What’s New 3.3.0
New author names now correct obvious lowercase words before they join the catalogue. Approval Desk also repairs older pending names and adopts trusted book-database casing without treating the author as a different person.
Published 2026-08-19 · Reviewed 2026-08-19
Version 3.3.0 brings 77 customer-facing changes to ARC Library. Role or platform labels appear only where a change is specific to that experience.
New
Amazon Returns and Kobo Joins Book Search
Book search can use Amazon results and quality-checked Kobo matches. Desktop book details place Kobo, Amazon, and Goodreads icon shortcuts beside status controls, while phone details keep full labels. Kobo still opens the best regional destination without prices.
Your messages have a proper desk
Correspondence Desk gathers application replies and team conversations in one place. Reply, edit, block, delete, or report privately. Phones open on your letter list, while notification details and message tools stay inside the screen at every size.
Help Desk and Field Notes, together
Guides, issue reports, feature requests, onboarding controls, and What’s New now live in Help Desk. Public Field Notes are searchable, shareable, and can be liked from your account. Journal articles name their author beneath the title.
A quieter notification inbox
Every notification now shows its complete message in a calmer feed. Search stays close, all categories open in one clear picker, and tapping a notification reveals its details and a useful next action.
Your font and text size reach every word
Premium members can choose seven app-wide fonts and fine-tune text size. The choice stays steady across badges, forms, modals, tab changes, and app restarts, while long dashboard greetings wrap fully at larger sizes.
Spotted a catalogue mistake? Tell us
Book pages let you suggest a corrected value, fill a missing field, or flag something as wrong. Suggestions now cover genres, tropes, narrators, format, edition, country and book links. A moderator reviews every one.
Track How You Got Your ARCs
A new optional ARC Source field records how a copy reached you: widget, auto approve, author or publisher offer, PR company, or giveaway. Set it when you add or edit a book, change it in bulk, and filter your Library by it.
Auto-Approved Publishers
Mark a publisher as one that auto-approves you and Add Book offers a one-tap fill for their books. The acquisition date now asks the right question too: Date Offered, Date Won, or Date Requested, depending on your ARC Source.
Your Statistics Collector’s Cabinet
Reader
Statistics gathers your collection, completion, keepers, reading taste, rhythm, ratings, and open work into one cabinet, with Share Cabinet and Monthly Wrap-Up previews one tap away.
Your month becomes a shareable reading folio
Reader
Reading Agenda turns each monthly TBR into one Story or a carousel with a slide for every four books. Monthly and Yearly TBR views are both available on larger screens.
Filter Studio finds the exact books you need
Reader
Filter more than 90 reading, ARC, book, rating, ownership, link, content, and record fields. Search long genre and trope lists, preview the result count, then show or group the matching shelf.
Your Library now has a Reading Desk
Reader
Move between focused queues for attention, deadlines, current reads, requested ARCs, reviews, promotions, author relationships, and offers. Collection remains one tap away, with layouts composed for phone through ultra-wide screens.
One Open Bookcase for discovery
Reader
Open ARC opportunities and community books now share one searchable discovery shelf. Book cards open with mouse, touch, or keyboard, and global search reaches the full public book page. Add to TBR confirms ownership before saving.
Meet every voice behind the books
Reader
Voice Gallery gives narrators their own profiles and audiobook shelves. Combine two or more narrators to find books they perform together, with safer splitting of multi-narrator credits.
Choose a Focused or Custom dashboard
Reader
Focused gathers the next seven days, current reading, pace, and goals into one layout. Custom adds Today’s Focus, reset controls, and up to four columns on wide displays. On phones the cards share one calmer scrollable page, and your choices stay saved across devices.
Official team rooms carry the whole briefing
Reader
See the team story, expectations, shared books, formats, notes, delivery links, tasks, dates, announcements, and private author messages. You can acknowledge a post or leave a team without losing books already in your Library.
Your profile is now a Reviewer Desk
Reader
Keep the public Reviewer CV, private Form Data, profile insights, owned author identity, and copy-ready links in one folio. Edit with a live preview and share only the track record and contact details you choose.
Reading celebrations become keepsakes
Reader
Gentle Goal praise waits for your real Library before celebrating an eased overdue pile. A monthly request cap now sends only one gentle, no-guilt notification when the plan drifts.
