice first". It writes a ~150-word sample of your book's o… › I was reading a chapter and remembered something I lived that belongs there. How do I add it? From version 1.9.19, in the chapter editor, put the cursor where the memory came up, or select the sentence, and press … › I worked out my whole book in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. How do I bring that into BookyAI without losing the structure? From version 1.9.18 BookyAI reads a blueprint file (.json). In "New Book", in the card "Plan my book with me", click "C… › I write romantic suspense but couldn't find the category. Where is it? It's there — in two places since v1.8.1. When creating a book, pick the genre and then the sub-genre: "Romantic Suspens… › I write under several pen names and publish under different imprints. Can BookyAI keep more than one author bio, photo and publisher logo? Yes, from version 1.9.6. Open the Authors page in the sidebar. Each profile holds a pen name, a bio, an author photo, a… › I'm writing a series — how do I plan that a character dies (or marries) in a specific volume? With arc milestones. Open any book of the series, click "Codex", switch the scope to "Series" at the top, expand the ch… › In Create audio I can only scroll through my books one by one with arrows. How do I find a book quickly? Update to v1.8.1 — the book picker now has a search box above the cover carousel: type part of a title or a genre and t… › In New Book, "Hear this voice first" fails with "All providers failed" although my engine works for everything else. Why? Before version 1.9.19 the New Book form started with Gemini as the engine for everyone, and the Voice step (step 3) com… › In Research, what happens now when I click a Title idea? The clicked title becomes the working title, and the full title + subtitle feeds the content prompt — you get a clean s… › In Settings, Test says "API key not valid" although my key works elsewhere. What is wrong? In versions before 1.9.14 the Test button checked the key that was already saved, not the one in the field. If you past… › In Settings, how do I tell a free OpenRouter model from a paid one, and what will a book cost? Update to BookyAI version 1.9.13 or later. The "OpenRouter model" picker in Settings is now grouped: OpenRouter Auto fi… › In Word, my scene-break lines come out short and centered, while the Page preview shows them across the whole page. Which is right? The preview. From version 1.9.9 the Word export draws the scene-break rule (three asterisks, dashes or underscores on t… › In my PDF, a full-page image is followed by an almost blank page before the text continues. Is that intentional? No, it was a bug, fixed in version 1.9.7. A full-page image that had a caption was given a page break twice, once for t… › In my novel, the Author's Note and the Acknowledgments moved to the end of the book. Why? From version 1.9.20 the standard order of the front and back matter follows the kind of book. Novels usually print the … › In the DOCX (Word) export my quoted lines or verses are double spaced, but the PDF is fine. Why? Update to version 1.9.15 and export again. Lines that start with ">" are a quotation. In the PDF, EPUB and HTML, consec… › In the DOCX (Word) export the section break line leaves a big gap under my heading. Can that be fixed? Update to version 1.9.15 and export again. The section break line (three stars, "***", on a line of their own, or the S… › In the Index page a heading says "subject of the book" and it is not in my index. Why? A printed index does not list the subject of the whole book: in a book about Byzantium, "Byzantium" would point to almo… › In the Quality review, the number of grammar issues never goes down, even after I polish the chapter. Why? Update to version 1.9.15. In earlier versions the proofread was asked for a list of issues and mixed real errors with m… › In what order should the stories of my collection be? Can BookyAI help? Yes, from version 1.9.20. On the book's page, press "Reorder" above the chapter list. In a collection a bar at the top … › Installing BookyAI BookyAI is a desktop app for Windows and macOS. This guide walksyou through downloading, installing, opening, and activ… › Is anything written while the outline is waiting for my approval? No. Nothing is generated until you approve. You can take as long as you like. › Is the legal notice per book or global? Global — it's your publisher identity, set once in Settings and applied to every export. The publisher NAME can still d… › Is there a guided tour for Author voice, Interview Mode and "Plan my book with me"? Yes, from version 1.9.18. Click "Guide" at the bottom left. Under "Make it yours · optional" there are three entries, e… › Is there a guided tour for the new features of 1.9.19? Yes. Press "Guide" at the bottom left. The book's page tour has steps for "Ready to publish", the folding cards, the Pr… › Is there a limit on sources? Up to 50 sources per chapter. › Is there a size limit or recommended resolution? Use print-quality images: roughly 1800 px wide for full-width images (300 DPI at 6″). Very large files make your EPUB h… › Is there formatting in the editor? The editor uses Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, ## subheadings, lists. Your exports render it as proper book typography. › Kindle Create's "Suggested Chapter Titles" window lists every heading and sub-heading from my BookyAI DOCX, not just the chapters. What can I do? Update to BookyAI version 1.9.10 or later and export the DOCX again. Kindle Create builds its suggestion list from anyt… › License portability & extra device You can port your license from one device to another by opening a ticket. If you want to use BookyAI on multiple device… › Long chapters on my local model stopped mid-sentence around 4,000 words, or the generation sometimes died on my large (30B+) model. (fixed in v1.6.2) Two defects, both fixed. First, when a model hit its output-length cap, BookyAI silently accepted the cut-off text — no… › My AI covers stopped working after I pointed OpenAI at another server. How do I fix it? Covers are always made by OpenAI itself, whatever your writing engine is. When your OpenAI engine uses another server's… › My DOCX (Word) export has no page numbers. How do I get them? Update to version 1.9.15 and export again. Earlier versions did not add a page-number footer to the Word file at all, a… › My DOCX export comes out as plain single-spaced text with no formatting, even though I chose a template and trim size. Why? This was a