Your Files are Markdown

Here's something important: your writing is stored as plain Markdown files on your computer.

What This Means for You

1. True ownership: Your files aren't locked in a proprietary format or stored on someone else's server. They're right there in your Documents folder (or wherever you created your library).
2. Portability: You can open your files in any text editor—VS Code, Obsidian, iA Writer, or even Notepad. They're just text.
3. Future-proof: Markdown has been around for decades and isn't going anywhere. Your great-grandchildren could read these files.
4. Version control friendly: If you use Git, your entire library works beautifully with version control.

Finding Your Files

Want to see your files on disk? Go to the Help menu and click "Show Library in Files" to open your library in Finder (Mac) or File Explorer (Windows).

Your library structure looks like this:

YourLibrary/
└── Bookshelves/
    └── YourBookshelf/
        ├── notes/
        └── YourSeries/
            └── YourBook/
                ├── front-matter/
                ├── content/
                └── back-matter/

Each chapter is a .md file. You never have to touch these files directly, but it's nice to know they're there.

Auto-Save

Every change you make is automatically saved. There's no save button because you don't need one. Just write—Author's Forge handles the rest.