My Applications
Reader and Author and PA
Every Author request-form application now lives in one page with its book, author, and current status. Application and offer decisions use clearly named, touch-friendly dialogs, while optional progress sharing remains under your control.
The Author Portal for Verified Authors
Author
Verified authors can manage a public profile, publish books, run ARC request forms, review applicants, build teams, and offer ARCs from one workspace. Core publishing and a first form remain available without Author Pro.
One complete, shareable author profile
Author and PA
Edit the same public profile readers see, with clearly labelled photo, banner, bio, pen name, and link fields. Invalid links explain what needs fixing, successful saves are announced, and reopening the profile restores every saved value.
My Forms is now a Campaign Desk
Author and PA
Switch campaigns from one index, edit in Application Studio, and review applications, dates, capacity, sharing, artwork, and status in a focused workspace. Application totals stay separate from filled reader places, including readers who join a linked team by invitation.
Reader insights stay useful and consent-based
Author and PA
Campaign funnels, progress, review rates, returning-reader badges, and taste matching use only the data each reader chose to share. Authors can spot likely matches without exposing private Library details.
Offer ARCs directly, with safer delivery
Author and PA
Authors can set an expiry, copy limit, format, and delivery link, then withdraw unanswered offers. Readers reveal materials only after accepting, and the received book enters their Library once without a second Add Book flow.
Team Insights for every shared book
Author and PA
Campaign Pulse and Team Insights show offers, accepted readers, opt-in reading movement, reviews, tasks, and announcement activity by shared book. Readers control progress sharing for each book, and private notes, ratings, review text, and exact progress stay private.
Share books and messages with a team
Author and PA
Assign any number of catalogue or hand-entered books with formats, notes, links, tasks, and dates. Post announcements, request acknowledgements, or use private reader threads, with live updates throughout the room.
Build teams from forms and invitations
Author and PA
Team forms create or reconnect the matching Author team, and accepted readers can join it without retyping. Share a secure join link or email invitation, with a full team story shown before application. Deleted teams now stay deleted once their recruitment form is archived.
Personal Assistants now have their own PA Desk
PA
Create a professional PA profile, show availability, and manage author requests without Author verification. Each approved author opens as a named workspace containing only the tools and permissions they granted.
Authors can find and manage PAs in one place
Author
Browse opt-in PA profiles by specialty, service, language, and availability, then invite someone without exposing private email addresses. Shared photo links display correctly, and unavailable pictures use a clean profile placeholder.
Secure invitations help unclaimed authors start
PA
A PA can prepare an unclaimed author profile and send an email-bound review link. The author checks every detail and permission, signs in or creates an account, and continues into identity verification.
Improved
Audiobook details find their voices
Verified Audible editions are now found during Add Book and Approval Desk rechecks, including narrators, listening time, covers, links, identifiers, and explicit series details. Selecting print never adds audio to your own library.
What's New is easier to scan
This release is grouped into one clear message per feature instead of repeating every follow-up polish and fix. In-app notes follow your workspace, while the public release page labels role-specific changes.
Quick create opens as a bookplate
Choose Add New to open a compact, role-aware list beside the button. Author pages take you directly to the right book, form, or team action. Testing Team members can report a bug or submit an idea from the same menu.
A shorter first chapter, and hints on every page
Setup is now three steps: pick what you came for, add a book, and you are on your dashboard. A discovery shelf suggests the next small step whenever you want it. Page tips now point at the controls really on screen, and replaying setup from Help works on any account.
Reader, Author, and PA stay in their own desks
Switch workspaces without replacing another profile, choose which desks appear, and set the one that welcomes you. Reader and Author changes now keep mobile notification updates connected without interrupting the app.
A calmer Settings control desk
Settings keeps account, workspace, reading, reminder, and display choices in plain sight. Tablets keep every detailed section below the control desk. Day and Night survive refresh, overlapping saves, and choices made while your profile loads.
Mobile forms open native-feeling shelves
Dates, searches, and choice fields now open in safe-area shelves with touch-sized controls. Opening the keyboard no longer enlarges phone forms beyond the screen edges. Full-screen flows stay inside the rounded screen corners, while long labels and larger app text wrap cleanly.
Faster starts and steadier shelves
ARC Library now loads the shelf or public page you open before preparing heavier tools. Smaller downloads, safer cover syncing, refreshed caches, and lighter shelf effects make startup and scrolling smoother.