limitation, fixed in version 1.9.7. Earlier versions applied only the page size and a font name to the Word … › My DOCX export has no table of contents. The PDF has one. Fixed in v1.8.3 — the DOCX export now includes a real Word table of contents after the copyright page: every chapter is… › My DOCX export is garbled from a certain chapter onward, but the PDF looks fine. What happened? This was a real bug, fixed in v1.8.1 — and your book repairs itself. It affected manuscripts imported from Word: Word d… › My DOCX export turns into pages of random characters partway through the book, and Word keeps freezing on it. What is going on? Fixed in v1.8.4 — and your book heals itself. The cause was surprisingly specific: pictures that were BOLDED in the ori… › My DeepL translation stopped with a "quota" message. What now? DeepL's free plan allows 500,000 characters per billing month; once it's used up, DeepL refuses further requests until … › My German book keeps switching between "Sie" and "du". How do I fix it? Set the form of address once and BookyAI enforces it everywhere. For a new book, an "Addressing the reader" option appe… › My Introduction repeats the opening of Chapter 1 almost word for word. Why, and is it fixed? When BookyAI wrote front and back matter, it showed the AI the beginning of Chapter 1 as an example of the book's voice… › My Ollama cloud models (":cloud") don't appear in BookyAI. (fixed in v1.3.2) Update BookyAI. The model list now includes the full Ollama Cloud catalogue alongside your locally pulled models, and t… › My Word (DOCX) export has far more space between lines and paragraphs than the Page preview. Why? This was a bug, fixed in version 1.9.9. Earlier versions of the Word export turned every line of your text into its own… › My Word (DOCX) export shows stray asterisks, backslashes or lost bold and italic, while the Page preview looks right. Why? This was a bug, fixed in version 1.9.8. The Page preview, the PDF and the EPUB use a full Markdown engine, but earlier … › My author photo is cut badly (my head is cropped on the back cover). Can I crop or reposition it? Yes, from version 1.9.18. Open Authors, open your profile, and under "Author photo" click "Crop". Drag the photo to pos… › My back cover has no text on it. How do I add the book description and my bio? Update to version 1.9.17. Under the back cover on the book's page there is a "Text" button. It opens a dialog with a ti… › My blueprint file has sections BookyAI does not know. Are they lost? No. When you load a blueprint in version 1.9.18 or later, BookyAI shows a note such as "2 sections of the file are not … › My book is in Chinese — the interior design looks wrong for a Chinese book. What do I do? Use the Ming design. Open your book, find the "Book design" card on the right, and select "Ming". It is built for Chine… › My book is stuck on "Generating outline…" at 0 chapters, even after restarting BookyAI. How do I fix it? Update to BookyAI 1.9.14 or later and open the book. In earlier versions that line was shown whenever a book had no cha… › My book sounds like it was written by an AI. How do I make BookyAI write the way I write? From version 1.9.18 every author profile can have an Author voice. Open "Authors" in the menu, click your profile, and … › My characters kept "teleporting" — a chapter would open somewhere different from where the last one left them. Is that fixed? Yes, in v1.8.1. While writing fiction, BookyAI keeps a running recap of each finished chapter, and that recap now also … › My collection is "inspired by real events". Will BookyAI make up facts about real people? No. From version 1.9.20, when a collection's stories are marked "Inspired by real events", BookyAI is told to retell on… › My exported DOCX is broken/garbled starting from a chapter that contains an image. Why? Fixed in v1.8.3. Some image formats (for example WebP) can't be decoded by Microsoft Word, and older versions embedded … › My exported PDF no longer has the front and back covers. Why? From version 1.9.20 the PDF no longer includes the covers by default. The PDF is the inside of your paperback: KDP prin… › My free OpenRouter model stopped working halfway through the book and BookyAI continued with Gemini. Can I choose which model takes over instead? Yes, from version 1.9.13. In Settings, under "OpenRouter fallback model", pick a second OpenRouter model (a paid one is… › My image captions show in the DOCX export but not in the PDF. Why? Fixed in v1.8.1. When you insert an image with a caption, older versions only displayed the caption in DOCX; in PDF, EP… › My image captions span two or three lines in Word. Do they import correctly? Yes, as of version 1.9.0. Captions written as several italic lines under a picture are joined into one caption and rend… › My imported book shows "Anonymous" as the author. How do I fix it? Open the book and set the author in Book details → Author — exports pick it up immediately. As of version 1.8.5 this sh… › My novel's plot felt repetitive and aimless — chapters kept doing the same thing. What changed? Update to v1.8.1 and regenerate (or create the book again). Fiction outlines are now built the way a novelist plans: a … › My older book just says "English". Which variant is that? Plain "English" from older versions is treated as English (US). Everything (exports, audiobook voices) keeps working; o… › My older book's title is the entire prompt and it prints on the export title page. Books created before the working-title feature carried the prompt as their title. Since v1.6.4 those books show a notic… › My series volume continues numbering ("Chapter 21…"), but the PDF chapter pages restarted at "Chapter 1" while the table of contents was correct. (fixed in v1.6.4) Real defect: the printed chapter label was rebuilt from the chapter's position in the volume instead of the number in y… › My whole book was imported as a single chapter. Why? No chapter headings were detected. In Word, format your chapter titles with the "Heading 1" style (or start them with "… › My wrap shows the front cover twice instead of front + back. (fixed in v1.5.0) Update BookyAI. Older versions didn't register uploaded covers in the gallery, so the wrap could only "see" one image. … › On my Intel Mac, every voice preview or audiobook render fails with "Narration engine failed to start". What can I do? Update to version 1.9.5 or later. Versions before 1.9.5 of the Intel Mac build were missing one native image library th… › On my Mac, "Relaunch to update" does nothing. What is wrong? On