An eARC is review-copy access, not a purchase. Sọna supports standalone campaigns and campaigns linked to store books, with controlled invitations, public Discovery and reviewer tracking.
Supported Files
A reflowable eARC uses EPUB or DOCX. A picture book, comic, graphic novel, magazine or periodical uses a fixed-layout PDF of up to 50 MB. The same cover rules used by store publishing apply to eARC uploads.
Launch With The File Or Cover First
You can upload the file before launch, or announce the campaign with its cover and add the file later. Reviewers may request the title while it is waiting, but nobody receives the copy until the file completes its checks.
Fixed-Layout Visual Review
Every uploaded fixed-layout version requires human visual page review before copies are released. This applies even when the automated text check finds no issue, because illustrated or image-only pages may not contain machine-readable text.
Where Reviewers Read
Choose Sọna App And Browser to allow the protected web reader as well as iOS and Android, or Sọna App Only. Sọna does not provide a raw browser download. Send to Kindle is a separate optional feature for eligible EPUB campaigns.
Invites, Requests And Credits
Invite Reviewers grants access and uses one credit for each new recipient. Notify Reviewers announces the campaign without granting a copy or spending a credit. Discovery requests can be reviewed individually or handled through the campaign's access settings.
Discovery is free for the first 90-day window per book. Renewing public visibility costs 10 credits. Requesting a copy never guarantees approval, and receiving a copy never requires a positive review.
Store Listing Versus Standalone eARC
The retail ₦3,000 minimum and no-free-full-title rules apply to fixed-layout store books. They do not convert a standalone distribution-only eARC into a sale. Creating a retail book from an eARC still requires the separate store approval flow.
