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Book writing software. Make the manuscript yours.

Plan or import a manuscript, draft and revise it chapter by chapter, then review the full book and prepare your export. Keep the outline, writing and editions together.

Inside the finished print fileInspect the sample ↗
An actual Folio print-PDF interior page with travel-guide prose, a Konkan thali photograph, its attribution and a caption
A complete interior page from the Konkan travel guide print PDF. Text, photographs, attribution and captions share the same book layout.

Import, write manually and download your own book without an active plan. Compare plans

A finished book, not a blank project

Folio is a manuscript workspace that keeps the library, chapter editor, and print-ready export on one book. The pages below are real manuscripts: the library, the chapter editor on a GST guide for freelancers, and reader mode on a 13-chapter travel guide that exports as a 261-page print PDF. Folio prepares those files; it does not publish them to a retailer.

Folio library showing several in-progress and nearly finished books, including a 12-of-13 chapter travel guide
The current Folio library: real manuscripts with chapter progress and word counts, not an empty starter project.
Folio chapter editor for GST for Freelancers in India, with outline, Write Organize Review Publish tabs, and drafted chapter prose
Write, organize, review, and publish stay on the same book. Chapters keep their outline job while you draft.
Folio reader for a 13-chapter Konkan Coast travel guide, with table of contents, 33,752 words, and a chapter map
Reader mode for the travel guide: 12 of 13 chapters final, 33,752 words, and the chapter map in view. The print-PDF export of this book is 261 pages.

Books Folio wrote from a short brief

Folio planned, outlined and drafted each book chapter by chapter on 3 October 2026 from the brief shown, then exported the same saved book as Word, EPUB and PDF without editing. The two stories are invented throughout, and the workbook names no one. They are samples of what Folio writes from one paragraph, not finished books: nobody has edited them.

The cover of The Summer Lost-and-Found, a chapter book Folio wrote: the title in a double frame above the author line.
The first page of chapter one of The Summer Lost-and-Found: the chapter heading, a section heading and the opening dialogue.

Chapter book · 6 chapters · 9,528 words · 57-page PDF

The Summer Lost-and-Found

A chapter book for readers aged seven to nine: a boy is put in charge of his village's lost-property cupboard for one summer and has to find the owners of a growing pile of odd objects. Folio wrote all six chapters from the brief. Each runs 1,513 to 1,754 words where the brief asked for about 1,100.

The brief Folio was given

A funny, warm chapter book for readers aged seven to nine about a boy who is put in charge of his village's lost-property cupboard for one summer and has to find the owners of a growing pile of odd objects. Six short chapters of about 1,100 words each, short sentences, plenty of dialogue, and a gentle surprise in the last chapter. Audience: Children aged seven to nine, read alone or aloud. Tone: Funny, warm and gentle. Everything in the book is invented: the village, the people and the events. Use no real person, organisation, brand or place, and no statistics or quotations.

PDF (378 KB)Word (30 KB)EPUB (31 KB)

Screened mechanically for what the brief forbade (a real person, organisation, brand, place, statistic or quotation) and found none: every capitalised name is a character or place in the book. Nobody has edited the text, and nobody has read it for quality.

The cover of The Winter Logbooks, a novella Folio wrote: the title in a double frame above the author line.
The first page of chapter one of The Winter Logbooks: the chapter heading, a section heading and the opening paragraph with a drop cap.

Novella · 5 chapters · 30,103 words · 132-page PDF

The Winter Logbooks

A quiet, character-driven novella in five chapters. A retired harbour pilot who has not spoken to his sister for years is asked by a young archivist to explain the entries in the old harbour office logbooks, and as they catalogue them the two learn how the town came to make a decision it never talks about. Folio wrote it from one paragraph; each chapter runs 4,890 to 6,860 words where the brief asked for about 4,500.

The brief Folio was given

A quiet, character-driven novella set in a small harbour town over one winter. A retired harbour pilot who has not spoken to his sister for years is asked by a young archivist to explain the entries in the old harbour office logbooks. As the logbooks are catalogued, the two of them learn how the town came to make a decision it never talks about. Five chapters of about 4,500 words each, in close third person, for adult readers of literary fiction. Audience: Adult readers of quiet literary fiction. Tone: Reflective and warm. Everything in the book is invented: the town, the people, the organisations and the events. Use no real person, organisation, place or event, and no statistics or quotations.

