Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this update:
• Minor content updates
• Performance optimization

Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this update:
• Dive into the new author view! Now you can explore the unique traits of your signed authors, provide expert mentoring based on your leadership skills, and ignite their creativity by offering sequels to already successful books. You even set the word counts for sequels, which will not only influence the writing duration but also affect sales potential!
• Tap into your publishing power! Access real-time book sales data within your company, and get a snapshot of weekly sales.
• Notice red? That means sold-out inventory! This new color coding lets you swiftly identify which books are flying off the shelves and need a quick reprint.
• Watch your authors thrive! Our signed talents will naturally gain followers and enhance their skills over time. Keep an eye on their happiness though—low spirits could lead to a decline in their skills.
• Bug fix: Fixed an issue where eBooks were not selling when physical inventory was out.
• Bug fix: Corrected an error related to the assignment of virality with signed authors.
• Bug fix: Crashes when trying to access author view
• Bug fix: Crashes when accessing publisher rankings

Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this update:
• You can now see how your publishing company is doing compared to the big five and small publishers.
• Books you publish through your company now sell for longer
• Renown now includes the acceptance rate of submissions and average reviews from the authors you publish
• Authors per staff is now 4 instead of 3
• When editing and promoting books through your publishing company, you now see the correct score of each team
• The submission lists now shows the review range after your team finishes reviewing it
• You can now optimize your game to speed things up on the setting tab if you experience slow load times

Hey Authors! Some small tweaks and bug fixes:
• Bug fix for pitching big five publishers. You must have an agent that has big five connections to submit your manuscript.
• Bug fix: responses to reading poetry to a partner have been updated
• Replies from publishers that are not interested are now denoted by "Declined" rather than "Reply"
• Minor content updates.

Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this exciting update!
•  Start your own publishing company! Engage in the full spectrum of publishing activities from reviewing submissions and signing talented authors to managing a dynamic team and negotiating impactful deals. Aim to become the most prestigious name in the literary world.
• Five new traits that help you scale your business.
• Scout and sign talent! Take charge of the publishing process, from signing to managing authors, ensuring a smooth journey to publication.
• Build out your publishing equipment to reduce printing costs and keep inventory high! Ink prices fluctuate so you'll need to determine the best times to print.
• Assemble a dedicated team across various departments, each contributing unique bonuses to your company's success. Careful hiring and department expansion are key to your growth strategy.
• As your company grows, so should your office space and team morale. However, maintaining a careful balance with expenses is crucial for sustainable expansion.
• Bug fix with restarting the game with a publishing company open.
• Bug fix - Signing more authors requires more editorial staff rather than office capacity.

Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this small update:
• Bug fix: Talent trait screen has been restored. Thanks for the heads up!
• You can now fire your agent but you will have to pay a penalty for terminating an early contract
• Bug fix for promoting books. Some devices couldn't access the slider while the keyboard was up. You can now scroll on the screen and close the keyboard easily.

Hey Authors! Here's what's new:
• You can now promote your books on Chirp by using a hashtag and the book title. This will give your book a sales boost.
• Book sales mechanics have been adjusted to improve sales early on and weekly limits have been added that reflect bestselling book sales.
• There was an issue with the game jumping weeks/months ahead. This is now fixed.
• Continued adjustments to book reviews.
• Performance improvements

Hey Authors! Here's what's new:
• Bug fixes for genre not showing up on publishing offers
• Bug fix for sending books to publishers without completing the book cover
• Adjustments to book reviews.
• Performance improvements

Hey Authors! Here's what's new:
• Bug fixes for advances not showing up and genres not updating on agent offers
• Bug fixes for crashes on end week.
• Performance improvements

Hey Authors! Here's what's new:
• The National Literary Awards are here! Become a finalist and if your book is good enough, win the prestigious award in fiction or nonfiction! Finalists are announced week 4! You can view your awards including Short Story awards if you place in the top 100.
• If you have an agent, they will now get you new book deals from publishers that you have done deals with previously.
• The chance of you submitting manuscripts to publishers are now weighted more towards your agent's rating. You can still submit without an agent but the difficult has increased.
• Publishing offers now show which type they are in your inbox.
• Agents earnings are now showing
• Award medallions are now showing up on great reads.
• Bug fix: Publishing offers are finally fixed. More agent features are coming soon including different types of publishing deals, buyouts and movie options.
• Bug fix: Editing button was being pushed down off screen.
• Bug fixes related to large numbers causing crashes.

