Sọna reviews each submission using the checks appropriate to its format and risk. Some objective and content checks are automated; issues that require judgement, including fixed-layout page review and material book-type changes, go to a person.
What Is Checked
- The title, author credit, description, genres and age rating match the work.
- The cover is clear, complete, rights-safe and suitable for public browsing.
- The file opens and the complete work is present.
- The manuscript meets the selected book type's length rules where those rules apply.
- The work complies with Sọna's originality, rights, safety and content policies.
Cover Requirements
A reflowable EPUB/DOCX cover must be at least 800 × 1200 pixels and use the 2:3 shelf shape. A fixed-layout cover may use another proportion, but its shortest side must be at least 1200 pixels. Covers can be JPG, PNG or WebP up to 2 MB.
PDF Page Review
Picture books, comics, graphic novels, magazines and periodicals are reviewed as fixed-layout PDFs. Automated checks can read only text actually present in the PDF, so a person visually reviews every prepared page version before approval or eARC release.
If A Submission Is Returned
The decision explains what needs attention. Presentation problems such as the wrong cover, missing details, file or formatting can be corrected and resubmitted immediately.
A content issue normally carries a seven-day waiting period. There is one narrow length/type correction: if the only content issue was that the recorded word count did not fit the selected book type, changing the type can allow immediate resubmission when that same word count fits the new type. A change that alters what kind of work the manuscript claims to be requires human verification and cannot approve itself.
What Gets Checked Again
Every submission reruns the current workflow and objective rules. Byte-identical manuscript sections can reuse their saved analysis under the same review instructions and metadata, so unchanged text is not needlessly analysed again. Changed text and any changed review inputs are checked normally.
Before You Submit
- Preview the reading file.
- Confirm the cover and metadata match the work.
- Choose the truthful book type and age rating.
- For DOCX, use Heading 1 for chapter titles.
- For PDF, inspect every page and make sure the upload has finished preparing.
Review status and any required corrections appear in Sọna Publish, and the account receives the decision by email.