One search remembers what you need
Global search finds your books, authors, catalogue entries, pages, and actions from one place. Recent searches and opened results stay ready to run again, including from the phone More menu.
More hand-drawn ARC Library character
The refreshed ARChie theme, redrawn ARChie portrait, Styxx familiar, Arcana decks, themed sliders, shelf icons, and cover placeholders bring original artwork into more corners of the app.
A calmer phone navigation bar
More now rests above the navigation instead of covering it, the active tab stays clear, and the frosted bar softens moving covers beneath it. Theme glows respect Reduce Animations.
Kindle and audiobook search results are remembered
Books found in search are now saved to the shared catalogue even when they only have an Amazon identifier instead of an ISBN. Repeat searches load instantly, and matching editions no longer create duplicates.
The book catalogue fills in its own gaps
Catalogue books gain missing series, publisher, and narrator links automatically, with genres and tropes only when confidence is high. Goodreads and StoryGraph imports contribute the same details. Adding a book now reads a series written in brackets at the end of its title.
Accountability forms can carry a due date
Reader
Add a due date to an ARC accountability form and receive reminders using your review notification schedule. A required form stays pending until you mark it filled.
TBR publication dates stay in sight
Reader
Publication dates now appear on Monthly TBR covers, list rows, the featured shelf book, and the full-month list, including phone layouts.
Name the team PR work you actually do
Reader
Creator Hub now includes Custom Team Task, with a required name plus the same scheduling, recurrence, platform, and status controls as suggested tasks.
Community ratings join Add Book
Reader
Catalogue matches now show ARC Library’s star and spice averages while you add a book. When public reviews are available, Check reviews opens them without losing your place.
Narrators stay attached to the right edition
Reader
Book details keep saved narrator names in the byline, and narrator cards wrap long names instead of cutting them off. Public catalogue pages now read the linked audiobook edition too, showing narrators, listening time, and the listening link even when print is primary.
Reader setup clears itself when you are ready
Reader
Reader setup now checks your saved workspace, comfort, Dashboard, and reminder choices automatically. Once all four are ready, the guidance card leaves Settings while every control stays available.
Rude Little Maths puts the numbers first
Reader
Compare the pace you need with your real pace at a glance. Days and waiting books stay visible, while the counted pile, verdict reasoning, and pace source wait under Show details.
A cleaner phone Library header and tool shelf
Reader
Search and Quick filters stay close to the Library switcher, while Arrange shelf, Filter Studio, Color Legend, columns, and Refresh live in More. Collection preferences share one focused Settings page.
Soft DNF and clearer stopping choices
Reader
Use Soft DNF when you may return later, or Will Not Read for a permanent stop. Cards, colors, and Reading Desk queues now show the current choice and keep only genuinely unfinished review or promotion work.
Book details have a focused reading room
Reader
Covers, synopsis, facts, editions, ratings, and reviews now follow a clear editorial order. On phones, chapters stay pinned while you scroll. Kindle highlight import now opens the file picker on iPhone and iPad, and Add Share Link opens the posting checklist.
A Focus Brief for the book in front of you
Reader
Reading Desk explains why the selected book needs attention and gathers commitments, private notes, status controls, and the themed progress slider. To Review opens a focused form that saves stars, spice, progress, finish date, and review status together.
A calmer Review Desk
Reader
Continue drafts, find reviews, or switch between Gallery and Pipeline. Wide screens stay balanced, phone tools stay focused, and templates keep selected text when you format. Star, God Tier, and spice ratings now save the value you settled on instead of an earlier click.
A focused desk for your tracked teams
Reader
My Teams opens each tracked Team Desk with its private facts, books, promo, and notes. Team settings use the shared calendar and link checks.
A clearer Add Book journey
Reader
Find a book by title, author, ISBN, or supported link, then finish setup. Searches and manual details now restore as the same draft, even before you choose a book type. Cover controls line up on every screen.
PR tasks work on their own
Reader
Create standalone Book, Author, Team, or Content Planning tasks and reuse private categories. Cards, dialogs, sheets, and wizard controls now support keyboard and touch use. Multi-type tasks stay in every PR List lane, while linked edits remain cumulative.
