What’s New 2.24.0
A tap-to-write slate at the bottom of the dashboard. Reminders, your reading mood, gift ideas — whatever you want. Saves automatically when you click away.
Published 2026-05-12 · Reviewed 2026-05-12
Version 2.24.0 brings 42 customer-facing changes to ARC Library. Role or platform labels appear only where a change is specific to that experience.
New
Chalkboard Notes Card on the Dashboard
A tap-to-write slate at the bottom of the dashboard. Reminders, your reading mood, gift ideas — whatever you want. Saves automatically when you click away.
Timeline Card — Your Activity Feed
A chronological list of what you've been up to: books you added, reviews you wrote, fields you edited, quotes you saved. Six months of history.
Drag Any Dashboard Card to Rearrange
Both new cards (and the others) can be dragged to any slot — top row, side rail, or the new bottom row. On desktop, tap "Edit layout" to start moving things.
Inline Images in Your Reviews
Pop pictures into the body of a review by URL. In the editor toolbar, tap "Image", paste a URL, pick small / medium / large.
Image + Text Side-by-Side
Want the cover on the left and your thoughts on the right? Editor toolbar → "Image + text" dropdown → image-left, image-right, or full-width with text below.
Spoiler Tags (Hide-and-Reveal)
Select text in the editor, tap the Spoiler button — readers tap the hidden range to reveal it. There's also a whole-review "Contains spoilers" flag in the sidebar.
Start a New Review From a Template
Four starters — Plain, Classic Sections, Opinion, Lists — so you don't face a blank page. The picker appears above the editor on the new-review screen.
Public Review Page Redesigned (Desktop)
Web
Book cover, retail buttons, and reviewer card now sit in a column on the left, with the review on the right. Cover and title click straight through to the book page.
Upload Your Own Book Covers
When the auto-fetched cover is wrong, low quality, or missing entirely, you can now upload your own image. Pick it from your device while adding a book, or from the cover area when editing an ARC. Replace or remove anytime — the original is always there to fall back to.
Sort Library by Page Count
For when you want a quickie (or to bury yourself in a chunky one). Library top bar → Sort → "Page Count". Books without a page count sort to the end.
Search and Filter by Publisher
Find every Bramble release in one click, or every St. Martin's Press. New publisher chip in the library filters.
Borrowed-Book Return Dates on the Calendar
If you marked a book as borrowed with a return date, that date now shows on the dashboard calendar so it doesn't sneak up on you.
One-Click Copy on Quotes
Open any book → Quotes & Notes → tap the new copy icon next to a quote. No more entering edit mode just to grab the text.
Title Your Marketing Material Links
Each marketing link can now have a name (Press kit, Cover reveal graphics, etc.) shown above the URL. Existing links keep working unchanged.
Export Notes + Quotes as a .txt File
Want your annotations outside the app? ARC detail → Quotes & Notes → Download.
New "Blurb Reveal" PR Subcategory
Sits next to Cover Reveal under Pre-Release. Create a new PR task → Type Book → Pre-Release → Blurb Reveal.
Applied / Active / Inactive Team Member Status
Each team member now has a status so you can see who needs onboarding and who's gone dormant.
Editable Joined Date on Team Members
Got someone's joined date wrong? Click them in the team detail modal and edit it.
Incentive Program Link Slot on Teams
Link your team to a Patreon, Subscribestar, or other reward page from the team detail modal.
"Go Public" Flag on Beta + Alpha
Mark a Beta/Alpha entry as ready to share publicly once the book releases.
iOS App Live on the App Store
We're officially on iPhone and iPad! Landing page, /download, and footer all link straight there.
Rate ARC Library in One Tap
About two weeks after signup, you'll see a small "Enjoying ARC Library?" prompt. Tap Leave a review — the App Store / Play Store rating sheet pops up inside the app. No typing, no leaving. (On the web, you get a picker for which store.)
