Your words. Perfectly formatted. Everywhere.
Mockingbird Press is a professional publishing system for authors and publishers who want complete control without production chaos. Press turns structured manuscripts into beautifully typeset books with precision and consistency built in.
Designed for reliability, Press replaces fragile formatting workflows with a stable, repeatable production system.
BUILT FOR SERIOUS WORK
You don’t need to be a designer to publish a beautiful book. Press delivers professionally crafted templates that handle everything — typography, layout, margins, headers, footers, and all the fine details that make a book look truly polished.
No formatting frustration. No guesswork.
Just write. Press does the rest.
From a single manuscript, Press generates everything you need.
- Accessible EPUBs
Fully EPUB 3.0 compliant with accessibility-first design. Clean semantic structure, intuitive navigation, and rich metadata ensure your book looks great and works beautifully on every major e-reader. - Print-Ready PDFs
Production-quality files built for professional printing. Optional crop marks, registration marks, color bars, and precise bleed settings included. Upload confidently to KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu, or send directly to your local print shop. - Digital PDFs
Optimized for screen reading. No print marks. Clean, lightweight, and perfect for ebook distribution, ARC copies, or review sharing.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED
Workspace & Book Management
- Multiple Workspaces – Organize projects by series, client, or theme. Each workspace keeps related books and assets together for a focused workflow.
- Multiple Books Per Workspace – Manage several books within a single workspace, giving you a clear overview of related projects.
- Resource Sharing Across Books – Reuse assets like copyright images, author bios, templates, or branding elements without duplication.
Powerful Editor Options
- Markdown-Focused Rich Text – Write efficiently with structured formatting.
- Live Chapter Preview – See individual chapters exactly as they will appear in the final book, including automatic numbering of sections, figures, and tables.
- Peek Capabilities – Quickly inspect images, tables, or other embedded content without leaving the editor.
- Import & Convert – Seamlessly bring in Word, Google Docs, or other files and convert them to Markdown.
- Stats & Tracking – Monitor characters, words, reading time, and line numbers to stay on target.
- Spell Checking with Custom Dictionary – Keep your text polished and professional.
Special Productivity Features
- Transclusion (Content Sharing) – Reference recurring content or assets across multiple books for series or consistent elements.
- Git Version Control Integration – Commit, push, pull, and track changes with secure credential storage.
- Automatic Cross-References – Smart numbering and linking for chapters, figures, and tables.
- Accessibility Tools – WCAG compliance tracking, alt-text enforcement, and certification monitoring.
Customization & Themes
- Fully Customizable Templates – Control every aspect of your book’s appearance: typography, text styling, page elements, layout, and structure.
- Beautiful Application Themes – Choose from 13 hand-crafted themes to make your workspace feel like home. Write in a dark midnight sanctuary, a bright morning café aesthetic, or one of many other moods
Flexible Interfaces
- Graphical Interface (GUI) – Use a visual workflow for navigation and editing.
- Command-Line Interface (CLI) – Automate builds and integrate into advanced production pipelines.
FOR PROFESSIONALS & CREATORS
Authors & Novelists – Craft your story in a workspace that feels like your personal writing sanctuary. Choose from 13 hand-crafted themes, customize templates, and focus on what matters: the words. Perfect for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoirs, cookbooks, or children’s books.
Self-Publishers & Indie Creators – Streamline complex projects with multiple books per workspace, reusable assets, and live chapter previews. Produce professional EPUBs and PDFs ready for distribution with minimal hassle.
Editorial Teams & Publishers – Collaborate efficiently across workspaces, share images, bios, and templates, track accessibility compliance, and manage revisions with built-in Git integration.
Academic & Technical Writers – Keep content structured and professional with Markdown-focused editing, chapter previews, stats tracking, cross-references, and fully customizable book templates.
Creative Professionals – Make your workspace feel like home while producing print-quality or digital-ready books with style and precision.
CHOOSE YOUR EDITION
Early Launch Discount, Professional Edition (15% off)
– use code TAKEFLIGHT at checkout –
Personal Edition ($49)
- Unlimited books per workspace
- Massive template collection
- Digital PDF and EPUB build output
For indie authors getting started with professional book production.
Professional Edition ($149)
- Unlimited books per workspace
- Massive template collection
- Digital PDF and EPUB build output
- Print-ready PDF build output
- GIT integration
- Command-line interface
For publishers and authors who need full control over their production pipeline.
Not ready to commit? No worries. Grab yourself the free trial and test out all the features. If you’re happy, come back here and select the edition that works best for you.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Why are you releasing Mockingbird Press as a beta and not a “real” version?
Mockingbird Press is new software. Internal testing and private beta releases help, but they can’t replicate the full range of real-world system configurations, manuscripts, and edge cases.
Before we label this v1, we want broader usage in the wild. That gives us real-world feedback and the opportunity to address issues we haven’t encountered yet. It also gives us room to improve and expand features without prematurely locking into a major version change.
If something breaks or behaves unexpectedly, let us know. We want to get this right.
Does Mockingbird Press include samples?
Mockingbird Press currently ships with 14 templates and 14 sample books. They are functional and ready to use, but they’re still being refined. Some sample books may have formatting inconsistencies relative to their public domain sources, and some templates may be adjusted in upcoming updates.
Think of them as a solid starting point — not the finished line.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Platform: macOS, Windows
Price: $49 Personal Edition / $149 Professional Edition
Dependencies
- Pandoc (for document conversion)
- LaTeX distribution (LuaLaTeX for PDF generation)
Mockingbird Press is proprietary software distributed under a perpetual license.
Major version upgrades may require a separate purchase.
Your purchase grants a license to use the edition you select in accordance with its terms.