Submitting a chapter for review

Submitting a chapter for review is how a finished draft is shared for approval in books that involve collaboration. This step applies to community books and some private group books, depending on how the workflow is configured.

Once you have finished writing and revising your chapter, you can submit it from within the chapter editor. Submitting a chapter signals that it is ready to be reviewed and considered for inclusion in the book.

In personal books, chapters do not go through a review process. When you create or save a chapter in a personal book, it becomes part of the book immediately. There is no approval step, and chapters remain fully editable at all times. Because personal books only affect your own work, you are free to revise earlier chapters even after later chapters have been written.

In community books, submitting a chapter sends it to the book owner for review. The chapter enters a review state and is locked while it is being evaluated. This ensures the version under review remains consistent and avoids confusion during the approval process.

In private group books, submitted chapters may either be reviewed or added automatically, depending on the permissions set by the book owner. If review is required, the chapter is locked until a decision is made.

If a chapter is approved in a community or private group book, it becomes part of the book and is locked from further editing until the book is finished for its first draft. This prevents changes that could create plot holes or invalidate work written by other contributors who relied on that chapter.

If a chapter is declined in a community book, the author does not lose access to their work. The declined chapter remains available to them, and depending on the book’s settings and the author’s subscription status, there may be an option to clone the book up to that point and continue the project independently.

You will be notified when a decision is made on your submission. At that point, you can either continue contributing to the book or decide how you want to proceed with your writing.

Submitting a chapter for review marks the transition from private drafting to shared collaboration and helps keep multi author projects structured and consistent.