Guides — ARC Library Field Notes

Practical, verified help for Readers, Authors, and PAs.

• Welcome to ARC Library — A quick orientation to the three customer desks and the shared library behind them.
• Use onboarding and page hints — Understand first-time setup, contextual page guidance, and the controls for replaying or pausing it.
• Read, like, and share Field Notes — Find the newest Field Notes first, save a little appreciation, and send a useful article to another reader.
• Choose your Reader, Author, or PA desk — Understand what changes when you switch desks and how to choose where the app opens.
• Add your first book — Find your book, choose what you are tracking, add the useful details, and confirm.
• Use your Library and Reading Desk — Move between your full collection and the queues that need attention now.
• Check whether one more ARC actually fits — Do the rude little maths before you request: deadline, book length, real pace, current pile, and days when reading is absolutely not happening.
• Read your Dashboard — Choose a calm Focused view or an adjustable Custom dashboard, then understand what every card is showing you.
• Work inside a book — Keep book information, ARC history, reading progress, reviews, notes, and quotes together.
• Explore Open ARCs and the Book Catalog — Browse public books and open request forms, then bring the right opportunity into your workflow.
• Discover Authors, Teams, and Voices — Use the public discovery shelves to learn about authors, reader teams, and narrators.
• Use My Teams — Keep connected author-team rooms and your own tracked team records in one destination.
• Plan promotion work in Creator Hub — Organize book, author, team, and content work from idea through publication.
• Write and manage reviews — Draft reviews with book context close at hand, then track where and when you publish them.
• Use TBR lists, the wheel, and challenges — Plan monthly reading, share a portrait Reading Agenda, use the themed wheel, and follow optional challenges.
• Play Bingo 2026 — Choose a difficulty, complete reading squares, and follow your board achievements.
• Understand your reading Statistics — Open your Collector’s Cabinet, understand how each reading total is calculated, and share an eight-card reading portrait.
• Build your public Reviewer profile — Choose what represents you publicly while keeping private tracking and drafts private.
• Set up Author HQ — Claim or connect your author identity, follow verification, and understand when author tools unlock.
• Manage books in the Author desk — Review books attached to your author identity and submit a missing title for catalogue review.
• Create and manage ARC request forms — Build a reader-facing form, publish it when ready, and follow the campaign from Author HQ.
• Manage applicants and reader insights — Review applications, make campaign decisions, and use opted-in progress information where available.
• Build and manage Author teams — Create a team, invite readers, and keep team books, tasks, and communication together.
• Offer ARCs directly to readers — Send a direct offer to an eligible reader and follow whether it is accepted or declined.
• Find readers for a campaign — Search public reviewer profiles by relevant preferences, then open a profile before reaching out.
• Set up your PA Desk — Create a professional PA profile and understand the connections available from your desk.
• Connect and switch between authors — Accept an author connection, choose the active author, and keep every campaign in the right workspace.
• Understand PA permissions — Know which author tools a connection can use and what happens when a permission is not granted.
• Manage author campaigns as a PA — Use the connected author workspace for books, forms, applicants, teams, and offers within your access.
• Customize ARC Library — Choose your theme, reading comfort, interface tone, navigation, and Library layout.
• Set filters, visible fields, and book defaults — Reduce repeated setup and keep the Library focused without deleting information.
• Choose notifications and reminders — Control which reminders matter, when they arrive, and where notification history lives.
• Import, export, and protect your data — Use the supported import and export tools carefully, and review results before removing source files.
• Understand plans and billing — Use a guided choice, compare every core plan, and manage billing without losing your Library.
• Use the Help Desk and contact support — Find an answer, send a report, request an improvement, or contact a human from one place.
• Work through sync and offline problems — Check connection state, preserve unsynced work, and report a problem when retrying is not enough.
• Read and reply from Correspondence Desk — Keep application letters and private team conversations together, with clear controls for editing, deleting, blocking, and reporting.