Updates

What has changed on Writer's Grove, newest first.

Classics are credited to the writer who wrote them

Version 1.0.50 · September 11, 2026

Release 1.0.50.

  • A series can now name its author. Public domain classics read "By Jane Austen" instead of "By classics", on the series, book and chapter pages, on covers and cards, in search results and in the text used to share a link. The account that published the series is credited underneath as presenting it, and still links to its profile.
  • Every classic already in the library has been credited to its writer, and searching for an author's name now finds their books.
  • The series form has an optional Author Name field. Left blank, which is the normal case for your own work, nothing changes: your account name stays the byline.

Renaming a series keeps its old links working

Version 1.0.48 · September 11, 2026

Release 1.0.48.

  • Renaming a series now updates its web address to match the new title. Editing a classics title from the admin page left the old address in place, so a series could show one title and sit at another one's link.
  • Links built before a rename still work. The old address sends readers to the current one, and that covers the books and chapters underneath the series as well as the series page itself.

A clearer site name on placeholder covers

Version 1.0.47 · September 11, 2026

Release 1.0.47.

  • The site name printed at the foot of a book cover that has no artwork is easier to read. It was faint enough to fall below the contrast level the rest of the site meets.

The classics library can grow

Version 1.0.46 · September 10, 2026

Release 1.0.46.

  • Public domain novels are now added to the Classics section through an import tool rather than by hand. Each book is checked before it is published, and books that belong together (a story and its sequel) are grouped as one series with the books in reading order.
  • Imported chapters read as flowing paragraphs, and verse keeps its line breaks.

Sign-in links are no longer counted per network address

Version 1.0.44 · September 10, 2026

Release 1.0.44.

  • Sign-in link requests used to be capped at ten a day for everyone sharing one network address, which could lock out a whole household, office or mobile carrier. That cap is gone. The limits per email address stay: one link a minute, five a day, cleared as soon as you sign in.

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