PDF (694 KB)Word (74 KB)EPUB (71 KB)

Screened mechanically for what the brief forbade (a real person, organisation, place, event, statistic or quotation) and found none: every capitalised name is a character, place or heading in the book. Nobody has edited the text, and nobody has read it for quality.

The cover of Six Weeks to a Daily Writing Habit, a workbook Folio wrote: the title and the author line.
An exercise page of the workbook: a table that turns the reader's self-rating score into what it may mean, and ruled lines to write on.

Workbook · 6 chapters · 21,038 words · 75-page PDF

Six Weeks to a Daily Writing Habit

A six-week workbook of short exercises and reflection prompts for adults who want to start a daily writing habit. Each week is one chapter with ten-minute exercises to do with pen and paper, blank lines to write on and a page to look back on the week. Folio wrote it from one paragraph; each chapter runs about 3,000 to 3,800 words where the brief asked for about 2,800.

The brief Folio was given

A six-week workbook of short exercises and reflection prompts for adults who want to start a daily writing habit. Each week is one chapter of about 2,800 words with a few ten-minute exercises the reader does with a pen and paper, and a short page to look back on the week. Audience: Adults who want to write a little every day and have never kept the habit. Tone: Encouraging and practical. Do not state any statistic, study, survey, quotation, case study, testimonial or named person, and do not describe what research shows. Do not describe hypothetical writers or give anyone a name: speak to the reader as 'you'. Every exercise is something the reader does themselves with a pen and paper.

PDF (740 KB)Word (65 KB)EPUB (54 KB)

Screened mechanically for what the brief forbade (a statistic, study, survey, quotation, case study, testimonial, named person or a claim about what research shows): the only figure is the ten minutes an exercise takes, and no person is named. It carries blank lines for the reader to write on. Nobody has edited the text, and nobody has read it for quality.

Folio prepares these files; it does not publish them to a retailer. The PDF is a 6 by 9 inch interior with a title page and contents.

The print PDF you actually download

These are pages from the exported print PDF of that travel guide — table of contents, a mapped interior page, and a later illustrated chapter. This is a downloadable book file, not a retailer listing.

Print-PDF table of contents for a 13-chapter Konkan Coast travel guide, page 3 of 261
Table of contents from the print PDF: 13 chapters, from coastal geography through sample itineraries.
Print-PDF page 6 of 261 with chapter prose and a map of Maharashtra's Konkan coast
An interior page with a cited map. Folio writes the illustrated print file from the same manuscript you edit.
Print-PDF page 121 of 261 showing a Konkan thali photograph with a caption and chapter prose
Later in the same file: photographed plates, captions, and body text stay in one print layout.

Write, review and prepare the same book for handoff

Folio keeps more than a draft: chapter edits, sources, reading coverage, reader suggestions and edition proofs remain attached to the book and its recorded revisions.

Choose the edit that fits the job

Write manually or request chapter prose. Continue and AI Write add text; Quick AI and Power Edit work on selections; Ask Folio proposes changes you review.

AI assistance can change meaning or invent details. Inspect saved versions and every proposed revision.

Keep research and review accountable

Attach readable sources, inspect extraction and passage coverage, run focused editorial passes and record claim/canon or reader-feedback decisions.

Bounded review and author approvals are not independent fact-checking. Changed inputs may make findings stale.

Keep proof and handoff with the revision

Freeze an edition, inspect the actual files, retain proof notes and prepare a handoff from the reviewed artifact.

Measured preflight is guidance. You own rights, final editing, platform requirements and the retailer upload.

Start blank, import and manually edit your own book. Its downloads and proofs do not need an active Folio subscription. New AI planning, drafting and editorial assistance need eligible access; translation and narration use separate edition conditions. Existing book view, comment and edit permissions apply.

Gixo Folio offers a free manuscript workspace and monthly AI chapter plans: Folio Author is $19/mo for AI chapter drafting, and Folio Pro is $99/mo for AI work and an included audiobook or translation under the displayed conditions. Start blank, import and manually write without a subscription. Subscribe for AI chapter drafting; your own book downloads do not need an active plan. New AI work and paid edition services have separate access conditions. Both paid plans are monthly with no annual lock-in.