a Mac, BookyAI can only update itself when it is in your Applications folder. BookyAI arrives as a zip file; when th… › Regenerate says it finished but my chapters are still unfinished, with no error anywhere. What's wrong? Update to v1.8.3 — the errors were real but invisible. Older versions swallowed the AI provider's error and even report… › Regeneration fails with "add a Gemini API key" although I created the book with OpenRouter (or Claude, Grok). What should I do? Update to version 1.9.2 or later. Earlier versions did not remember which AI engine a book was created with, so regener… › Rewrite or edit with Ollama returns "Empty Ollama response" even though Ollama is running. Why? This happens with thinking models such as Qwen 3 or Gemma 4. They reason before they answer, and Ollama counts the reas… › Settings shows "Ollama: running, but no models installed". What do I do? Ollama itself is fine — it just has no models downloaded yet. Run, for example: ollama pull llama3.1:8b — then refresh … › Should I fact-check fiction? Usually no. The checker ignores story-internal statements, but fiction rarely benefits. It shines on non-fiction: histo… › Should I import my title page, copyright page and table of contents? Usually no — and the import preview suggests "Don't import" for them automatically. BookyAI generates its own title pag… › Test says my Gemini key is not valid. What is wrong? Almost always the paste caught a space or lost a character. In BookyAI empty the key field, go back to Google AI Studio… › Testing my OpenRouter or Grok key says "Empty response" even though the key is valid. Why? This was a bug, fixed in version 1.9.5. The Test button sends a tiny request with room for only a few words of reply. R… › The "Edit references" button is missing. Three possible reasons: the book has no references yet (generate them first), a generation is currently running (wait f… › The "Include in book" ticks reset to all on after I edit an appendix. How do I keep my selection? This was a bug, fixed in version 1.9.6. The ticks are now saved with the book, so they stay exactly as you left them af… › The "Rewrite with AI" buttons in the editor are greyed out. Do I need a Perplexity key? No. The rewrite buttons (improve, shorten, expand and so on) switch on as soon as you select some text in the editor: c… › The AI title suggestions are in the wrong language. Suggestions follow the language of your current title and text. If your book is in Spanish, the suggestions will be too… › The Further Reading or Endnotes section lists books that don't exist, sometimes "published by" my own publisher. Why? Earlier versions gave the AI your publisher's name and no rule about inventing sources, so it sometimes made up plausib… › The Gemini model list in Settings looks different from before. Since v1.6.4 the list loads LIVE from Google using your own key, so it shows exactly the models your key can call. Olde… › The X on the Guide panel does not close it. How do I close the Guide? In version 1.9.17 the X at the top of the Guide panel does not react to clicks. Close the panel by clicking anywhere ou… › The app said "my license code is no longer valid" even though I never changed anything, and re-entering the key only worked after many attempts. (fixed in v1.6.6) That was a real bug on our side, fixed in v1.6.6. Older versions could misread a momentary license-server problem as "l… › The captions I typed under my images in Word show up left-aligned instead of centered. How do I get proper captions? Update to v1.8.3 and re-import (or check new imports). If you used Word's "Insert Caption" feature (which creates a cap… › The cover wrap for KDP looked off-centre, and the bleed cut into my cover. Is that fixed? Yes, in version 1.9.20. Before, the Cover Studio's print wrap stretched each cover over its face and the bleed around i… › The grammar issues in Review weren't clickable — I had to find each spot manually. (fixed in v1.6.3) Two additions. In Review, click any grammar issue and the chapter editor opens with that exact passage highlighted. Ins… › The import screen suggested "Don't import" for the text before my first chapter. Why? BookyAI looked at that text and recognized it as your original title page, copyright line, author name or a leftover "T… › The introduction and other appendices keep saying "I, [author], along with [publisher]". How do I stop that? Update to version 1.9.3 or later and regenerate the appendices. Names now appear only where a printed book naturally ca… › The narration engine fails to start and the message now shows an exit code or a signal. What does it mean? From version 1.9.5, when the narration engine cannot start, the message includes how it stopped (an exit code or a sign… › The narrator of my audiobook reads a year or a four-digit number at the end of some sentences. How do I fix it? Update to version 1.9.16 and render the affected chapters again. The numbers were not added by the audio engine: they w… › The text before my first chapter heading disappeared when I imported my manuscript. Where did it go? Update to v1.8.4 — it no longer disappears. Whatever sits before your first chapter heading (an opening letter, a note,… › The topic/prompt box is bigger now. Any change in how it's used? Write prompts as long and detailed as you like — the prompt is no longer used as the book's title (see "Working title" … › The white barcode box disappeared from my ebook back cover. Is that a mistake? No. From version 1.9.20 the back cover made for the ebook has no barcode box, because an ebook has no barcode. The spac… › The wrap export gives me a PNG but KDP wants a PDF. (fixed in v1.6.0) The main export button is now "Export PDF for KDP" — a print-ready PDF at the exact wrap dimensions (trim + spine + ble… › What are "story threads" and why does BookyAI track them? A story thread is a promise made to the reader — an unsolved mystery, a looming conflict, an unanswered question. While… › What are character name variables? (from v1.6.4) A novel-drafting tool: on your book's page, click "Characters" and define, for example, john → Jonathan Smith. Then wri… › What are the coloured lines on the cover wrap preview? From version 1.9.20 the print wrap preview in the Covers page shows guides, when "Show the guides" is ticked: the bleed… › What are the new interior designs in the Book design list? Five new looks joined the original five, each tuned for a kind of book: Storyteller (warm classic serif with drop caps … › What can I edit for each reference