What counts as a reader on your plan
For authorsUpdated 2 min read
A plan counts readers per campaign: an approval, a certified copy the reader took, a giveaway winner. A delivery link is the Deliver service, with its own limit per link, and its claims never use a campaign's readers. A sample for followers counts toward nothing. The count is per campaign, not per month, and closing a campaign does not give the places back.
The short answer
One number, per campaign
Every plan gives you a number of readers per campaign: 25 on the free Author plan, 100 on Creator, no cap on Pro. It is per campaign, not per month and not per account: a second campaign starts at zero.
| How the copy reached them | Counts on the campaign |
|---|---|
| You approved their application | one reader |
| You sent it to their address from the campaign, and they took it | one reader |
| They won it in your giveaway | one reader |
| They claimed it from your delivery link or its QR code | nothing: a link has its own limit |
| They read your sample or free story as a follower | nothing |
A delivery link is the Deliver service, not a campaign: it hands a copy to readers you already have, and your plan sets how many copies one link can hold (Delivery links). Revoking a link stops new claims; the copies already claimed stay with their readers.
The sample is outside the count because it is not a copy of a book you are launching: it is the opening, or a story you give away, and it is not part of a campaign at all (Follow to read).
What does not give a place back
- A reader who never opens the copy. The place was taken when the copy became theirs.
- A reader who does not review. That belongs to their record, not to your count.
- Closing the campaign. The readers it reached stay counted for it; the next campaign has its own number.
What never took a place: a copy you sent that nobody took. It takes a place only when the reader takes it; one left unclaimed expires after thirty days, and you can withdraw it before then. An application you declined, or one the reader cancelled, never counted either.
Where you see it
While you set up a campaign, as 12 of 25 readers; on the campaign itself, as how many of its spots are filled. The setup of a delivery link shows how many copies one link can hold on your plan. When a campaign is full, the refusal names the campaign rather than the account, because it is the campaign that is full and your next one starts fresh.
During the beta these limits are not enforced: every author tool is unlocked. They apply once payments are switched on (Plans and the beta).
Why the number is per campaign
Because a launch is the thing a plan is for. A limit per month would punish an author who launches twice in March and reward one who launches in March and October, for nothing either of them did for their readers. Per campaign, the number means what it says: how many people can hold this book before it is out.
Where this lives
Related
- Plans, and what the beta unlocks: Readers never pay; there is no reader plan and never will be. Writing here is free forever: books, series, the Journal and followers are never limited on any plan. What the plans are for is the launch: advance-copy campaigns, the readers who come with them, and the people who help. Author (free) has one pen name and one small campaign at a time (up to 25 readers, no delivery links); Creator ($9 a month or $90 a year) runs 3 campaigns at a time with up to 100 readers each; Pro ($19 or $190) is unlimited with 5 pen names and 2 collaborators; Publisher ($59 or $590) is the imprint, billed yearly by invoice with 5 seats. A $12 campaign pass runs one campaign (up to 100 readers) without a plan, valid for 60 days from the day you buy it. The 14-day trial needs a card and starts with your first campaign or delivery link, not at signup. During the closed beta nothing is charged and every author feature is unlocked.
- Running an ARC campaign: Studio, Campaigns, New campaign walks through the book, dates and reader spots, ideal readers (genres, tropes, languages, regions, requirements), delivery (formats, files, your message) and how to launch (draft, scheduled, or now). Applications gather under Applications with each reader's match and reliability; approve or decline one by one or in batches, and every decision notifies the reader.
- Delivery links, codes and certified sends: a protected copy to your own readers: A delivery link (or its QR code) hands a protected copy of your book to readers you already have, outside any campaign and with no review owed, on the Creator plan and above. From Studio, Advance copies, Deliver to your readers: choose the book, how readers get it (read on Booklabria, a protected download, Send to Kindle, or a choice of them), how many copies, how long the link accepts claims, an optional password, who can claim, and a note. Revoking stops new claims only; claimed copies stay readable and count toward the readers your plan allows. A campaign can also send certified copies to addresses you know; a send counts as a reader once it is claimed.
- Giveaway campaigns: A giveaway is a campaign type with no review obligation: the author offers protected copies to readers who enter, either first come or drawn, and each winner receives the book the way the campaign delivers it. A win counts as one reader toward the author's plan, a winner owes nothing, there are no reminders, and an entry that is not drawn costs the reader nothing.
- The campaign pass, and how the trial works: The campaign pass is one advance-copy campaign with up to 100 readers for $12, once, valid for 60 days from the day you buy it, no subscription, for the author with one book to launch. It does not carry Creator's tools. The Creator and Pro trials are 14 days with a card on file, and they start the day you open your first campaign or delivery link, not when you sign up: a $0 hold, nothing charged until day 14, a reminder on day 11, cancel in one click. One card starts one trial, ever.
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