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How to Use Book Volumes / Box Sets

Book volumes let you combine multiple independent books into a single project. This is how you build box sets in Lacuna. Each volume acts as its own self-contained book with its own table of contents, while the root table of contents displays only the volume titles, creating a clean hierarchy for your readers.

What Are Book Volumes?

A book volume is an independent book within your book project. Unlike book parts, which group chapters together within a single book, volumes are fully separate books that happen to live under one project. This makes them ideal for box sets, series omnibuses, or multi-volume collections.

Table of Contents

Each book volume has its own independent table of contents. The sections inside a volume only appear in that volume’s table of contents, not in the root project’s table of contents.

When you have a table of contents in your root project, it automatically shows only the book volume entries. This creates a simple top-level hierarchy where readers can see all the books in your box set at a glance.

You can fully customize how volume entries look in the table of contents the same way you can with book parts. This includes typography, spacing, and all other table of contents formatting options. See Table of Contents Settings for details.

Creating a Book Volume

  1. Select the sections you want in the volume from the sidebar menu.
  2. Right-click the selected sections.
  3. Click “Create volume from selected sections.”

Book Volume Rendering Options

Just like book parts, you can choose from four rendering styles when you create a book volume:

Lacuna Default

A styled volume page similar to the title page. You can control:

  • Volume number typography — Font, size, and styling for the volume number
  • Volume name typography — Font, size, and styling for your volume title
  • Spacing — Control the layout and positioning

Full Page Image

Use an image as your volume divider. This works exactly like a full page image section with the same settings and options.

Custom Content

A fully editable section where you can add any content you want. This gives you complete control over what appears on your volume page.

No Page

A grouping-only option that doesn’t render a visible page. This allows you to organize your box set in the table of contents without adding a physical volume divider page.

Nesting Rules

You can place book parts inside of book volumes to further organize chapters within each individual book. However, you cannot nest volumes within other volumes.

Book Parts

Chapter grouping

Group chapters together within a book using parts. Use book parts →