Invite an editor, co-author or reader

You can bring other people into a book—an editor to go over the draft, a co-author to write alongside you, or beta readers to read and leave notes. This page shows how to invite them, and how to change or end their access later.

Invite someone

Open the book and click Share at the top right of the editor.
Under Invite by email, type the person's email address.
Under As, choose their role: Co-author, Editor or Reader. The line underneath explains what that role can do. (There's more on the roles in What each role can do.)
Click Invite.

Screenshot: the Share this book window, with one collaborator listed and the Invite by email row at the bottom.

If they already use Author Tools

They're on the book straight away, and the window says so. The book appears in their Library the next time they look.

If they've never used Author Tools

Write sends them an email with a link to sign in. They don't need a Writing Wives membership or a subscription—the invitation sets up their Author Tools account for them. Until they arrive, they're listed in the window as invited, with a dashed circle beside their name. The moment they sign in with that address, the book is theirs to open.

Change someone's role

Remove someone

Click Remove beside their name. They lose access to the book straight away. Nothing they wrote or suggested is lost—their comments and changes stay in the book, under their name.

To cancel an invitation that hasn't been accepted yet, click Withdraw beside it.

Who can invite whom

You, as the book's owner, can invite co-authors, editors and readers, change anyone's role, and remove anyone.
A co-author can invite editors and readers, and remove those.
Editors and readers can see who's on the book, but can't invite anyone.

Nobody can be made the owner of your book; it stays yours.