source? Everything that appears in exports: title, authors, publisher, URL, publication date, DOI, ISBN, and the APA citation l… › What can a character card hold besides name and personality? A full inner life. Open a book, click "Codex" above the chapter list, expand a character card (the arrow on its row) an… › What do "Fix", "Fix N errors" and "Ignore" do in the Quality review? From version 1.9.15, each error found by the proofread has a "Fix" button that replaces exactly the words that are wron… › What does "Chapter N repeated the previous chapter — rewriting it" mean in the progress bar? It means BookyAI's automatic repetition check caught the first draft of that chapter reusing passages from the chapter … › What does "Does the book keep its promise?" do? On the book's page (version 1.9.19 and later), open the "Promise" card and press "Does the book keep its promise?". One… › What does "Extra Device" in the sidebar do? It opens the members area page for installing BookyAI on an additional computer (https://members.bookyai.net/extra-devi… › What does "Suggest for this book" do on the Voice step? (from v1.6.4) It recommends a writing style and tone derived from your topic, genre and target audience — with a one-line explanation… › What does the 30-day offline grace mean exactly? After any successful license check, BookyAI keeps working for 30 days even if the license server is unreachable (offlin… › What does the Consistency check do? It is a proofreader for facts. Open the book, click "Codex" above the chapter list, go to the Check tab and press "Run … › What does the Fact-check button do? It scans the chapter for concrete factual claims — dates, numbers, names, events, scientific and historical statements … › What does the confirmation window for Regenerate appendices show? Update to version 1.9.4 or later. Clicking Regenerate appendices no longer starts right away. A window lists, section b… › What does the originality score in the Quality review mean? Is it a plagiarism check? No. The originality score is an AI opinion on how fresh the writing is: whether the ideas, examples and phrasing feel g… › What does the setting "If my engine fails" do? It is in Settings from version 1.9.14 and applies to books with an AI engine chosen in Book details. "Continue with ano… › What exactly does "Restyle" change in a chapter, and what does it keep? Restyle (version 1.9.19 and later) is a rewrite that changes how the chapter speaks, not what it says. The AI is told t… › What exactly does a template change? Interior typography: body and heading fonts, chapter-opener design, paragraph style (block vs. classic first-line inden… › What file types can I import? Word documents (.docx), Markdown (.md) and plain text (.txt). PDF is not supported — if you only have a PDF, export it … › What happens to my edits if I regenerate references? "Generate references" rebuilds the bibliography for chapters and will replace sources on chapters it processes. Do your… › What happens to my footnotes and special formatting? Bold, italics, headings and lists are preserved. Footnotes are converted to regular text. Complex Word layouts (columns… › What happens when I click a sub-niche in a research report? It runs the full market analysis on that sub-niche — the same report as a "Find a topic" search (demand, competition, k… › What is "Confirm title and subtitle for publishing"? From version 1.9.19 the "Promise" card on the book's page has a button to confirm the title and subtitle as they are. I… › What is "Remember for later" in the chapter editor? A story seed, from version 1.9.19. While reading a chapter a memory flickers and there is no time to tell it: press "Re… › What is "Variety across stories" on the Quality review page? From version 1.9.20, for a book that is a collection of stories, the Quality review page shows a card "Variety across s… › What is BookyAI Listen and where do I find it? BookyAI Listen is a paid add-on, new in version 1.9.14, that turns recordings into books: Speech to Book. Open BookyAI,… › What is an API key and why does BookyAI need one? An API key is a long password that lets BookyAI use an AI service in your name. BookyAI does the work of planning, orga… › What is the "Ready to publish" list on the book's page? From version 1.9.19 the first card in the right column of a book's page is "Ready to publish". It is computed from the … › What is the "Story bible" box when creating a new book? On the last step of the New Book wizard there is an optional box called "Story bible". Write anything the AI must know … › What is the "Working title" field in the New Book wizard? (from v1.6.3) It separates your book's title from the AI prompt. The topic box is purely the prompt — write it as long and detailed a… › What is the "planned arc" of a series and what does it change? When you create or edit a series (Library → click the series name, then "Edit" on The plan card), you can write the pre… › What is the Codex? The Codex is your book's story bible — everything the AI must know and never contradict while it writes: your character… › What is the KDP print wrap? The single image Amazon KDP requires for a paperback cover: back cover + spine + front cover in one file, with bleed. I… › What is the Perplexity API key for? With a Perplexity key (Settings → Perplexity API key), fact-checking verifies claims against the live web and shows cli… › What is the References editor? A built-in editor for your book's bibliography — the sources BookyAI generates per chapter and prints in your exports. … › What is the default order of the front matter, and why did it change? From version 1.9.15 BookyAI follows the publishing standard: Epigraph, Foreword, Dedication, Table of Contents, Preface… › What is the editions map in the book workspace? It's the overview of your book across languages. The first row is the original; every row below is a translated edition… › What is the relationship map and what can I do with it? It is a live diagram of your cast: every character sits on the map (with their AI portrait in a circle, if you generate… › What is the safest way to protect the books I'm working on? Three habits. (1) Know where your books live: each one is a plain folder under Documents\BookyAI, containing your chapt… › What is the shared series codex, and how is it different from a book's own Codex? Every book has its own Codex (its story bible). A series adds a second, shared one: characters, world entries and knowl… › What is the white box on the back of my KDP cover wrap? It is the place