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ARC team management for indie authors

ARC reviewers who actually
leave a review.

Stop chasing ghost reviewers. ArcRoster tracks every campaign — who downloaded, who reviewed, who disappeared — and builds you a roster of readers who show up, launch after launch.

CAMPAIGN DASHBOARDSending
THE EMBER PACT
Launch · June 28
Review deadline June 21, 2026
248
REVIEWERS
211
DOWNLOADED
176
REVIEWS
MQMarisa Quillmarisa.quill@example.com92 · Trusted
DADev Aristoudev.aristou@example.com64 · Reliable
LPLena Parklena.park@example.com38 · At risk
The ARC management platform for indie romance, fantasy, and thriller authors — wide or in Kindle Unlimited, running teams of 20–500 readers
The old way

You send 100 ARCs. You get 2 reviews. Sound familiar?

Google Forms, spreadsheets, and email threads tell you nothing about who's worth sending to. The same collectors grab a free copy every launch and vanish — and you start from zero with the next book.

TODAY
  • Google Forms & scattered spreadsheets
  • No idea who reviews and who ghosts
  • ARC collectors grabbing free copies
  • Starting from zero each launch
WITH ArcRoster
  • Every reviewer's track record, visible
  • Ghost reviewers filtered out automatically
  • One reviewer CRM, every launch
  • A roster that compounds over time
How it works

From manuscript to launch-day reviews in four steps.

01

Create your campaign

Add the book, release date, and review deadline. Upload your EPUB manuscript once.

02

Bring in your readers

Import by CSV, copy-paste, or manual entry — or share a public sign-up page and approve applicants into one persistent CRM.

03

Send the copies

Each reviewer gets their own fingerprinted EPUB and a secure, expiring download link.

04

Watch the reviews land

See who downloaded, who reviewed, and who ghosted — and let every reviewer's score update itself.

What you get

Everything your ARC team needs, in one quiet place.

MQMarisa Quill14 campaigns · 12 reviews on launch92TRUSTED
APAlexander Price4 campaigns · 1 review60Reliable
ERElla Richardson2 campaigns · 0 reviews0Inactive
Reliability scoring

Know who to trust before you hit send.

Every reviewer earns a living score from the things that actually matter — downloading promptly and reviewing on time. Grabbing a copy and going quiet pulls it down.

Over launches, your roster sorts itself into the readers worth keeping — and the collectors to quietly retire. Next book, you invite the ones who show up.

Accountability, with teeth

And if a copy ever leaks? You'll know exactly who.

Every ARC you send is invisibly fingerprinted to its recipient. If a copy turns up where it shouldn't, drop it in — ArcRoster names the reviewer it was issued to, with the download timestamp and a confidence score you can stand behind. Most authors never need this page. It's nice knowing it's there.

  • Extract the fingerprint from the leaked file
  • Identify the original recipient and download time
  • Generate a DMCA notice or block them from future campaigns
LEAK INVESTIGATION
EPUBthe-ember-pact_leaked-copy.epubuploaded
TRACED TO ONE REVIEWER
LPLena Parklena.park@example.com · Downloaded May 12, 2026, 9:42 PM
Attribution confidenceHigh
Generate DMCA notice
Block
Questions

Good to know.

How does ArcRoster know who actually reviewed?
Every campaign tracks each reviewer from invitation to download to review deadline. You see, at a glance, who reviewed on time, who downloaded and went quiet, and who never even opened their copy — and their reliability score updates automatically.
Can ArcRoster help me find ARC readers?
Yes. Turn on a public sign-up page for any pen name, share the link on social media or in your newsletter, and readers apply with their name, email, and Goodreads profile. You approve the ones you want straight into your roster in a click. It's your own recruitment funnel — a reader base you build and own, not a shared pool you pay to borrow.
How is this different from Booksprout or StoryOrigin?
Those are shared reviewer pools you distribute into. ArcRoster helps you recruit and keep your own readers, then is built around what happens after you hit send: reliability scores that follow each reviewer across launches, a permanent roster that gets more trustworthy over time, and fingerprinted copies so your ARC terms are actually enforceable. It's less “borrow an audience” and more “build an ARC team that shows up.”
Do my reviewers carry over between books?
Yes. Your reviewer CRM is permanent. Reliability scores, tags, and history follow each reviewer across every launch, so your roster only gets more trustworthy over time.
What counts against a reviewer's score?
Only things that are actually their fault. Downloading a copy and never reviewing pulls the score down; someone who never downloaded isn't penalized the same way. Reviewing on time, launch after launch, pushes it up. Over a few campaigns, your roster sorts itself.
What's this about fingerprinted copies?
Every EPUB you send is invisibly fingerprinted to the reviewer it was issued to. Readers see the exact book you wrote — nothing visible, no DRM, reads normally on any device. It only matters if a copy turns up somewhere it shouldn't: upload the file and ArcRoster names the recipient. It's the teeth behind your ARC terms, not the point of the product.
What happens if a copy does leak?
Upload the file. ArcRoster extracts the fingerprint, names the reviewer it was issued to, shows the download timestamp and a confidence score — then helps you generate a DMCA notice or block them from future campaigns. And their score reflects it, so they never get another ARC from you by accident.
Is this DRM? Will it affect how my readers read the book?
No — it's not DRM. Nothing stops your reviewers from reading normally on any device or app. The fingerprint is passive; it only matters if a copy turns up somewhere it shouldn't.
What format do you support?
EPUB today — the format almost every ARC team already sends. If you need MOBI or PDF, tell us during the beta; it helps us prioritize what to build next.
Do I need any technical skills?
If you can send an email, you can run a campaign. Import reviewers, upload your EPUB, and ArcRoster handles the delivery, tracking, and scoring for you.
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