Start freeStart blank, import and manually write without a subscription. AI planning has separate available-capacity conditions.
Subscribe while the book is activeUse Author or Pro for the months you need AI chapter drafting; download your own book without an active plan.
Cancel when it shipsYour book remains yours; the pricing model is designed around a finished deliverable.

Plan, write, and export in one Folio workspace

Start blank, import an existing manuscript, or use AI planning before paying. Your own book downloads and proofs need no active plan, including books with AI-drafted chapters. Subscribe when you want more AI-drafted chapters.

$19/mo Folio Author — AI chapter drafting, cancel anytime.
18 Book types — nonfiction, business, technical, educational, and more.
Keep your words Own-book EPUB, editable DOCX, print or chapter PDF, HTML, Markdown and static SCORM need no active plan.
87 Language and locale options for international editions with localized metadata.

Folio Author vs Folio Pro: what each book writing plan includes

Both paid plans are monthly with no annual lock-in. Manual authoring and own-book downloads remain separate from AI access. The difference is AI drafting capacity and included edition conditions.

Plan Monthly price AI-drafted chapters Export formats Editions (audiobook / international)
Folio Author $19/mo Included EPUB, editable DOCX, chapter PDF, HTML, Markdown One-time add-ons, $99-$299 depending on finished length
Folio Pro $99/mo Included The same own-book download formats; plan-independent One edition included every month, then $99-$299 depending on finished length

Importing and manually writing your own manuscript can remain free. As a budget example, one to three paid months of Folio Author cost $19 to $57 before taxes or edition add-ons. This is an illustration, not an estimate of how long your book will take. Author includes AI chapter drafting.

How the AI Book Studio works

Import content or start from a short brief, shape the chapters, revise the full book, then export when it is ready.

1
Import or set the brief
Bring in existing material or define title, audience, positioning, and outcome so the project starts from real context.
2
Shape the chapters
Build the outline before drafting so each chapter has a job and the manuscript stays coherent.
3
Revise in one place
Use the editor and reader flow to finish the book before you export it.
4
Inspect and export
When the manuscript is ready, choose an available export format that matches the destination and download the final book.

Count the handoffs, not the features

The question is how many tools it takes to finish the book, not to start it.

Folio keeps the book production workflow together: draft and revise chapters, run the consistency audit or a focused editorial pass, validate an ISBN you already hold and generate its barcode, and export EPUB, editable DOCX and a print-ready interior PDF. Freeze an edition and review its actual proof before preparing an author handoff. Audiobook and international edition services use the same source book through their separate access and purchase workflows; you review each result.

Keep the chapter plan, source passages, recorded review and frozen proof with the same book. When the files are ready, you upload them to the distributor you choose. Specialist editing, design, rights review and destination requirements may still need outside work.

Folio validates an ISBN you already hold, converts between ISBN-10 and ISBN-13, and generates the barcode for your print cover. It does not issue ISBNs. Folio prepares downloadable book files; it does not publish them to a retailer, provide human copyediting, or guarantee publishing or commercial outcomes.

Built for repeat-publishing solo experts

Consultants, coaches, creators, and service businesses can turn existing knowledge into recurring authority books without stitching five tools together.

Book brief and outline
Start from a defined book brief, then turn it into a chapter structure that keeps the project coherent while drafting.
Chapter-by-chapter authoring
Draft, revise, and save chapters in one place with the chapter list, editor, and current manuscript kept together.
Manuscript readiness and review
Track which chapters are final, use reader mode for the last pass, and treat export as the final step instead of the place where revision begins.
Manuscript consistency audit
Folio's read-only manuscript consistency audit combines deterministic whole-book checks for duplicate chapter titles, placeholders, repeated passages and Story Bible term-casing with bounded AI consistency review. Shorter manuscripts can be read in full; longer inputs use balanced per-chapter excerpts and show sampling coverage. Inspect the advisory findings, suggested actions and heuristic consistency score. Focused editorial passes separately retain passage coverage, quotations and author decisions; none of these checks guarantees completeness or factual correctness.
Final export options
Own-book downloads include EPUB, editable DOCX, full-book print or chapter PDF, HTML, Markdown and static SCORM without an active plan. Inspect the actual artifact and measured preflight before handoff.
Import-first activation
Turn newsletters, course notes, and prior drafts into a chapter structure before spending AI budget.
International editions
Create localized editions across 87 supported locale variants, with translated metadata, localized cover text, and edition-specific exports.