where KDP prints the book's barcode. KDP prints a barcode of 2 × 1.2 inches in the bottom corner of the… › What is the working subtitle, and how do I set it? From version 1.9.19 the New Book form has a "Working subtitle" field under the working title. It is the promise of the … › What layout options do I have? Six: Centered (default, natural size), Small (compact 2.4″), Wide (full text width), Full page (its own page, like a ph… › What should I send support if activation still fails? Three things: (1) the exact error text shown in the app, (2) whether https://network.bookyai.net loads in your browser,… › What templates are available? Classic (timeless trade-book look, the default), Elegant (literary — Palatino, first-line indents, drop caps, ornament … › When I import my BookyAI Word (DOCX) file into Kindle Create, the "Suggested Chapter Titles" window lists my book title, the subtitle, my author name and "Table of Contents" as chapters. How do I stop that? Update to BookyAI version 1.9.11 or later and export the DOCX again. Kindle Create does not read Word's heading styles;… › When I use "Expand" in the chapter editor, the AI reuses sentences from elsewhere in the chapter. How do I avoid that? Update to version 1.9.1 or later. Expand and the other rewrite tools now show the AI the text around your selection as … › Where are my image files stored? Inside your book's folder, in images/. They travel with the book — nothing depends on the original file location on you… › Where are my previously generated covers? In the Covers page gallery. Every cover ever generated — in the Cover Studio or inside a book — lands there automatical… › Where are the originality and grammar checks for my imported manuscript? In the book's workspace, click Quality review in the top-right (next to Files and Export all), or click the Originality… › Where can I see a timeline of everything that happened in my book or series? Open the book, click "Codex" above the chapter list, and choose the Timeline tab. It lists every finished chapter in or… › Where did "Appendices" go? I only see "Front & back matter". It is the same feature with a more accurate name. From version 1.9.15 the card in the book's workspace, its dialog and … › Where did the Author & Publisher section in Settings go? From version 1.9.6 it lives on the Authors page in the sidebar, as profiles. Your previous values (publisher name, lega… › Where did the cards on my book's page go? Some of them are folded to a single line. From version 1.9.19 every card in the right column of a book's page folds to one line that says its state, for example … › Where did the settings go? The Settings page looks different. From version 1.9.16 the Settings page has sections, shown in a bar at the top: "AI engines", "Extra tools", "Book defau… › Where do I find the References editor? On your book's page, in the References card (right-hand column), click "Edit references". The button appears once the b… › Where do I get a Perplexity key and does it cost money? From perplexity.ai (API section). It's a paid key — each chapter check costs a few cents. BookyAI never uses it without… › Where do I set the legal notice / Impressum required in my country? Settings → Author & Publisher → "Legal notice / Impressum". Enter one line per row (name/company, street address, city,… › Where is my imported book stored? Exactly like generated books: a folder on your computer (Documents/BookyAI by default) containing your chapters as Mark… › Where is the backup of my appendices saved when I regenerate them? From version 1.9.4, before a full Regenerate appendices rewrites anything, every current section is copied to a folder … › Which AI does the rewriting use? Does it cost me anything? Your free engines (Gemini or local Ollama) — the same ones that generate books. It never silently uses your paid keys. › Which AI providers does BookyAI support for writing? Google Gemini (free tier, with automatic model rotation and rate-limit cooldown), Ollama (free, runs models on your own… › Which Mac download should I pick, and what happens if I pick the wrong one? There are two Mac downloads: the file with "arm64" in its name is for Apple Silicon Macs (Apple M1, M2, M3, M4), and th… › Which Ollama model should I pick for books? The largest one you have installed. Chapter prompts carry the whole outline plus continuity context; small (1–4B) model… › Which OpenRouter model should I choose? Leave the model field empty: the default is openrouter/auto, which routes every request to a strong model automatically… › Which citation style do exports use? The APA citation line, when present. If a source has no APA line, the export builds a clean entry from the structured f… › Which export formats include my images? EPUB, PDF, DOCX and HTML embed them fully, with your chosen layout. The Markdown export saves them as real files in an … › Which pages have a guided tour? Every page, from version 1.9.17. In the Guide the tours are grouped. "Getting started": BookyAI in two minutes, Connect… › Which profile is used for a book, and what does "default" mean? Every book has an author profile. New books use the profile marked "default" unless you pick a different one in the wiz… › Which template should I choose? Fiction and memoir usually shine with Elegant or Vintage; business, self-help and how-to books with Modern or Classic; … › Which trim size should I choose for my book? 6 × 9 in is the industry default for trade paperbacks and works for almost any book — it's also BookyAI's default, so i… › Why can't I put text on the spine? Your page count is under 100. Amazon rejects spine text on thin books (the spine is too narrow to print text reliably).