Pick How You Enter Dates on Your Phone
New "Date Entry Style" setting. Keep the default Calendar (tap a date field, the calendar opens) or switch to Keyboard if you'd rather type dates in. Your choice syncs across your devices.
Improved
Edit Book Details by Just Clicking Them
No more switching into a separate Edit mode. On a book's detail page, click almost any field — title, author, dates, status, owned format, publisher, series, star and spice ratings, book links (Goodreads, Amazon, Bookshop), marketing links, the platforms where you shared a review — and edit it right there. Changes save on their own.
Start a Review Straight From a Book's Overview
A "Create Review" button now sits on a book's Overview tab — one click opens the review editor with the review already linked to that book.
Calmer Mobile Review Editor
iOS, Android
A clean Bear / iA-Writer-style layout on phones — full-width writing area, a proper bottom toolbar, better on-screen-keyboard handling.
"Feedback Due" for Beta + Alpha Reads
Beta and Alpha entries now say "Feedback Due" instead of "Review Due" because you're sending private feedback, not posting a review.
New Logo + Dark-Mode Splash Screens
A refreshed brand mark and dark-mode-aware splash screens across iOS, Android, and web.
Fixed
ARC Providers Show Their Real Name
A handful of ARCs showed their provider as a long code instead of the actual name (From Author, NetGalley, Bookshop, etc.). The affected books now show the correct provider again.
iPad Safari Calendar Date Picker Works
iOS
Tapping a date in the Review Due Date picker on iPad Safari was sometimes a no-op. Now selects reliably the first time.
Goodreads Imports Don't Get Stuck
Large imports (2000+ books) sometimes appeared frozen on slow cover lookups. Every external lookup now times out after 6 seconds so a single slow request can't stall the whole import.
Audiobook Cover Override Saves Reliably
The override URL now persists when entered through the Add Book wizard's advanced section.
Mobile Notes Editor Grows as You Type
iOS, Android
The chalkboard Notes card on mobile now expands as you write so you always see what you're typing — no more hidden bottom lines.
iOS Trial Subscriptions Now Activate Correctly
iOS
Starting a free trial through the App Store now unlocks your premium access right away instead of leaving the account stuck on free. If you were affected, your trial has been restored with the correct end date.
Continue with Google Works Again on Android
Android
Google sign-in was failing on Android. Tapping Continue with Google now signs you in on the first try, no second prompt.
iPad Top Header Is Back
iOS
The top bar with the page title, search field, ARC count, theme picker, and Log out button was disappearing on iPad. It now shows up again on every page, just like on desktop.
Reading Pace Card Lays Out Cleanly on Narrow Screens
On smaller displays, the pace badge for your closest deadline (e.g. "87 pg/day or 2h 32min/day") could squeeze the book title off-screen. The badge now drops to its own line when space is tight so the title and "days left" stay readable.
Easier-to-Read Status Badges
The status badges at the top of a book's detail page — book type, application/ownership, review, promotion, rating and spice — could show pale, hard-to-read text on some themes. They now use a clear, high-contrast colour so every badge is easy to read at a glance.
Review & Accountability Checkboxes Untick Properly
On the Reviews & PRs tab, the "allow author tagging" and accountability-form checkboxes could get stuck ticked. They now toggle off reliably.
Date Picker Opens Cleanly on Phones
iOS, Android
Tapping a date field on a phone no longer pops up the keyboard and shoves the calendar half off-screen. The calendar now opens in place so you can pick a date straight away.
Tap-to-Edit Works on Phones
iOS, Android
On a book's detail page, tapping a field to edit it — page count, dates, series, genres and other multi-selects — could snap shut again the instant the keyboard appeared, and the "Add" button on multi-selects sometimes wouldn't open its list. Tap-to-edit now stays open on touch screens so you can actually make your change.
Keyboard Opens for Text Fields on Phones
iOS, Android
Tapping a text or number field on a book's detail page — like ISBN or page count — now opens the keyboard right away so you can start typing immediately.