Papyrus 12 is here!

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Your Papyrus 12 is live!


Get ready for the biggest upgrade yet, packed with new tools, a fresh look, and features that make your writing, editing, and publishing smoother than ever.

Here’s what’s new

The Book View gives you a beautiful bookshelf of your projects :heart:

The Book Designer: Save time and money with an almost-instant book layout. Bye, headaches! :wave:

For the Night Owls we’ve got the best Dark Mode experience you’ve ever seen. :owl: :waning_gibbous_moon:

The Style Session for turbo-charging your editing sessions :memo:

Readability Statistics to get a feel on how smoothly your book reads :bar_chart:

New Distraction-Free Mode so you can go paperless when writing :city_sunset:

Story Sheets & Dramaturgy for the plotters :performing_arts:

Enchanced Thinkboard now comes with Character Sheets, Story Sheets, curvy lines and more templates.

Tutorial Videos to learn the features as you write. :movie_camera:

… Plus

  • A Modernized UI
  • An almost-literal ton of new book templates
  • Over 70 new fonts for royalty-free use.
  • A more extensive Thesaurus
  • Better image export
  • Better Word file handling
  • More Pinboard backgrounds
  • ZIP export for entire projects

… and more!

How to get started

The invites to download Papyrus 12 are flying out.

If you’re still waiting on your email, you can skip the line and get an account yourself:

:one: Check out the new website: Papyrus 12

:two: Create a Papyrus 12 account here: Signup

:bulb: This is a separate account from your old Papyrus Author one (no worries, your projects are not connected to your account, they’re on your computer and will open with Papyrus 12. :heart_eyes: )

:three: Follow the instructions in the emails - you’ll set a password and confirm your email address.

:four: Download Papyrus 12 from the Account page: Papyrus 12

After installing, you’re ready to…

jump in and explore! :rocket:

Every previous Papyrus Author user receives an exclusive Papyrus 12 trial until April 20. And if you’re into what you see, get Papyrus 12 at a discounted price. See pricing for your loyalty offer.

Have fun with Papyrus! :heart:

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With this new update, there is no longer a free version of papyrus? If that’s true, is there a monthly payment plan or only a one-time purchase?

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Hi @lmmills06 ,
correct, we are moving away from the freemium-plan and instead offer a trial and then a one-time purchase option for your personal license of Papyrus 12, which is yours to keep without a monthly payment. :slight_smile:

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If you wish to split the payment, which is somewhat large, PayPal allows you to spread it over four payments.

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Great news!

The best new feature is the return to a “one-time payment”! :slight_smile: I’m so glad you’ve decided to offer the English version of Papyrus in the same manner as the German version before!

I have two questions:

  1. Since there is no longer a “free version of Papyrus,” will you be providing the “Papyrus Viewer” again?

  2. Are there any “online checks” when starting Papyrus? To rephrase: after installation and registration, will Papyrus 12 work without an internet connection at any point in the future?

Many thanks for the great news! Keep up the fantastic work!

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Thanks for the kind words! :sun_with_face:

After installation and registration, Papyrus 12 does need to check in online every now and then for version updates and validation. If you’re offline, it’ll still work for roughly two weeks before needing to reconnect.

As for Papyrus Viewer, there are no plans to bring it back, as far as I know. :man_construction_worker:

Have fun with Papyrus 12! :open_book:

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If I don’t wish to pay for the plan, will I still be able to access my writings and move them elsewhere, as I never expected to need to pay for the platform and never backed up my works

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Hi and welcome to the Community! :sun_with_face:

Right now, there’s an extended free trial running until April 20, so it’s a great time to jump in.

You can get started with an account here: https://papyrus.de/en/account

Your projects from Papyrus Author are saved locally on your computer. Once you’re in Papyrus 12, you can continue where you left off, and export your work to Word or PDF.

Have fun!

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So, there’s no way to like redownload Papyrus Author 11 in a way? I mean. I know you guys are going to discontinued it. But i wish there was a way to allow users to have an option for this.

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Hi, and welcome to the Community! :sun_with_face:

Yes, Papyrus Author 11 isn’t available for download anymore. It’s been fully sunset and replaced by Papyrus 12.

If there’s anything you need to get access to your work or get settled into Papyrus 12, just let me know! :handshake: