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QuillTide is a desktop creative environment built around books. It connects writing, planning, reading, design, publishing preparation, and author workflows inside one application.

No. QuillTide includes dedicated reader tools alongside its author and book-production spaces.

No. QuillTide uses no artificial intelligence of any kind—generative or otherwise.

No. QuillTide does not submit manuscripts to AI services, use them as model input, or use them for AI training.

Core QuillTide Desktop projects are designed to live on your computer. Optional online features are identified separately and send only the information required for the action you choose.

No for core local creative workflows. Update checks, licensing where applicable, and optional online sharing or lookup tools may require a connection.

Yes. Manuscript Studio is designed for long-form projects with chapters, scenes, word counts, goals, organisation, and export workflows.

QuillTide includes EPUB and PDF preparation/export workflows. Book-design areas remain actively developed, so the site marks them as Beta rather than presenting every workflow as finished.

Yes. Reader workflows include EPUB/PDF reading, highlights, quote collection, notes, tracking, and related organisation.

The verified 0.9.25 release has installers for Apple Silicon Macs, Intel Macs, and Windows 10/11 x64.

No. QuillTide is buy to own. At launch, one purchase gives you a perpetual licence for the desktop version you buy.

The buy-to-own model is confirmed. The final price has not been supplied yet, so the website does not guess.