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# Exporting Your Novel and Sharing It for Feedback

> Export your manuscript to PDF, Word, or Markdown, or share a private reading link with beta readers, without losing control of your draft.

At some point a manuscript needs to leave Quarkle, either as a file you take somewhere else, or as something other people can read. This guide covers both, and how to pick between them.

## Export a copy

Click **Export** in the left panel to open the Export Document dialog.

<Frame caption="The Export Document dialog.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/quarkle/5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM/images/app/export-dialog.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM&q=85&s=5e640b98b174a3243f760f994f207a13" alt="Quarkle's Export Document dialog with format and template options" width="1568" height="772" data-path="images/app/export-dialog.jpg" />
</Frame>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Choose a format">
    **PDF**, **Word (.docx)**, **Markdown**, or **Plain Text**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="For Markdown or Plain Text">
    Toggle chapter numbers, chapter titles, and whether to skip empty chapters.
  </Step>

  <Step title="For PDF or Word">
    Pick a design template (**Classic Book**, **Modern Editorial**, **Literary**, or **Submission Manuscript**), then customize the title page, page size, body font, running headers, and chapter heading style.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Save your own template once you've dialed in a look you like, and reuse it on your next manuscript instead of reconfiguring from scratch. Full reference: [Import & export](/getting-started/import-and-export).
</Tip>

**Use this when:** you need a file. Submitting to an agent, uploading to a publishing platform, printing a copy, or just wanting a portable backup outside Quarkle.

## Share for feedback

Open **Share** in the left rail. This doesn't hand over a file, it gives people access to read inside Quarkle, without giving up control of the words.

<Frame caption="Invite people by email, or publish a reading link.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/quarkle/5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM/images/app/share-panel.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM&q=85&s=1cd3d237df36488df2b91145597f9142" alt="The Share panel with an email invite field" width="654" height="406" data-path="images/app/share-panel.png" />
</Frame>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Invite specific people">
    Enter an email. They join as a **collaborator**: read-only access to your manuscript.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Or publish a public link">
    Under **Visibility settings**, turn on a public reading link. Anyone with it can read; turn it off any time to go private again.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Frame caption="A public reading link that anyone can open.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/quarkle/5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM/images/app/share-visibility.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM&q=85&s=6c7460c43403cda708e71a132f09ea79" alt="The visibility setting toggled to a public reading link with a copyable URL" width="654" height="294" data-path="images/app/share-visibility.png" />
</Frame>

**Use this when:** you want beta readers, an editor, or a writing group to read your actual, current draft, without exporting a file that goes stale the moment you make another change. Full reference: [Sharing & collaboration](/editor/sharing).

## Which one do I want?

| You want to...                                              | Use                                                                                         |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Submit to an agent or publisher                             | **Export** (Word or PDF, Submission Manuscript template)                                    |
| Get feedback from a few trusted readers                     | **Share**, invite by email                                                                  |
| Post an excerpt somewhere public                            | **Share**, public reading link, or **Export** to Markdown/Plain Text for the excerpt itself |
| Keep a portable backup                                      | **Export**, any format                                                                      |
| Let a co-writer read your current draft as you keep working | **Share**, invite by email, never a file that goes stale                                    |

<Note>
  Everyone you share with, by email or by link, shows up in the people list in Share, and you can remove access any time. Collaborators and public viewers are always read-only: only the owner can edit.
</Note>

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