Some people have already written a book and don't know it. Three years of notes in Obsidian. A Notion wiki that grew one page at a time. A folder of .md files with everything you've collected on a subject. The material is there. What isn't there is the book — because between a thousand pieces and a manuscript sits a moving job that puts anyone off: open, copy, paste, rename, put the images back, rebuild the cross-references. Three days of work that isn't writing. Which is why most people never do it. **4.5 imports the whole folder.** PressWork shows you the tree of what's inside and asks one thing: where does the book begin. Top-level entries become chapters, images come into the document, links between pages become cross-references. At the end a report tells you what came in and what didn't. From there it's a manuscript like any other: revise it, lay it out, export to PDF/X for the printer or ePub for the stores. **Also in 4.5:** - **Save As…** next to Save — a copy of the file, or a complete duplicate of a PressWork document with text, images, notes and history. - **Export As…** next to Generate — choose the name and folder for your PDF or Word file, and it's remembered for that document. - **Open with PressWork** — double-click a `.md` file and it opens, even with the app already running. - **Dictation** — the guide now covers using macOS and Windows dictation right in the editor, punctuation included. - Exports to PDF, PDF/X, Word, ODT, ePub and HTML are closer than before to what you see in the preview. Free update within 4.x — it arrives on its own at launch. Download: https://presswork.it Full changelog: https://presswork.it/changelog?lang=en — Alessandro   submitted by   /u/Jonastraus [link]   [comments]