Where to find feedback and notes on chapters

Feedback and notes on chapters are always attached directly to the chapter they apply to. This ensures that comments stay in context and are easy to reference while revising.

In community books and private group books, feedback is created when a chapter is returned with edits or declined. When this happens, the chapter’s status changes and the feedback becomes visible to the chapter author.

If you are the chapter author, returned or declined chapters appear on your dashboard task list. You will also see a navigation alert indicating that there is feedback waiting for you. Opening the chapter from your task list takes you directly to the version that contains notes and suggested edits.

Within the chapter view, feedback is displayed alongside the chapter content. Notes may include written comments, explanations of requested changes, or edits made directly to the text. These notes are specific to that submission and remain attached to the chapter until a new submission is made.

If a chapter has been returned with edits, the author can review the feedback, accept the changes as written, modify them further, or reject them. All feedback remains visible while this review is taking place so both parties are working from the same information.

If a chapter is declined, the feedback remains available for reference even though the chapter has exited the active review loop. This allows the author to decide whether to revise and resubmit, clone the book if allowed, or take the work in a different direction.

Book owners and editors can view their own feedback history by reopening the submitted or returned chapter. This makes it easy to track what guidance has already been provided and avoid repeating the same notes during later reviews.

In personal books, feedback and notes are not part of a shared review workflow. Because the author controls all edits, notes are typically limited to personal reference or reports generated by the platform when a chapter is submitted.

Feedback and notes are designed to support clear communication during collaboration. If you are ever unsure why a chapter was returned or declined, opening the chapter itself is always the best place to find that information.