Hey Authors! Here's what's new:
• The National Literary Awards are here! Become a finalist and if your book is good enough, win the prestigious award in fiction or nonfiction! Finalists are announced week 4!
• Bug fix: Publishing offers are finally fixed. More agent features are coming soon including different types of publishing deals, buyouts and movie options.
• Bug fix: Editing button was being pushed down off screen.

Hey Authors! Here's what's new:
• Book publishing deals now give a much larger boost in the first 8 weeks of release.
• Genre trends impacting sales has become more pronounced.
• Bug fix: Publishing offers not showing up is now fixed.
• Bug fix: Artwork for the book cover was going out of listed bounds
• Bug fix: Editing book title/summary can now close out the keyboard.

Hey Authors! Here's what's new:
• Two new publishing options are now available. You can pitch your manuscripts to publishing houses before self-publishing, without needing an agent. This allows you to retain more royalties and maintain control. However, once a publisher acquires the rights to your books, you cannot continue the series unless they see potential for profit. After your book earns out its advance, you might be offered a deal to write a new book for the series.
• If you are offered to continue the series, contracts come with deadlines and word count requirements. Failure to meet these will result in owing back your advance, along with a penalty.
• Reviews have been adjusted to better reflect the quality of a book.
• A book series view has been added to the financial tab.
• You can now tap cells under Kindel reports to see individual book metrics.
• Fixes issue with crashes during editing.
• Fixes issue with publishing offers notifying users but no offer appears
• Fixes issue with pitching publishers after self-publishing.
• Fixes issue with the wrong books showing up on the publishing offer screens.

Thanks for your feedback and patience! Lots of content planned but this update continues to fix some issues including:
• Amaze best seller rankings now show up on the book page
• Bug fix for duplicate bookshelf books. This will still occur once you've read them all.
• Best seller peak position tracking was working incorrectly, this is now fixed.
• Ghostwriting will sometimes offer you a choice of projects
• All courses now show up periodically
• Great reads book detail button is now working
• Great reads book series now shows under the title
• Bug fix for some scrolling issues
• Minor content updates
• Performance optimizations

Thanks for your feedback and patience! This update includes:
• Middle posts now take into account frequency of posts and will have an impact on your reader's engagement if you are posting multiple times a week, every week.
• Reader's and the Bestseller List chirps now show up in your feed.
• Bug fix for youview thumbnails
• Bug fix for Bestselling Book leaderboard
• Performance optimizations

Thanks for your feedback and patience! This update includes:
• Bug fix with short story placements not correctly calculating percentile
• Bug fix for book series being incorrectly assigned
• Bug fix when proposing in a relationship
• Bug fix for new releases for users on iOS 15
• Bug fix for sales numbers causing crashes due to double count on end week.

Thanks for your feedback and patience! This update includes:
• Bug fix for crashing Kindel page and crashes related to paperbacks.
• Tweaks to mechanics for Middle posts/book runs. Upper limits have been adjusted to reduce runaway sales.
• Vault has been added which allows you to transfer a portion of your wealth to your new life.
• Bug fix for max energy not being applied on restarts

The Business Update is here!

- You can now start your own business! Choose between a factory, software company, restaurant chain, farm, or real estate company
- Start your business as a tiny startup and grow it into an international corporation with thousands of employees!
- New achievement: Business Magnet
- 2 new traits: Charismatic and Persuasive
- 2 new scenarios: Small Restaurant Owner and Small Software Studio
- Additional achievement badges