How to choose the best book writing software for your workflow

The best writing software for authors is the one that supports the whole stage where their manuscript gets stuck. If you only need distraction-free typing, a simple editor may be enough. If the outline, chapters, revisions, and final files keep separating, software for writing a book should keep those parts attached to one persistent project. Folio is built for that second job: plan or import the manuscript, draft chapter by chapter, review the whole book, and export it when it is ready.

Planning before pages
Compare book writing apps on how well they preserve the brief, reader promise, outline, and chapter jobs while the manuscript changes—not just on the blank-page editor.
A manuscript, not isolated outputs
The best book writing software for a long project should keep every chapter in order and make the full manuscript readable, so repetition and weak transitions can be found before export.
Revision and editing fit
Folio supports manuscript revision and a full-book review pass. If you need specialist copyediting, grammar diagnostics, or human editorial services, compare dedicated book editing software or an editor alongside it.
Nonfiction and fiction needs differ
Folio is strongest for structured expertise, educational, business, and repeat-publishing workflows. Authors comparing the best novel writing software should also test fiction-specific beat, character, and world-building tools against the way they plan stories.
Check the last mile
Confirm the tool exports the file you need. Folio provides own-book EPUB, editable DOCX, print or chapter PDF, HTML, Markdown and static SCORM without an active plan. Cover preparation controls are available; you inspect design, rights and files and upload to the retailer yourself.
Test with a real chapter
Use the same outline and source material in each candidate, then compare continuity, revision effort, manuscript navigation, and export—not the polish of one generated paragraph.

Learn before you start

These pages explain fit, pricing, comparisons, and language options before you start your book.

Landing Books landing page Explore the Folio workflow, plans, use cases, and paths into the book studio. Use cases Who Gixo Folio is for See the kinds of books and professional use cases that fit Gixo Folio best. Guide Books guide A clear walkthrough from setup to finished export. Tutorial How to write a book with Gixo Step-by-step onboarding for first-time book projects. FAQ Books FAQ Answer pricing, export, language, and fit questions before purchase. Pricing Folio plans and pricing See the monthly plans, AI drafting, and export coverage in detail. Import Newsletter to book generator Turn newsletters, essays, and existing expertise into a structured manuscript before paying for drafting. Workflow Writing a book with ChatGPT See when prompt drafting is enough and when a persistent book workspace is the better fit. Pricing AI book writing software pricing guide Compare subscription tools, book workspace pricing, and export costs before choosing the right setup. Alternative Atticus alternative Compare formatting-first book software with a writing workspace that keeps planning and drafting together. Alternative Vellum alternative Choose Folio before typography polish, when the manuscript still needs import, drafting, and review. Client delivery White-label book production Review the ghostwriter and book-packager workflow for recurring client authority books. Use case Training manual writing software See the strongest fit for onboarding, SOPs, enablement, and internal training manuals. SCORM SCORM training manual export Inspect a static SCORM reading package for LMS handoff; its download needs no active plan. Experiment AI fiction book workflow A small, honest fiction workflow test for authors who value continuity and export over brainstorming depth. Use case Client guide or eBook generator Review the best fit for consultants, agencies, and service businesses creating client education assets. Process AI book outline generator See how the outline becomes the operating plan for the manuscript. Process AI chapter generator See how chapter drafting stays attached to review, export, and edition readiness. Use case Write a nonfiction book with AI Review the best fit for authority books, guides, and client education. Use case AI business book writer See the best-fit Books page for founder books, consultant books, and framework-led manuscripts. Free builder Copyright page builder Assemble publication metadata, fixed rights text, identifiers, attribution details, and a selected disclaimer.

Compare book workflows

Read the existing guides to writing workspaces, book formatting and publishing formats.

