June 26th, 2026
Thank you to everyone sending in the bugs you find and the features you dream up. It genuinely shapes the app. Keep them coming!
I'm starting a series of walkthroughs on the ins and outs of OpusWriter, plus sneak previews of features-in-progress before they ship. If that sounds useful, subscribe at youtube.com/@OpusWriter.
Early-access pricing is now open through June 22. If you've got friends who want in at this price, let them know.
The most-requested feature has arrived. They look like they should've been simple, but with how tightly OpusWriter links every tool together, getting folders right was a real challenge. Group your chapters however you like, nesting included.
Bring the marked-up Word document your editor sends back straight into OpusWriter. Their tracked changes and margin comments arrive as reviewable edits you can accept or reject, without bouncing between Word and the app.
Every piece of feedback now collects in one place. Your editor's comments (from External Edits) sit alongside the AI's Feedback and Polish suggestions, unified per chapter, so you work through a single list instead of chasing notes across tools.
The entire Publish workflow runs on a brand-new layout engine, a big step up in quality and responsiveness, with far more control over how your book looks.
Drop a full-page or two-page spread image behind the opening of your chapters, with a built-in image editor that includes opacity control. You can also set the chapter's opening page of text to white so it stays readable over a dark image.
Place an image behind your drop-cap initial (opacity control included), and upload your own ornaments for chapter openings and scene breaks.
Lay out front- and back-matter pages with a new grid editor. Want your author photo side-by-side with your bio? Now you can. (Still ironing out a few quirks, but it works.)
Formatting buttons (bold, italic, and friends) now update to match wherever your cursor is, instead of lagging a keystroke behind. Chapter drag-to-reorder is smoother. And you can now drag the + (new chapter) or New Folder button to drop it anywhere in the list, or just click to add it at the end, as before.
A batch of smaller bugs squashed along the way.
A packaging issue could make the installed app forget your theme and preferences — and re-run first-time setup — every time you reopened it. That's fixed. Your settings now stick.