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New Feature: Review spoilers
Great news for authors! 🖤 Pen Pinery now supports spoiler tags on reviews. Readers can mark their review as containing spoilers and anyone reading it will need to click to reveal the content. Better reader experience, better review transparency, and peace of mind for authors who want their story discovered the right way.
We've recently updated our Terms and Conditions - please take a moment to review the latest version here: https://penpinery.com/page/terms_and_conditions/
💖 Reminder: Pen Pinery goes full romance tomorrow!
Our Valentine’s Day 2026 update will go live later today. Get ready for a dreamy, heart-filled experience connecting ARC readers with your romance stories. Authors, set your “spicy level” now to make the most of the new spotlight.
Read more and prepare here: https://penpinery.com/PenPinery/blog/pen-pinery-to-go-full-romance-by-valentines-day-2026-aca369df/
Your next favorite romance is just a click away!
Pen Pinery to Go Full Romance by Valentine’s Day 2026
We’ve hinted at this before, and now it’s official: Pen Pinery is turning up the love this Valentine’s Day with a full focus on romance.
Our platform is getting a complete theme makeover, making it a dreamy, heart-filled space perfect for connecting passionate ARC readers with romance stories that make hearts race.
Non-romance books aren’t going anywhere but they’ll continue on the site just as before. But trends show romance is where we can make the biggest impact, bringing more readers, more buzz, and more love to every release.
Romance authors, this is your moment. You can prepare for the …
Pen Pinery Is Expanding With a Romance-First ARC Experience
Big things are coming to Pen Pinery.
Over the past year, we’ve worked closely with authors and ARC readers across genres. One thing has become clear through usage, feedback, and market research: romance authors need a better, more focused ARC platform.
That’s why Pen Pinery is beginning a Romance-first pivot, with a fully dedicated Romance ARC experience launching over the next 3 months.
What This Means for Romance Authors
Romance is the most ARC-driven genre in publishing, yet there is no platform built specifically for romance workflows, reader expectations, and release strategies. We’re changing that.
Our Romance …
Refining Our Outreach: An Update on Promotional Creative and Metadata
Hello Authors,
We have recently updated our Terms & Conditions (Section 2 & 4) to provide better clarity regarding our manual promotion process and marketing workflows.
As many of you know, our core mission is providing reliable hosting and management tools for your ARCs. Beyond that, we often provide discretionary promotion for titles on our platform because we want to see our authors succeed. We've updated our terms to clarify that our team has creative discretion over these promotional designs so we can continue experimenting with the best ways to get your books in front of new readers.
What has …
