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Codal gives authors, editors, educators, and small publishers one place to write, review, translate, publish, print, and share books.

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The product

Everything you need to turn a book into a finished edition.

Start with a draft, a scan, or an existing manuscript. Codal helps you organize the book, improve the content, prepare it for readers, and create files for web, ebook, or print.

One

Write and organize

Create chapters, pages, images, notes, citations, covers, and structured book sections in one workspace.

Chapters · Blocks · Citations · Covers
Two

Review and improve

Work with editors, translators, reviewers, and contributors without losing track of who changed what.

Editors · Translators · Reviewers · Contributors
Three

Publish and print

Prepare books for online reading, ebook download, home printing, local printers, or professional print services.

Web · EPUB · Home print · Pro print
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Explore books being built on Codal.

Read open editions, public-domain classics, translations, and works in progress. See how books can be corrected, improved, translated, and shared over time.

Product highlights

Made for real books, not just documents.

Books need more than a text editor. Codal helps with chapters, contributors, images, covers, translations, rights, print files, ebook formats, and future editions.

Collaborative editing

Invite people to help write, edit, review, translate, or improve a book while keeping the main version safe.

Public-domain restoration

Bring older books back to life from scans or source files, clean them up, add notes or introductions, and publish new readable editions.

Beautiful print editions

Prepare interiors, covers, page sizes, margins, image quality, and printer-ready files for physical books.

Ebooks and web reading

Create versions people can read online or download for phones, tablets, e-readers, and computers.

Translations and editions

Manage different language editions, track what changed, and keep translations up to date as the original book improves.

History and trust

Keep a clear record of contributors, changes, sources, releases, and corrections so readers know where a book came from.

Start building your next book.

Create a new work, restore a public-domain classic, prepare a translation, or turn an existing manuscript into a polished edition readers can enjoy online or in print.