Autosave and Save to Your Cloud Explained

Everything you type saves by itself a moment after you stop typing. Save to Your Cloud adds an extra backup copy in your own storage.

Everything you type saves automatically about half a second after you stop typing. You never need to click Save. Save to Your Cloud is a separate button that puts an extra backup copy in your own storage.

How does autosave work?

Your typing saves into this app's own database, tied to your account. Nothing is kept only in the browser. You never need to click Save, and your book is there when you come back on any device.

The bar along the bottom of the writing area shows the status:

• ✦Auto-saved
• ✦Saving…
• ✦✓ All changes saved

This happens whether or not you have connected Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or a folder on your computer.

What does Save to Your Cloud do?

It makes a backup copy of the whole book in your own storage: the Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or computer folder you connected. It is not our database. Your typing is already saved to our database automatically. On a phone it shows as a cloud icon.

Connecting your own storage adds an extra backup copy that is made in the background and whenever you press Save to Your Cloud. It does not replace the automatic save. The automatic save to our database always happens first, so typing stays instant.

Why does the app ask me to connect storage?

The very first time you click + Create New Book or + Import External Book, a "Choose your storage platform" screen appears with Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and Save to This Computer. Connecting your own storage means a real backup copy of your book lives somewhere that is genuinely yours, not just inside this app. It is a one-time connection. Once it is done, it is remembered for every future new or imported book.

If you pick Google Drive, you are also asked to choose or create a folder in your own Drive right after connecting. You can change it later from Account Settings → Connected Services → Change folder. This only redirects future backups. Anything already saved stays where it is. Dropbox and OneDrive create their app folder automatically.

If you close the "Choose your storage platform" window instead of connecting, no book is created and nothing is saved for that attempt. You would click + Create New Book or Import again and connect a provider. A book you already have open keeps autosaving no matter what.

See How do I connect cloud storage?.

What if I see "Not saved — retry"?

If a save to our database fails, the bar says "Not saved — retry". Do this:

1. 1Keep the page open.
2. 2Copy any unsaved text somewhere safe.
3. 3Use the retry.

See also My changes did not save.

What if it says the book changed in another session?

This happens when the same book is open on two devices. Keep the page open, copy any unsaved text, and reload before editing.

Do I need to save before I export?

PDF and ePub downloads and word counts read the latest saved manuscript sections. If a save fails, resolve the save error before exporting, so the download is current.

Can I keep a copy on my own computer or in iCloud?

Yes. Pick Save to This Computer on the storage screen. In Chrome or Edge you pick or create a folder once, and every future save writes there automatically. To get your book into iCloud, point Save to This Computer at a folder inside your Mac's iCloud Drive, and iCloud's own built-in sync takes it from there. There is no separate iCloud button.

In Safari, Firefox and Brave, Save to This Computer still works, but it asks you to choose a save location every single time instead of remembering one.

The Export button at the top right of the Writing Studio is always available too, to download a real PDF or ePub copy straight to your computer.

Is there a version history I can open?

Every save is automatically kept as a permanent snapshot in the background, so a mistake or accidental change is never permanently unrecoverable. There is no button inside the app yet to browse and restore an old version yourself. If you need an earlier version, email contact@goldenbestseller.com with roughly when the content was correct, and it can be retrieved from that saved history and put back for you. See Is my book safe?.

Not sure where to start? The Course Coach inside the app guides you through each step, so you are never stuck on a button.

Last checked in the app: October 14, 2026.