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It writes a complete first draft from your idea and the pitch you approve, chapter by chapter, in the background. Then it's yours to read, change and finish. You can also write every word yourself.

Yes. Pick the kind of book first: narrative nonfiction, an idea or argument, a survey or reference, a how-to or a memoir. Your notes come back sorted into your decisions and what the book will research, and the pitch brings a thesis, a research plan and a list of facts to check. It never invents people, quotes, statistics or sources. When the AI isn't sure of a fact it marks it for you, and the KDP pack isn't marked Ready until you've checked each one.

Yes. Set your writing rules before it writes: no em dashes, US or UK spelling, and no AI-sounding phrases, plus banned words, swearing, heat level and plain "said" tags if you want them. They apply to every AI result, and the manuscript check catches AI leftovers before you build the KDP files.

You choose. Set the length in pages or words, and the number of chapters if you like, before it writes. Pick the book size at the same step and the page count follows it.

Yes. A walkthrough runs the first time you open it, and the Guide in the Help menu covers every step to upload.

Yes: a Word file (.docx), Markdown or plain text. Headings become chapters.

macOS 12 or later · Apple Silicon. There's no Windows version.

Only for AI features (unless you use a model on your Mac), and once to activate your licence. Everything else works offline.

In the books folder you choose, as plain files: the manuscript is a Markdown file you can open in any editor. Move or copy a book folder anywhere and it still works.

Founding authors pay what they want, $1 or more, until 31 December 2026. It's normally $169, and that's the price from 1 January 2027. Either way it's one payment for the full licence: every book, every 1.x update, and the Mac app.

No. No monthly fees and no recurring billing. You pay once and it's yours.

A licence works on one Mac at a time. Moving to a new Mac? On the old one, go to Settings → Licence and choose Deactivate on this Mac, then activate on the new one with the same key. Migration Assistant moves it for you. If the old Mac is gone, remove it on your account page at authormagic.app/account, or contact support and we'll move it.

In the email we send right after checkout, subject "Your Author Magic licence key". Search your inbox (and spam) for Author Magic. It is also on your account page at authormagic.app/account: sign in with the email you bought with.

Open Author Magic, go to Settings → Licence, and paste your key.

Within 7 days of buying, if Author Magic won't work on your Mac and we can't fix it. Ask from inside the app (Help → Contact support → Licence or billing) with the diagnostic report, so we can try to fix it first. A licence that has built a book's clean KDP pack or EPUB isn't refundable. Full details are on the refund policy page.

1320 Group, the company behind Author Magic. Payments go through Stripe, and the receipt comes from them.

The one you choose: Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, or a free model on your Mac with Ollama or LM Studio, plus any OpenAI-compatible service. Connect several and pick a model for each job.

No. AI runs on your own account with the provider, who bills you for what you use at their rates. Author Magic shows a small estimate before you start and never marks it up. Models on your Mac are free.

No. A chat subscription and an API key are billed separately by the provider. The app needs an API key, which is billed for what you use. A model on your Mac with Ollama or LM Studio costs nothing.

It's kept in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to that AI service. It's never written into your book folders or included in problem reports.

Yes. Settings → AI → Costs sets a monthly limit. The app stops AI work when it's reached.

Yes. Every AI change opens beside your text, paragraph by paragraph: keep the new version, keep yours, edit it, or ask for another try with a note. Nothing enters the book until you apply it, and a copy of the chapter is saved first.

You do. We never see your manuscript. The only text that leaves your Mac is what you send to the AI service you chose.

Yes. KDP asks you to disclose AI-generated text, images and translations; AI-assisted editing doesn't need declaring. Author Magic fills in those answers from your dial.

Version 1 is built and tested for KDP paperback and Kindle. The PDF and EPUB are standard files, but we only promise KDP's rules.

Yes. It drafts three back-cover blurbs to choose from, each a different way in, and more if you ask. Publish → Store listing reads the book and drafts the Amazon description, seven keyword phrases, three categories and who it's for. They go into a metadata sheet laid out like KDP's form.

Yes. Start from one of nine layouts, previewed with your own title and colours, then move anything: every title, shape, pattern and picture is a layer on the real KDP wrap. Restyle the whole cover in one click with ten palettes and nine type pairs. The spine resizes to your page count, and KDP's checks run as you design.

Both. Make art with your image model (OpenAI, Gemini or OpenRouter) for the front, or one wide picture across the whole wrap, or drop in an image you made somewhere else. The art is made without lettering, and your title and name stay live text on top, so you can change them any time.

Yes. The story bible builds up characters, places, facts and the timeline as you write, then reads the manuscript back and flags contradictions, such as eyes that change colour or someone knowing something too early.

No. Amazon has no publishing API, and tools that automate it drive a browser on your account, which puts the account at risk. The KDP pack numbers the files in the order KDP asks for them.

Builds without a licence key are stamped SAMPLE so you can print and check a proof. Once your key is in, it builds the clean KDP pack and EPUB.

KDP needs at least 24 pages. Build the interior first; the cover reads its page count from it.

Make a new key on the service's site and paste it in Settings → AI. The card says what's wrong, for example no credit on the account.

Some models refuse some violence or sexual content. Soften the request, or pick another drafting model in Settings → AI.

Everything written so far is saved. Carry on writing picks up at the next chapter, and Undo the whole run restores the book from before it started.

In the app, Help → Report a problem. It sends a short report with your Mac and app versions and recent errors. It never includes your keys or your book's text, and you can read it before it goes.