A campaign-first Author HQ
Author and PA
Author HQ leads with today’s priority, the active campaign funnel, and the next release. Team campaigns count applications and direct invitations. Choose any unfinished campaign stage for a quick checklist from setup through publishing.
A proper catalogue desk for authors
Author and PA
My Books keeps every title, catalogue gap, privacy choice, metadata section, and ISBN edition together. Adding a book now accepts an Amazon ASIN too, so Kindle and Audible editions keep their identifier. Verified-author edits still refresh immediately.
Request forms are clearer to build and share
Author and PA
The builder preselects your author identity, uses one calendar, preserves eligibility answers, and loads genre, trope, series, publisher, and artwork choices reliably. Share Desk keeps copy, share, preview, and team-form links together.
Applicant details become reader dossiers
Author and PA
Applicant cards bring reach, history, and eligibility into one view, with labelled, touch-friendly actions. Direct applicant messages stay free, while bulk actions, private notes, team conversion, and insights remain Author Pro.
Keep a book private before verification finishes
Author and PA
Authors still waiting on identity verification can mark a new book private while adding it. A moderator reviews the submission first, then the book stays on your shelf only. Publish it to the catalogue whenever you are ready.
Fixed
Author names keep their proper capitalization
New author names now correct obvious lowercase words before they join the catalogue. Approval Desk also repairs older pending names and adopts trusted book-database casing without treating the author as a different person.
Saved details stay where you put them
New books, catalog forms, reviews, PR tasks, teams, Author books, and professional profiles keep completed fields as soon as you save. Add Book keeps your draft when a save cannot be confirmed, and retrying that draft will not create a second library entry.
Choice lists are easier to scan and use
Selected items stay at the top, popular choices are labelled, and exact matches come first. When a name resembles one already saved, you now see the suggestions plus a single Create anyway button that works. Duplicate labels appear once and discard choices stay on screen.
App controls stay clear in every theme
Search, edit, alerts, arrows, and other controls show their proper symbols again throughout ARC Library. Close, back, reset, confirm, and other modal buttons now follow your chosen theme, staying easy to see and tap on phones, tablets, desktop, and web.
Dialogs are easier to use without a mouse
Author profiles, Team Desk settings, share previews, and other dialogs now keep keyboard focus inside until you close them, then return you to the control you used. Entity choice fields support arrow keys and Enter with clearer screen-reader labels.
Plans, billing buttons, and community access
Plan and billing buttons on the web open Stripe again. Change plan takes you straight to your billing overview. Testing Team and Rainbow Unicorn can now be selected like any other plan.
Dates and deadlines stay consistent
Saved calendar dates stay on the day you chose across tasks, dashboards, filters, and reminders. Auto-filled book status dates now use your local day, including near midnight. Custom legend colors also reach PR tasks and deadline cards.
Support and sign-out protect your work
Technical diagnostics in issue reports are now optional and switched off at first. Sign-out detects unsynced changes, recommends syncing, and asks twice before discarding local work. Testing Team replies use a roomier multi-line box.
Safer account and profile cleanup
Account deletion can finish without database constraints blocking it, while shared catalogue records remain unlinked. Removing an Author or PA profile clears pending requests and role access while the Reader Library, reviews, and reading history remain safe.
Honest Timeline labels
Automatic catalogue updates now appear in your Timeline and book history as auto-filled details. Previously they could look like edits you made yourself.
New books, author searches, and picture imports stay reliable
Reader
New books stay in your Library with the details you saved, no refresh needed. Picture import reads BookFunnel emails, finds small off-center covers, and keeps evidence in one cover region so nearby text cannot become a different book. Uncertain imports await manual entry.
Author verification is easier to finish or resume
Author
Each claim step now announces its progress, fields have clear labels, and pending actions stay comfortable to use on phone, tablet, or desktop. Email and social methods keep their own values and errors, while paused requests restore automatically.
Campaign access follows each decision
Author and PA
Full forms stop safely, unlisted forms stay off the public catalogue, and only selected readers can open private materials. Application updates use kinder wording and preserve history when a campaign closes.
PA permissions protect the data itself
Author and PA
Authors decide whether a PA can reach books, profile, forms, teams, messages, applicants, or campaign materials. Revoked access is enforced at the data boundary, and Author Pro can cover one PA seat inside that author’s workspace.