Last updated: 13 November 2026
Terms & privacy
Galley is a typesetting tool made by Derrick Noe ("I", "me"). By using Galley at app.galleybooks.com, or this website, you agree to these terms.
Using Galley
Galley is free to use for any book: your own, a client's, or one you publish commercially. There's no account.
Your books are yours
Everything you put into Galley and every file you make with it belongs to you, or to whoever owns the book. I claim no rights in it, and you don't need to credit Galley.
For transparency: like most software, Galley records its own name and a build code in the technical details of the files it makes (the PDF's document properties, the EPUB's package file, .galley project files). It doesn't appear on your pages and contains nothing about you or your book.
The software is mine
Galley's design, code, text and name belong to me. You may use Galley at app.galleybooks.com and link to it. You may not copy, download for reuse, modify or reverse-engineer its code; host it or a modified version anywhere else; sell, sublicense or redistribute it; or use its code to build a competing product or service.
Galley includes open-source components and fonts under their own licences; nothing here limits your rights under them. The typefaces are under the SIL Open Font License, which allows them to be embedded in the PDFs and EPUBs you make.
Check your files
Galley tries to produce files that meet printers' and retailers' requirements but can't guarantee any printer, retailer or distributor will accept them. Look through your files in their previewer and order a printed proof before you publish. You're responsible for your book's content and the final files.
No warranty
Galley is provided free and "as is", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, being error-free, or always being available. I may change Galley, add or remove features, or stop offering it at any time.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, I'm not liable for any loss or damage from using Galley, including lost work, lost profits, printing costs, or a book that's rejected or has to be reprinted. Keep your own copies and save project files as backups.
Privacy
Your manuscript never leaves your computer: Galley runs in your browser and none of your book is uploaded. So your work is still there next time, Galley saves it in your browser's own storage on your computer; I can't see it, and clearing your browser's data for app.galleybooks.com deletes it.
Galley and this website use no accounts, no advertising or tracking cookies and no analytics. The hosting providers that serve these pages briefly process technical information such as your IP address and browser type to deliver them and protect them from attacks; I don't use it to identify you.
Tips
Tips are optional and handled by Ko-fi on its own site under its terms. Galley never sees your card details. Ko-fi tells me the amount, plus your name and message if you share them.
Email
If you email me, I use your address and message only to reply, and I don't share them.
The shelf
Books on the shelf are listed with their authors' permission. Links go to the stores the authors chose, and I don't earn anything from them. An author can ask me to change or remove a listing at any time.
Changes and contact
If I change these terms I'll update this page and its date; using Galley afterwards means you accept them. Questions: hello@galleybooks.com.
Derrick Noe
Derrick Noe, for Galley