Blurb BookWright is desktop software for creating custom books, including photo books, paperbacks, hardcovers, magazines, notebooks, and wall art.
Alternatives to PrintMaster 10
Flipsnack turns PDFs or designs made from scratch into digital flipbooks with a page-turning experience.
InPage is page-making software for Urdu and related languages, used to prepare newspapers, magazines, and books.
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VivaDesigner
VivaDesigner is a desktop and web program for design, publishing, layout, typesetting and illustration.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.7Free plan - 5
Scribus
Scribus is free, open-source desktop publishing software for professional page layout on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.5Free plan - 6

Adobe InDesign
APImacOSSelf-hostedWindows7.3From $19.99 a month - 7

PublishMedia
PublishMedia is a browser-based workspace for opening, editing and creating Publisher-style documents, with print-ready PDF export.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSWindows7.1From $99 a year - 8
QuarkXPress
QuarkXPress is desktop publishing and page layout software for creating print and digital designs.
AndroidiOSWebmacOS7.0 - 9

Affinity
Affinity is a desktop creative app for vector design, pixel editing, and page layout, available on Windows and macOS.
Free planmacOSWindows6.8Free plan - 10

Layout Department
Layout Department arranges PDF pages into print-ready files for books, zines, and booklets.
Free planmacOSWindows6.7$29 one-time - 11

Lacuna
Lacuna is a desktop app for formatting manuscripts into print books and eBooks.
LinuxmacOSWindows6.5$149 one-time - 12

Megal Publisher
Megal Publisher is a browser-based desktop-publishing app for creating page layouts and saving editable projects in .mpub format.
Free planWeb6.5From $59.99 a year - 13
Laidout
Laidout is free Linux desktop publishing software for arranging pages into print impositions, including folded booklets and polyhedron nets.
Free planLinux6.4Free plan - 14
Kindle Create
Kindle Create is a free desktop tool for preparing completed manuscripts for Kindle or print publishing through KDP.
Free planmacOSWindows6.3Free plan - 15
PageStream
PageStream is a desktop publishing and page layout program for arranging text, images and drawings into pages as they will appear in the finished work.
LinuxmacOSWindows6.3$99.95 one-time - 16
RagTime
RagTime combines word processing, spreadsheets, images, and graphs in a page-layout environment for design, prepress, office work, and database publishing.
macOSWindows6.2€1,099 one-time - 17
Swift Publisher
Swift Publisher is a macOS desktop publishing and page-layout app for brochures, flyers, booklets, business cards, labels, posters, magazines, and similar print projects.
macOS6.2$9.99 one-time - 18
Calamus SL
Calamus SL is a frame-based publishing layout system for Windows and macOS, with text, image, and vector editing in the document layout.
macOSWindows6.1€50 one-time - 19
iStudio Publisher
iStudio Publisher is Mac page-layout and desktop-publishing software for creating newsletters, brochures, flyers, booklets, reports, posters,…
Free planmacOS6.1Free plan - 20
Xara Page & Layout Designer
Windows6.1$89.99 one-time - 21
Publisher Plus
Publisher Plus is a macOS desktop publishing and page layout app for creating printable materials such as brochures, flyers, newsletters, magazines,…
macOS6.0$39.90 one-time - 22

Vellum
Vellum is Mac software for creating and formatting books for ebook and print publication.
macOS6.0$199.99 one-time - 23
Print Artist Platinum 27
Print Artist Platinum 27 is desktop software for creating print projects for home, school, business, friends, family, or clients.
macOSWindows5.8$74.99 one-time - 24
Joomag Email Marketing Suite
Joomag Email Marketing Suite is a web-based email platform built for publishers promoting digital publications.
Web5.7 - 25
The Print Shop
Windows5.7$69.99 one-time - 26
Personal Henshucho Ver.17
Windows5.6¥19,690 one-time - 27

Xara Web Designer
Windows5.4From $12 a month - 28
Microsoft Publisher
Windows4.8 - 29
iCalamus
macOS4.5

