[PRE-ORDER] From Draft to Done: A Plaintext Publishing Workflow for Indie Authors

You’ve finished writing your book, but now you’re stuck.

How do you turn that manuscript into a clean, professional EPUB or PDF — without paying for expensive apps or spending hours messing with formatting?

Most self-publishing tools are bloated, rigid, or confusing.

You could buy another app.

Or you could learn a simple, text-based system that gives you complete control over your publishing workflow.

Who This Is For?

• Self-published authors who want full control without tech overwhelm
• Writers who’d rather not depend on Word, Vellum, or proprietary software
• Creators who want to publish on Amazon KDP, Gumroad, or their own website
• Anyone who wants a reliable system instead of one-off solutions

Common Problems This Solves

• "My formatting looks off and I don’t know how to fix it."
• "I’m overwhelmed trying to prepare files for KDP or Gumroad."
• "I don’t want to pay $250 just to make my book look right."
• "I just want something simple and repeatable that I can trust."

What You’ll Be Able to Do

By the end of this guide, you'll know how to:

• Write your book entirely in Markdown — a fast, distraction-free plain-text format
• Organize your manuscript using a clean folder structure that’s easy to manage
• Add metadata once and use it everywhere
• Convert your manuscript into professional EPUB and print-ready PDF files using free tools
• Regenerate your book at any time — no app required, no formatting chaos
• Publish confidently to Amazon KDP, Gumroad, or wherever you sell your books

This is a workflow built on plain text and free tools — so you stay in control, your files remain portable, and your process is future-proof.

What You'll Get

• A quickstart guide that walks you through the full publishing workflow
• A ready-to-use project folder with Markdown files, metadata, and structure
• Example export commands using Pandoc to generate EPUB and PDF
• Styling templates to make your output clean and professional
• A cheatsheet with Markdown syntax, YAML metadata, and Pandoc flags
• Tips for optional version control using Git (if you want to go further)

What Does it Cost?

Right now, the first 50 people can preorder for just $19. After that, the price goes up to $29 until launch. This is a way to say thanks for backing the project early — and to make it easy for you to say yes now, not “someday.”

When the book and toolkit are complete and launched in May 2025, the price will go up to $39.

If the project doesn’t hit its preorder goal, you’ll receive a full refund. No risk, no questions asked.

Preorder today and lock in the best price, plus lifetime updates.

Why Not Just Use an App?

You can. But here’s the trade-off:

• Most publishing apps create a dependency — if the tool breaks, changes, or disappears, your workflow (and possibly your work) goes with it
• They lock your work into formats or systems you don’t fully control, making it hard to reuse, migrate, or update your book later.

This book gives you a transparent, reusable publishing system based on Markdown, simple commands, and plain text. Once you set it up, you’ll never need to start from scratch again.