Becoming an author
A reader upgrades from For authors; the upgrade keeps library, reviews and follows, adds a pen name and Studio, and cannot be undone.
For readers and authors · updated 2026-09-12
From For authors, a reader account can become an author account. You choose a pen name, and Studio opens with your catalogue, the Journal and campaigns. Your library, reviews and follows come with you; Reading Life posting, Goals, Insights and Wraps are reader features and close.
The upgrade cannot be reversed from the product — the Terms allow one account per person, so there is no second account to fall back to. If you upgraded by mistake, send it to the team.
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- Reader and author accounts — One account type per person: readers read, review and request ARCs; authors publish, run campaigns and write the Journal. A reader can upgrade once.
- Your pen name and public page — Books, series, campaigns and Journal entries attach to your pen name; one primary pen name per author in the beta.
- Publishing your first book — Create a book in Studio with synopsis, genres, tropes, warnings, language, cover and sample; it starts as a draft and you flip it to Coming soon or Published.
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