Galleyleaf

Get valuable feedback on your book before it's published

Invite the readers you trust. They read your manuscript on any phone or computer and leave notes, and you see them all in one place. Free.

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The reader's note, I like this idea, saved under the paragraph it's about, with Edit and Delete. A chapter of a sample book on a phone. The first paragraph is marked with a reader's note.

It's free

Galleyleaf costs nothing, and neither does the space it uses in your Google account. You never enter a card, and there's no trial that runs out.

You decide who reads it

Readers sign in with Google before they can open the book, so you see exactly who has. Share the address with the people you trust, and remove anyone's access with one click, whenever you like.

Your manuscript stays in your Google account

The book, your readers and their notes are kept in a Google project that belongs to you, not to Galleyleaf. Galleyleaf never gets a copy. The text isn't on the public web, search engines can't see it, and readers can't copy or print it from the page. What is a Google project?

How it works

  1. Set up your site

    Sign in with Google and follow the setup page. It builds your book's website for you, step by step. There's nothing to install and nothing technical to learn.

  2. Add your manuscript

    Upload your Word file on your site's admin page, and check the chapters look right. When you revise, upload it again.

  3. Share it with your readers

    Send them your site's address. They read on any phone, tablet or computer and tap a paragraph to leave a note. Each note is private between that reader and you, and you can read them by chapter or by reader.

What it looks like

For your readers

  • The book's front page on a phone: the title, a Continue reading card at chapter 1, paragraph 2 of 10, and the list of chapters.

    Their place is kept

    They pick up where they stopped, and see which chapters they've finished.

  • Reading chapter 1: a single paragraph in large type, with Previous, bookmark, note and Next buttons at the bottom.

    Easy to read on a phone

    A paragraph at a time or the whole chapter, in the text size they like.

  • A reader writing a note on chapter 1, paragraph 1. The paragraph is quoted above the note, with a Save comment button.

    A note on any paragraph

    Only that reader and you can see what they write.

  • A Chapter complete message with a Start chapter 2 button.

    On to the next chapter

    When they finish one, the next is a tap away.

For you

Your site's admin pages, which only you can open.

  • Your site's Publish the book page: choose a Word or Markdown file, and see the book that's published now.

    Publish from your Word file

    Choose the file and it's split into chapters. Upload it again when you revise.

  • Your site's Readers and comments page: a reader's note on chapter 1, paragraph 1, with filters for chapter and reader.

    Every note in one place

    Read them by chapter or by reader, and open the paragraph each one is about.

Ready when your draft is

All you need is a Google account and your manuscript. The setup page walks you through the rest.

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