# Vellum

Vellum is a Mac-only book formatter known for polished ebook and print output, sold for a one-time price.

- Canonical page: https://kdp123.com/t/vellum/
- Official site: https://vellum.pub
- Categories: Writing & Formatting
- Price: $199.99 one-time (Vellum Ebooks $199.99 (unlimited ebooks); Vellum Press $249.99 (unlimited ebooks and paperbacks). Price excludes tax.)
- Platforms: mac
- Outputs KDP-ready files: Yes
- Touches your KDP account: No
- Official Amazon product: No
- Last checked: 2026-11-09

## Summary

Vellum formats manuscripts into ebook and print-ready files and is widely treated as the benchmark for fiction formatting. It only runs on Mac. Two one-time licenses are sold: Vellum Ebooks for unlimited ebooks and Vellum Press for unlimited ebooks plus paperbacks and hardcovers, with 24 trim sizes and PDF/X-1a print output.

## Price history

- 2026-11-09: Corrected from a third-party estimate ($199-249) to the vendor store prices: Vellum Ebooks $199.99, Vellum Press $249.99.

## Pros

- One payment, unlimited books
- Clean, consistent ebook and print styles

## Cons

- Mac only
- Limited layout control compared with InDesign

## Alternatives

- [Atticus](https://kdp123.com/t/atticus/)
- [Reedsy Studio](https://kdp123.com/t/reedsy-studio/)
- [Draft2Digital](https://kdp123.com/t/draft2digital/)

## Sources

- https://vellum.pub/
- https://store.vellum.pub/product/vellum-press