Book writing software pricing and export questions

How much does Gixo Folio book writing software cost?
Folio Author is $19/mo and Folio Pro is $99/mo, monthly with no annual lock-in, for eligible AI drafting and assistance. Import and manual writing are available without a subscription. Own-book downloads and proofs need no active plan; translation and audio have separate edition conditions.
What is the difference between Folio Author and Folio Pro?
Author ($19/mo) and Pro ($99/mo) differ in AI drafting capacity and included edition conditions. Pro includes an audiobook or translation under the displayed terms. Own-book download formats, including static SCORM, do not require an active plan.
Is there a free Gixo Folio plan or a one-time publishing pass?
A free manuscript workspace supports import and manual writing; AI planning has separate available-capacity conditions. Author ($19/mo) and Pro ($99/mo) are monthly AI chapter plans; there is no one-time publishing pass. Your own book downloads and proofs are available without an active subscription. New AI work and paid edition services remain separate.
What export formats does Gixo Folio support?
Your own book downloads as reflowable EPUB 3, editable DOCX, full-book print or selected-chapter PDF, HTML, Markdown or static SCORM 1.2 without an active subscription. Inspect the actual output and measured preflight; files are not guaranteed retailer acceptance.
What does a single book actually cost on Folio?
Multiply the current monthly plan price by your paid months, then add any separately purchased editions, editing or design. One to three paid months of Author would cost $19 to $57 before taxes or add-ons; this is a budget illustration, not a typical completion time. Manual writing and own-book downloads can remain free.
Are audiobook and international editions included?
Folio Pro includes an audiobook or translation under the displayed billing-period conditions. Separate edition purchases use the finished-length price range $99-$299 depending on finished length. Translation locale support and native narration voice availability differ; inspect the preview, access and purchase conditions before creating an edition.
Does Gixo Folio publish my book for me?
No. Folio prepares downloadable book files; it does not publish them to a retailer, provide human copyediting, or guarantee publishing or commercial outcomes. The author or editor still owns factual review, voice, continuity, rights, cover decisions, and metadata.
Does Gixo Folio check my manuscript for consistency before export?
Yes. The manuscript consistency audit combines deterministic whole-book checks with bounded AI review. Focused developmental, copy, factual, continuity and production passes also retain reading coverage, quoted findings and decisions. Factual review compares bounded manuscript/source passages; these advisory checks can miss errors and changed inputs can make findings stale.
Can Folio export a print-ready book PDF?
Yes. Export a full-book print interior PDF with standard or custom trim, mirrored margins, optional bleed, running headers and page numbers, plus a separate paperback wrap-cover PDF derived from its rendered page count and paper setting. Inspect measured page and figure warnings. The PDF is RGB, not CMYK or PDF/X, and preflight does not certify retailer acceptance.

Ready to start a book?

Start blank or import your manuscript without a subscription. Choose a monthly plan for AI chapter drafting when needed, then review and export the finished book.

Explore Gixo Folio See use cases

A worked workflow

A chapter import that survives the publishing handoff

Use a permissioned two-chapter manuscript with headings, a numbered procedure, a table and a figure caption. The task is to inspect the chapter split, make a bounded editorial change and compare the actual Word, EPUB and print outputs.

Compare actual book interiors and multilingual print proofs

The fictional three-chapter manuscript was imported, edited, saved and reloaded. The retained outputs include a full-book 6 × 9 inch Novel Classic PDF, a different 7 × 10 inch workbook treatment, EPUB and Word. Separate authored Arabic, Hindi and Japanese samples were exported to PDF to inspect existing script rendering.

Actual Folio chapter editor after the saved edit and reload
Retained production chapter edit. The before and after HTML snapshots identify its exact scope. Open full size ↗
Actual Folio chapter version-history controls for the edited manuscript
Version history belongs to this manuscript; it is not a Story Bible or continuity-check result. Open full size ↗
Actual Folio reader showing the supplied fictional manuscript
Reader view is separate from the fixed-page print proof below. Open full size ↗
Interior page of the actual six-by-nine-inch Folio novel PDF
Actual Novel Classic print output from the supplied fictional manuscript. Open full size ↗
Interior page of the actual seven-by-ten-inch Folio workbook PDF
The workbook treatment was exported chapters-only; its scope differs from the full-book novel proof. Open full size ↗

These are actual interior/export examples. They do not demonstrate a completed translation order, audiobook, retailer upload or cover-wrap export. Native-language text was supplied directly. The full-frontmatter workbook attempt reported a section-page validation error; the retained successful workbook is chapters-only.

