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Overview

Morning, Rowan.

Release week is live. Four things need you today.

Needs you now
Your Trust Score
96% delivered on time
You can't edit this. It's worked out from timestamps — 47 of 49 rewards delivered, 11 days average. Members see it before they apply, which is exactly why it's worth having.
2 outstanding, both under 14 days. Nothing overdue.
Approvals

Proof your squad submitted.

Approving awards the Hype straight away. It lands in the ledger and can't be edited afterwards — only reversed, which the member sees.

Members

148 people who talk about your books.

Readers waiting to hear from you. Accepting adds them straight away and emails them; declining also emails them, because being left guessing is the thing readers complain about most.

Team & permissions

Who can do what.

Give your assistant exactly what they need and nothing else. Every switch here is enforced by the database, not just hidden in the interface.

Only you can change these. Not admins, not assistants — the rule lives in the database, so even a bug in the site can't hand out permissions. And never share your password: add people here instead.
Sign-in alerts. We record the place and device for every sign-in to your account and email you about unfamiliar ones. You can end any session from your security settings.
Calendar

Build next month before it arrives.

Drafts are invisible to members until you publish. Attach a folder to a day and the assets appear right there when they open it.

Add a day to April

Rewards

What Hype buys, and who's waiting.

Outstanding redemptions
Point values

What each action is worth. Release week runs a 2× multiplier on top.

There is no box here for reviews. Not hidden — it doesn't exist. Amazon prohibits incentivized reviews and authors have lost titles over it. Any task you write mentioning reviews or ratings is held before it can go live.
Announcements

Say something to everyone.

Sits at the top of Home until you archive it.
Live now
Billing

Your plan.

Current plan
$200 / year
1 squad included · renews 14 March 2027
Card on file: Visa ····4242. We email you 30 days before each renewal with the amount and the date.
Extra squads

Running a second pen name?

Each additional squad is $80 / year, billed on the same cycle so you get one invoice and one renewal date. Added mid-term it's prorated to what's left.

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Pick a number to see what it costs today.
Cancelling switches off auto-renewal — one click, right here, no phone call. You keep everything until the period you've paid for ends. The current period isn't refunded, and you can switch renewal back on any time before it runs out.
Squad settings

Thorn & Ash Squad

Squad rules

Version 3 · live since 1 March

142 of 148 members have accepted this version. Editing creates version 4 and asks everyone to accept it again.

Three sections can't be edited away: no points for reviews, disclosure required on shared posts, and safe-for-work only. They're what keep your books out of trouble.
Danger zone

Delete this squad

148 members hold 41,200 Hype between them. Deleting takes three steps and a 30-day wait, everyone is told the moment you start, and you can stop it at any point until the hold runs out.

Platform · staff only

Who's waiting to be verified.

Check the link before approving. For an author, does the retailer page show the pen name? For an event, does the ticket link actually sell tickets to the event on the website?

Platform · staff only

Invite codes.

Creating a squad needs one. Joining never does.

Issue a code

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