… › Why does AI-generated text avoid em dashes (—)? Can I turn that off? Em dashes are the most recognizable "written by AI" tell, so BookyAI both instructs the AI to avoid them and cleans any… › Why does BookyAI refuse my Base URL that starts with http://? For an address on the internet BookyAI requires https://. Over plain http your key and your manuscript would travel une… › Why does my browser reach the site but BookyAI can't? Browsers automatically use the system's VPN/proxy/antivirus routing. The app's license check takes a more direct networ… › Why does my collection not show "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2" in the exported book? A collection of stories is usually printed with each story under its own title, without a chapter number above it. From… › Why does my translated edition show a chapter as failed? BookyAI only accepts a chapter's translation when it is complete and structurally sound — every paragraph present, ever… › Why were my copyright page, dedication and table of contents excluded? BookyAI generates a professional title page, copyright page and table of contents automatically at export. Importing yo… › Why won't the AI put bulleted lists or tables in my chapters? Update to v1.8.0 — this was real and it was on us. Older versions instructed the AI to write pure prose, so lists came … › Will "Extend with AI" change or rewrite my own imported chapters? Never. Your imported chapters are permanently protected from AI regeneration. Only the chapters the AI added can be reg… › Will BookyAI change or rewrite my text during import? No. Your text is imported exactly as written, word for word. Nothing is sent to any AI during import. › Will OpenRouter spend my credits in the background? No. Like every paid provider in BookyAI, OpenRouter is used only when you explicitly select it as the engine — never as… › Will Regenerate appendices overwrite a section I edited myself? Not by default. From version 1.9.4, whenever you save a front or back matter section from the editor, restore an older … › Will my Kindle readers see the template fonts? E-readers let users override fonts (that's normal for all publishers). Paragraph style, chapter openers and structure s… › Will the rewrite match my writing style? The AI receives the opening of your chapter as a style reference, so rewrites stay in your voice and your language. › Windows warns me when installing. Is the installer safe? BookyAI for Windows is code-signed with an SSL.com certificate issued to the developer, and macOS builds are notarized … › With a blueprint, will BookyAI still change my chapters or their order? No. From version 1.9.18, a book created from a blueprint with chapters is not planned again by the AI. The outline is w… › Can I regenerate all the chapters of my book at once, instead of one by one? Yes, from version 1.9.21. Open the book's page and, above the chapter list, press "Regenerate all". A window asks where… › How do I change a word or a name everywhere in my book at once? From version 1.9.23, open the book's page and press "Replace", next to Codex above the chapter list. Type what to find … › How do I tell BookyAI how my characters feel about each other? From version 1.9.22, open the book's page, press Codex above the chapter list and choose Relations. Each row says what … › Can a relationship between two characters change during the book? Yes, from version 1.9.22. In the Codex, under Relations, open the relationship with the arrow at the end of its row and… › I corrected a misspelled word, but it came back when I regenerated the chapters. Why, and how do I fix it for good? The AI writes each chapter from more than the chapter itself: the outline, the Codex (characters, notes and the stories… › What does "In a copy of this book" do when I regenerate all the chapters? From version 1.9.21, "Regenerate all" on the book's page can write the new chapters into a copy instead of the book its… › How do I plan the key moments of a romance in my novel? From version 1.9.22, open the Codex from the book's page and choose Relations. Open the romantic relationship with the … › I edited some chapters by hand. What happens to my edits if I press "Regenerate all"? From version 1.9.21, "Regenerate all" writes every chapter again from the outline, so edits you made by hand to those c… › What exactly does "Replace" change in my book, and what does it leave alone? From version 1.9.23, "Replace" on the book's page changes the word in the chapters, the front and back matter, the outl… › How do I keep a secret between my characters, so the AI does not reveal it too early? From version 1.9.22, open the Codex from the book's page, choose Relations and scroll down to "Secrets: who knows what"… › I imported my own manuscript. Can the AI improve or rewrite my chapters? Yes, from version 1.9.21, but only when you ask. On the book's page, move the mouse over one of your own chapters and c… › I replaced a word everywhere by mistake. Can I undo it? Yes. Before "Replace" (on the book's page, next to Codex) changes anything, BookyAI keeps the old text. For a chapter, … › Can BookyAI build the relationships between my characters from a simple description? Yes, from version 1.9.22. Open the Codex from the book's page, choose Relations and press "Describe in your words". Wri… › Can I give the AI instructions for every chapter when I use "Regenerate all"? Yes, from version 1.9.23. In the "Regenerate all" window, type them in "Instructions for every chapter (optional)", for… › The AI rewrote one of my own chapters. Where is my original text? From version 1.9.21, before the AI rewrites a chapter you wrote yourself, BookyAI saves your text as "Your original" in… › How do I give my book standing instructions that every chapter follows, now and later? From version 1.9.23, open the book's page, then Book details, and write them in "Instructions for every chapter". Every… › My book already has chapters. Can BookyAI find the relationships in them? Yes, from version 1.9.22. Open the Codex from the book's page, choose Relations, press "Read my chapters" and then the … › What does the "AI rewrite" label on a chapter mean? From version 1.9.21, when the AI rewrites a chapter you wrote yourself (with the wand button on an imported book, or wi… › How do I stop the AI from revealing a secret too early in my book? There are two ways, and they work well together. First, in the Codex, under Relations, add the secret in "Secrets: who … › I asked the AI to rewrite my chapter and it says "the rewrite came back cut off or the wrong length, so the chapter was left as it was". What happened? From version 1.9.21, BookyAI checks every rewrite of your own chapters before keeping it. Each kind of rewrite has a se… › What does "Find the tension" do in the Codex? From version 1.9.22, "Find the tension" (in the Codex, under Relations) looks at your characters and their relationship… › Every time I restart BookyAI, the AI engine goes back to Gemini. How do I make my engine the default? This is fixed in version 1.9.23. BookyAI now remembers the engine you choose last: when you create a book with it, chan… › How can I see how the relationships stand at a certain chapter? From version 1.9.22, open the Codex from the book's page and choose Relations. Under the relationship map there is a sl… › I imported my manuscript and pressed "Regenerate all". Will it rewrite