The supplied brief

Manuscript
Two chapter headings, body paragraphs, a numbered list, a table and a figure with alternative text and attribution.
Editorial change
Revise one paragraph and retain the surrounding structure and continuity context.
Export scope
Choose the full book, current chapter or selected chapters separately from the output format.
Print settings
Select trim, margins, mirrored gutter, bleed, running matter and page numbering as appropriate to the destination.
  1. Review the imported chapters

    Import the supported manuscript and inspect detected chapters, titles, order and extracted structure before accepting the split.

    Inspect: A successful import is not proof that every original layout or object was preserved. Check the list, table, caption and chapter boundary.

  2. Edit with chapter and book context

    Review the chapter, continuity information and any editorial-pass findings. Accept, reject or defer findings deliberately.

    Inspect: An editorial finding should identify evidence and a review decision; it does not automatically overwrite the manuscript.

  3. Choose format and scope deliberately

    Set the output format and chapter selection, then inspect the appropriate layout and front/back matter settings.

    Inspect: A reflowable EPUB, editable Word document and paginated print PDF serve different reading tasks. Fixed-layout EPUB spreads are not offered in the current UI.

  4. Inspect the actual exported edition

    Open each selected artifact, check navigation, reading order, tables, figures, attribution and pagination, then retain the exact proof.

    Inspect: A chapter or source-figure update does not silently replace an edition snapshot. Compare it with the saved proof before preparing another edition.

Before approving the result

  • Check chapter order and all generated navigation links.
  • Read captions and alternative text in the actual format.
  • Retain the manuscript revision and settings that produced the proof.

A source-traced import/edit/export walkthrough using a fictional manuscript structure. Chapter batching is distinct from Quill CSV bulk requests; a publishing checklist is not retailer acceptance.

Product fit

Is Folio right for you?

Best for

You need a persistent manuscript project for planning or import, chapter-by-chapter drafting and revision, full-book review, and structured export.

Not the right fit when

You need retailer publishing, human copyediting, specialized cross-book worldbuilding or series tooling, or a guarantee of publishing or commercial success.

What to expect

Folio exports reflowable EPUB 3, editable DOCX, full-book print interior PDF, selected-chapter review PDF, HTML, Markdown and static SCORM 1.2 book packages. Print controls include standard or custom trim, mirrored margins, optional bleed and page headers; a separate paperback wrap-cover PDF uses the rendered interior's page count and paper setting. Inspect the actual files and measured preflight warnings for the destination; export does not guarantee retailer acceptance.

What your team should review

The author or editor still owns factual review, voice, continuity, rights, manuscript readiness, cover decisions, metadata, and the final publication process.

Important limitation

Folio prepares downloadable book files; it does not publish them to a retailer, provide human copyediting, or guarantee publishing or commercial outcomes.

Pro

Good for serial authors, course creators, and ghostwriting workloads

For repeat authors and client book projects

$99/month

  

Everything in Author

AI chapter drafting

One edition included monthly — audiobook or translation

White-label and SCORM export

Priority support

Monthly plans, cancel anytime. Author and Pro provide eligible AI drafting and assistance; importing, manual writing and own-book downloads need no active plan. Pro includes an audiobook or translation under the displayed billing-period conditions. Translation supports 87 locale variants; narration requires an available mapped native voice.

Return to the manuscript with its last review still beside it

One library, with the book’s own next steps

Continue a recent manuscript under Your books on the Folio home, or open All books for the complete library and its filters. In the manuscript, Read, Check my book and Get your files keep the main actions close. Publisher tools holds the wider editorial and publishing controls.

Keep a continuity report with the book

Check my book retains the latest report and when it ran, including after a reload. Findings point to the chapters involved; a later chapter edit can make a finding out of date. Check again after material revisions. The report helps you decide where to read and revise; it does not certify that the manuscript is ready to publish.

Choose illustrations, then inspect the actual print file

Non-fiction books planned in the AI wizard start with chapter illustrations enabled; review that choice before generation and check the relevance of every picture. Existing chapters are unchanged by a later settings choice. Inspect the exported PDF for diagram labels, section flow, margins and remaining manuscript findings. Print checks help locate problems; they are not printer or retailer approval.

Return to the dated report and the chapters it names
Return to the dated report and the chapters it names. Fictional saved-check state in the current control; no manuscript check performed. Captured locally on 2 November 2026. Open full-size example.

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