Your Sona Publish Dashboard: A Complete Guide

The Publish Dashboard is your home base on Sona. Everything you need to manage your books, track your earnings, set up payouts, update your profile, and access publishing tools lives here.

This guide walks you through each section so you know where to go and what each page is for.

To access it, sign in to your Sọna account. Once you are signed in, you will land on your Publish Dashboard.

Dashboard Home

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/dashboard

The first thing you see when you sign-in is your Publish Dashboard which displays an overview of your publishing activity.

Here, you can see:

Recent Books: your latest titles with their current status badges, so you can quickly see what is live, under review, or still in draft
Total Earnings: your all-time earnings on Sọna
Pending Payout: the amount waiting to be paid out at your next scheduled payout
Quick Actions: shortcuts to upload a new book, view your books, and check your earnings
Identity Summary Cards: if you have more than one pen name (or imprint, for publisher accounts), the dashboard shows a swipeable set of cards, one per identity, each displaying that identity's earnings, sales count, live titles, and titles currently under review. Tap or click any card to open the full report for that pen name or imprint.

Books

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/books

This is your full book library. Every book you have uploaded to Sọna lives here.

Filters

Use the tabs at the top to filter your list:

All: every book in your account
Draft: uploads you started but have not submitted
Review: books currently being reviewed by the Sọna team
Live: books that are published and available to readers
Archived: books you have removed from your active list

If you have more than one pen name or imprint, an identity dropdown appears above the tabs. Select a pen name or imprint to see only the books published under that identity. The tab counts update to reflect the filtered set. Select All Pen Names or All Imprints to return to your full catalogue.

What You Can Do From Each Book

Click on any book to open its detail page. From there, you can:

See the full book status and any review feedback
Enable or change a promotional discount
Withdraw the book from sale
Start a revision for changes that require reapproval
Access eARC campaigns, if the book is Approved and Scheduled (has a future release date)
Manage gift copies
Manage pre-orders
Open the public book page readers see

See the full guide: How to Edit Your Book on Sọna.

Upload a New Book

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/upload

This starts the 8-step book upload flow. You will add your book details, categorisation, manuscript, cover, pricing, distribution settings, sample settings, and preview before submitting for review.

See the full guide: How to Upload Your Book on Sọna.

eARC Campaigns

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/books/[your-book]/earc

eARC stands for Electronic Advance Reader Copy. This feature lets you distribute pre-release copies of your book to reviewers, book bloggers, and early readers before your official release date.

See the full guide: How eARC Campaigns Work on Sọna.

Gift Copies

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/books/[your-book]/gift

Gift copies let you send complimentary copies of your live, paid book directly to readers by email.

From this page, you can:

Enter recipient email addresses
Send claim links to selected readers
Track which copies have been claimed

Gift copies are available only for live, paid books. They are not available for free books.

This is useful for sending copies to press, reviewers, giveaway winners, or early supporters.

See the full guide: How to Send Gift Copies on Sọna.

Pre-Orders

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/books/[your-book]/preorder

If you set a publication date more than 14 days in the future, you can enable pre-orders when uploading your book.

The pre-order management page shows:

How many pre-orders you have received
The total value of pre-orders in escrow
Individual pre-order transactions

Pre-order funds are released to your earnings balance on your publication date.

Earnings

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/earnings

This is your full revenue dashboard. It shows what you have earned from book sales and eligible transactions. If you have more than one pen name or imprint, a dropdown appears alongside the date filter so you can view earnings for a specific identity. All figures on the page update to match your selection.

See the full guide: Earnings and Payouts on Sọna.

Payout

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/payout

This is where you set up and manage your payout details, including your bank account and payout schedule.

See the full guide: Setting Up Your Payout on Sọna.

Pen Names

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/pen-names

Author accounts can create and manage multiple pen names from this section.

Each pen name has its own:

Profile photo
Bio
Genre focus
Social links
Public author URL

This is useful if you write across different genres or want to keep separate writing identities under one account.

See the full guide: How to Manage Pen Names on Sọna.

Imprints

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/imprints

Publisher accounts see imprints here instead of pen names.

Each imprint is a publishing label or sub-brand under your main account, with its own:

Logo
Bio
Genre focus
Public URL

You can manage all your imprints from this page and assign books to the correct imprint during upload.

See the full guide: How to Manage Imprints on Sọna.

Book Claims for Authors

Path: https://readsona.com/author/claims

If you create a pen name that matches a book already credited to that name on Sọna, a book claim is created and sent to the publisher for confirmation.

From this page, you can track the status of your claims:

Pending
Approved
Disputed

If needed, disputed claims can be escalated to the Sọna team.

See the full guide: How Book Claims Work on Sọna.

Book Claims for Publishers

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/book-claims

When an author on Sọna creates a pen name that matches the credited author of a book in your catalogue, you receive a book claim for review.

From this page, you can:

Review incoming book claims
Confirm a claim
Dispute a claim
Allow disputed claims to be escalated to the Sọna team

If you have more than one imprint, a filter dropdown lets you view claims matched to a specific imprint only.

See the full guide: How Book Claims Work on Sọna.

Profile

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/profile

This is where you edit your public-facing author or publisher profile.

Depending on your account type, readers may see:

Author or publisher name
Bio
Website URL
Social links
Genre preferences
Profile photo

Keep your profile up to date. Readers often check author and publisher profiles before deciding whether to buy.

Settings

Path: https://readsona.com/publish/settings

This section contains account-level settings, including:

Password change
KYC status: your identity verification status and any required next steps
Account deletion: for closing your account if needed

Navigation Tips

On mobile, open the Publish Dashboard from your profile menu
You can return to the main Sọna reader experience at any time without losing publisher access
Your reader and publishing access use the same Sọna account, so you do not need to log in twice

Need more help? Select Report a Problem from your Publish Dashboard.

Your Sọna Publish Dashboard: A Complete Guide