my own chapters? Not unless you choose it. From version 1.9.21, on an imported book the "Regenerate all" window has an extra choice, "Yo… › Can I save the relationship map as a picture? Yes, from version 1.9.22. Open the Codex from the book's page and choose Relations. Under the map, press "Download PNG"… › I chose a Gemini model in Settings, but my book was written with another model. Why? When the model you chose is busy or has reached its free limit, BookyAI can let another Gemini model write the chapter … › My imported book used Gemini for "Extend with AI" although I write with another engine. Why? Before version 1.9.23, an imported book had no AI engine of its own, so everything the AI did for it went through the f… › The Claude engine passes the key test, but every chapter fails with "Empty response" and my Anthropic credit is still used. What is wrong? Some Claude models think before they write, such as Claude Fable 5, and the thinking counts against the text budget. Be… › What does the amber label next to a chapter on the book's page mean? Each finished chapter shows a small label with the engine and model that wrote it. From version 1.9.21 the label turns … › What is the Mystery board, and how do I open it? The Mystery board, new in version 1.9.22, is a section of the Codex for mystery novels. It holds the case: the solution… › Can BookyAI plan the mystery of my novel for me? Yes, from version 1.9.22. Open the Codex from the book's page, choose Mystery and press "Plan the mystery with me". You… › Does BookyAI keep retrying a paid AI engine when it fails? Not when trying again cannot help. From version 1.9.23, when a paid engine (Claude, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Grok) fails in … › How do I make sure BookyAI only ever writes with the engine and model I picked? Open Settings and find "If my engine fails". Choose "Stay on my engine". From version 1.9.21 this means BookyAI never s… › I left the Gemini model on Automatic. Does it start over with the same model every time I open BookyAI? Not any more. On Automatic, BookyAI rotates between Gemini models to make the free limits go further. From version 1.9.… › Some chapters of my translated edition kept their titles in the original language. How do I translate them? This happened when the original chapter's text had no title line at its top, for example a chapter that started straigh… › Will the AI give away who did it before the end of my mystery? BookyAI works hard not to. From version 1.9.22, when the Mystery board has a solution and a "Revealed in chapter", the … › My settings went back to the defaults after BookyAI closed unexpectedly. Can that still happen? From version 1.9.21 BookyAI saves its settings in a safer way. A save is written completely to a separate file first an… › What does "Check my chapters" on the Mystery board tell me? From version 1.9.22, "Check my chapters" (in the Codex, Mystery tab) reads your written chapters against the saved boar… › Why did a "Chapter 3: ..." line appear inside the text of a chapter in the editor? The AI does not always start a chapter the same way: sometimes with the title as a heading, sometimes with a plain "Cha… › I pressed "Start over" in the New Book form. Does it reset my AI engine? No. From version 1.9.21, "Start over" clears what you typed for the book (the topic, the title, the structure and the o… › The Mystery board says a clue was "Not found" in its chapter. What should I do? From version 1.9.22, "Check my chapters" marks a planned clue as "Not found" when it could not find it in the chapter w… › The table of contents of my Word (DOCX) export shows page 1 for every chapter. How do I fix it? A Word file cannot carry its page numbers: they are worked out by the program that opens it. Microsoft Word fills them … › I load a blueprint file in the New Book form. Does it fill in the narration and the heat level too? Yes, from version 1.9.21. A blueprint file now brings the whole voice into the form: the writing style and the tone as … › What does the "Who the reader suspects" chart show? From version 1.9.22, the Mystery board (in the Codex) draws one line per suspect: how suspicious they look to the reade… › I edited my blueprint file outside BookyAI. How do I load it again? From version 1.9.21, once a blueprint is in the New Book form, two buttons sit next to it: "Save .json" and "Load from … › What is "Fair play" on the Mystery board? From version 1.9.22, Fair play (in the Codex, Mystery tab) lists what a careful mystery reader would hold against your … › In "Plan my book with me", pressing Enter in "It must include" does not make a new line. How do I add a line? This is fixed in version 1.9.21. In every "one per line" field of "Plan my book with me" (It must include, It leaves ou… › What is the difference between a real clue, a red herring and a misdirection? On the Mystery board (new in version 1.9.22, in the Codex), each clue has a kind. A real clue points to the truth, and … › How do I add the suspects of my mystery? From version 1.9.22, open the Codex from the book's page, choose Mystery and find Suspects. Press "Add a suspect", pick… › The fields of "Plan my book with me" are small and I have to scroll a lot. Can I make it bigger? Yes, from version 1.9.21. The fields now grow with their text, so everything you or BookyAI wrote is visible without sc… › Are there video tutorials for BookyAI? Yes. The BookyAI channel on YouTube has step-by-step video tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/@OFFICIALBOOKYAI. From ve… › What should I write in "The case as everyone knows it" on the Mystery board? From version 1.9.22, this field on the Mystery board (in the Codex, under the sealed solution) holds the facts nobody h… › I changed my Mystery board after the outline was made. How do I update the outline? From version 1.9.22, use "Fit the outline to the board". While the outline of a new mystery waits for your approval, a … › Where is the Help menu in BookyAI? From version 1.9.21 BookyAI has a Help menu with "Video Tutorials", "Help Center" and "Members Area", each opening in y… › How do I check that Ollama is working with BookyAI? Open Settings, choose the Ollama engine and press "Test" under the Ollama settings. From version 1.9.21 the Test button… › I lost changes on my Mystery board. Can that still happen? From version 1.9.22 the Mystery board is protected. While it has changes that are not saved, the bottom of the Codex sa… › Can BookyAI add an illustration to every chapter of my book? Yes, from version 