Collaboration

No more versions of your book flying around by email.

Highlight a passage, leave a note and let an editor into the same text. You decide what they can change in it.

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Józef Chełmoński, Indian Summer, 1875
Collaboration Chapter 7 · The Door She Didn't Close

That evening she walked to the old house on Cherry Lane, though she knew no one was waiting there anymore. The house was silent. So was she.

"the old house on Cherry Lane"
You April 14

Ch. 2 calls it "Linden Street". Unify the street name.

Marta R. Editor April 16

Unified. It reads Cherry Lane everywhere now.

Everyone sees exactly what they should

  1. Notes that stay in the text

    You come back after five days away and know at once what you meant to check. The note is still there, on that sentence.

  2. Roles instead of trust

    An editor edits, a commenter only comments, a viewer only reads. You attach the role to the link you share.

  3. Your credits stay yours

    You decide whether an invited editor can run analyses from your pool.

What each role can do

Beta reader, editor, co-author: each one needs a different scope. You attach the role to the link you share, so no one sees or touches more than they should.

Permission Full access Editor Works on the text alongside you: revises chapters, comments, runs analyses. Commenter Reads and leaves notes, but never changes a word of the text. Observer View-only: reads the book text, changes nothing.
Reads text ✓ ✓ ✓
Adds comments ✓ ✓ ✕
Edits chapter text ✓ ✕ ✕
Access to analyses * ✓ ✕ ✕
Full access Editor

Works on the text alongside you: revises chapters, comments, runs analyses.

  • Reads text
  • Adds comments
  • Edits chapter text
  • Access to analyses
Commenter

Reads and leaves notes, but never changes a word of the text.

  • Reads text
  • Adds comments
  • Edits chapter text
  • Access to analyses
Observer

View-only: reads the book text, changes nothing.

  • Reads text
  • Adds comments
  • Edits chapter text
  • Access to analyses

Analyses use credits. When you create a link for an editor, you decide whether they can spend them from your balance.

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Carl Spitzweg, The Poor Poet, 1839