Staying up for late-night publishing? Turn down the lights with Dark Mode!

Introducing an all-new, darker color scheme for Vellum. With low-brightness backgrounds and a light-on-dark editor, it’s designed to be used in dim environments.

Dark Mode can be just the thing for working at 2 AM, but we won’t blame you if you want to use it all the time!

Dark Mode requires macOS Mojave. You can activate it in the System Preferences for your Mac.

Also in this Update

• Large Print editions are now generated into a separate folder, and won’t overwrite a standard print edition.
• You can now use the Numbered toggle to disable numbering for Parts.

You’ll find these additions in Vellum 2.5.2, a free update. This version requires macOS Sierra or newer.

If you attempt to proof your generated books using the Kindle program for Mac, you may encounter a few problems, especially with ornamental images:

We’ve received reports of several issues with this recent update to Kindle for Mac:

• Ornamental break images can appear oversized and may overlap text
• Heading ornaments can disappear entirely
• The cover image may show through to other pages
• The Find command can show incorrect text
• The application can freeze when turning pages

As far as we know, these issues only occur when you sideload a book for testing. Books purchased by readers and delivered by Amazon should not exhibit these issues.

We’ve reported these issues to Amazon, but we have no way of knowing when they will address these problems with the Kindle for Mac program.

To proof your book, we recommend using Kindle Previewer. Kindle Previewer is the most accurate way to view your book, and will not exhibit problems like the above.

Large Print

Now, you can create a Large Print Edition of your book with just a few clicks. Select a Large Print option and Vellum will configure everything for your book: font size, headers, page numbers and more!

With larger, more legible text, these special editions can help you reach new audiences of readers.

Mass Market

Prefer something on the smaller side? Choose from Vellum’s new Mass Market trim sizes. Your readers will love taking these portable, pocketable paperbacks on their next vacation.

International Trim Sizes

If you’re publishing outside of the US, you’ll appreciate a new set of international trim sizes. Options like B-Format, 12 × 19 cm, and A5 allow you to use European print-on-demand services, and create paperbacks in familiar sizes.

Combined, you’ll find over a dozen trim size options in Vellum!

Also in Vellum 2.5:

• You can now customize the Outside Margin of your print edition
• Dimensions in Print Settings can be shown in centimeters
• Books within a Box Set can each have a Table of Contents
• Improvements to how links and very long words break across lines
• The use of Line Separator characters no longer results in missing text

Vellum 2.5 is a free update. This version requires macOS Sierra or newer.

To get Vellum 2.5, use Check for Updates in the Vellum menu. Or download and install Vellum from vellum.pub.

If you’ve updated to macOS Mojave, you’ll likely see a warning the first time you generate for the Kindle platform:

Vellum makes use of Amazon’s KindleGen tool to convert ebooks to their proprietary mobi format. When running Mojave, your Mac will warn about this program because it has not been built in a 64-bit format, something Apple will require in future versions of macOS.

While Amazon has released 64-bit versions of Kindle Previewer and Kindle for Mac, they have not yet published a 64-bit version of KindleGen.

Until they do, you will periodically see this warning when you generate for Kindle. This does not affect your generated books. We recognize it can cause concern, though, so we are investigating ways to create ebooks for Kindle without triggering this warning.

Vellum 2.3.1 is a minor update that includes these improvements:

• Fixed a problem with the Table of Contents crossing the inside margin in print
• Fixed a rare crash when pasting into the Text Editor

This release is a free update, available now.

Vellum 2.3 is now available and includes a brand new Text Feature: Endnotes! You can use endnotes to annotate the books you create with Vellum.¹

In ebooks, readers can use a popup to access each note without losing their place:²

In print, readers will find endnotes in a dedicated section at the back:³

Use endnotes to include citations in your academic work, to add translations of foreign phrases, or to create a parallel narrative in your postmodern opus.⁴

Also in this Release:

• Use bold, italics, and web links in image captions
• Scene breaks at the top or bottom of the page are now clarified
• The iBooks platform has been renamed to Apple Books
• Show in Preview now highlights the selected paragraph
• And more!

1. Endnotes and footnotes in a Word file are automatically converted when you import
2. Supported on Kindle, in Apple Books, and on most devices for Google Play and Kobo
3. An Endnotes element is automatically created whenever you import a manuscript containing endnotes
4. Untitled. Unfinished. UNRELEASED

Today, Apple released Mojave, a new update to macOS.

Vellum works well with Mojave. Just make sure you’ve updated to the latest version of Vellum (2.2.3), which includes many small fixes to improve compatibility.

Mojave introduces a new “Dark Mode,” which applies a darker color scheme to your applications. Vellum does not yet support Dark Mode, but we’re excited about this feature and plan to support it in a future version of Vellum.

If you experience any issues that seem related to this new version of macOS, please let us know!

Vellum 2.2.3 improves compatibility with the upcoming macOS Mojave.

This update also includes these improvements:

• Social icons have better visibility in iBooks night mode
• Fixed a rare problem with unexpected whitespace after spread balancing
• Addressed potential issues with image captions when on a Separate Page
• Print headers are again visible when switching back from Android Preview

This release is a free update, available now.

We know many Vellum users love using Scrivener to develop their story. We’re excited to share that bringing that story into Vellum just got a lot easier.

In Scrivener 3.0.3, you’ll find a new Compile format that, with one click, sets everything up for Vellum:

Select the new Vellum Export option in the Compile sheet and Scrivener will produce a docx file especially for Vellum. And with Vellum 2.2.2, links and formatting options like block quotations and sans-serif will import perfectly.

All this makes it even easier to format your book with Vellum, and it’s available today!

New in Vellum 2.2.2:

• Import links in files from Scrivener or Pages
• Apply Monospace and Sans Serif formatting to text using these Word Styles
• Detect chapter titles that use inherited Word styles

Also in this update:

• Fix for a crash when generating after using Revert
• Fix for a crash that could occur when downloading Kindlegen

This release is a free update, available now.