1.9.22. Open the book's page and find the Illustrations card. Choose a style (Pencil drawing, Ink ill… › I imported my manuscript and the book got the file name as its title. Can BookyAI read the real title? Yes, from version 1.9.21. When your document starts with a title page, BookyAI takes the book's title from it: a first … › My imported manuscript's Introduction became Chapter 1. Why? From version 1.9.21 BookyAI recognises a section titled "Introduction" (or "Intro") as front matter when you import, so… › Which API key do I need for chapter illustrations? I write my books with Ollama. From version 1.9.22, chapter pictures are drawn with an OpenAI or a Google Gemini API key (OpenAI is used when you have… › How do I redraw or remove the picture of one chapter? From version 1.9.22, on the book's page, in the Illustrations card, click the chapter's picture. You can write what the… › My genre is Western (or Drama, Magical Realism, Coming-of-Age, Action, Romantic Comedy, Short Stories). Why did BookyAI treat it like non-fiction? It no longer does, from version 1.9.21. These genres are now recognised as fiction, so the New Book form offers the nov… › The series page says a volume is written, but it is not finished. Why? This is fixed in version 1.9.21. The series page used to count a volume as written as soon as its first chapter was don… › Will color illustrations make my paperback more expensive to print? Possibly. On Amazon KDP, a paperback with color pictures inside needs a color interior, which costs more to print. From… › How do I make the text of my book bigger, or print it in large print? From version 1.9.22, every book design has a text size. On the book's page, find Book design and, under it, Text size. … › What do I need to publish a large print book on Amazon KDP? KDP allows "Large Print" in a book's title or subtitle only when the text is at least 16 pt. From version 1.9.22, choos… › What is new in the Guide in version 1.9.21? The Guide (the button at the bottom of the sidebar) follows the new features: the book's page tour explains "Regenerate… › How can I see how big my book's text will really look before I print it? From version 1.9.22, wherever you choose the text size (Book design on the book's page, or "Print & text size" in New B… › Why did my book get more pages when I made the text bigger? Bigger text means fewer words on each page, so the same book needs more pages. From version 1.9.22, the text size picke… › How do I remove or replace my book's cover? From version 1.9.22, open the book's page and find the Covers card. Under the front or the back cover, press "Replace" … › Where do I make the full KDP paperback cover (back, spine and front) for my book? From version 1.9.22, open the book's page and, in the Covers card, press "KDP print wrap". It opens the Cover Studio wi… › My Gemini key cannot make cover pictures. It says the key has no picture quota left. Why? Google's free tier for Gemini API keys may not include pictures, even when the same key writes books without any proble… › How do I delete a book? From version 1.9.22 there are three places. In the Library, each book card has a trash button, now always visible. On t… › When I delete a book, BookyAI says the Trash would not take it. What does that mean? Sometimes the Trash or Recycle Bin refuses a folder, for example when the books are on a network drive or in a synced c… › I deleted a book by mistake. Can I get it back? Yes, in most cases. BookyAI moves a deleted book to the Trash on a Mac or the Recycle Bin on Windows. Open the Trash or… › My Library is empty, but my books are still on my computer. What happened? Usually the books folder moved: OneDrive on Windows may move your Documents folder into itself, iCloud may do the same … › How do I change the folder where BookyAI keeps my books? From version 1.9.22, open Settings, go to Book defaults and find Books folder. Press "Choose folder" and pick the folde… › My exported book shows "Content unavailable" in every chapter. How do I fix it? This happened when a book's folder had moved, for example after OneDrive moved the Documents folder or after copying yo… › My translation failed with "The translation came back incomplete for a passage". What can I do? This happened mostly with Gemini 2.5 and newer models, which think before they write: the thinking used part of the roo… › What do the red squares in the Editions card mean? In the Editions card on a book's page, each square is a chapter: lime when translated, dark when still pending, and red… › I loaded a blueprint file and BookyAI says "This file is not valid JSON". How do I find the mistake? From version 1.9.22, BookyAI says exactly what is wrong and where: the line and the column (as your text editor numbers… › How do I rename a chapter? I cannot tell which titles can be edited. From version 1.9.22, every title you can edit in place shows a small pencil next to it, and a dotted line appears under… › During "Regenerate all", the book's page said most chapters were written although the rewrite had just started. Why? Before version 1.9.22, the count included the old chapters still waiting their turn. From version 1.9.22, while "Regene… › A chapter repeated the same sentence over and over, or the whole chapter appeared twice. Is that fixed? Yes, from version 1.9.22. Some AI models occasionally fall into a loop and write one sentence hundreds of times, or sen… › The Windows installer stops with "BookyAI cannot be closed" and then "Failed to uninstall old application files". What should I do? The installer found a copy of BookyAI still running in the background and was not allowed to close it, so it could not … › Is there a guided tour of the relationships and the Mystery board in BookyAI? Yes, from version 1.9.22. Open the Guide with the button at the bottom of the sidebar and find, among the tours about y… › My book mixes ‘single’ quotes, “double” quotes and straight quotes from chapter to chapter. How do I make them the same? The AI writes each chapter on its own, so a book can end up with dialogue in ‘single’ quotes in most chapters, “double”… › A line like "Chapter 5: The Rival's Shadow" appears under the chapter title in my exported book. Why? The AI sometimes repeats a chapter's title at the top of the text, for example "### Chapter 5: The Rival's Shadow". Boo… › On the relationship map, a label sits on top of a character's name. Can that be fixed? Yes, from version 1.9.22. Each label on the relationship map (in the Codex, under Relations) is now placed along its ow… ›