Updates

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

Star ratings on books, comments everywhere

Version 1.0.100 · September 15, 2026

Release 1.0.99 and 1.0.100.

Star ratings are now given to a book, on the book page, not to each chapter. Chapter pages show the book's average at the top. Written reviews are gone: a rating is stars only, and words go in comments.
The series page shows the average across its books, weighted by how many ratings each book has, along with its follower count.
Chapter ratings given before this release were removed rather than carried over, because ratings are now on books.
You can comment on a series and on a book, not only on a chapter. Each comment shows where it was made, and replies and reporting work the same everywhere.
Links are no longer part of chapter text, descriptions or comments. A pasted link keeps its plain text; the links on an author profile are the place for your website and social accounts. Links already saved in chapters were turned into plain text.
Book descriptions are shown as the text you typed.

Version 1.0.98 · September 15, 2026

Release 1.0.98.

Rating a chapter now tells a screen reader what was chosen and the new average, and the star you picked reads as pressed. Before this the stars only changed colour.

Version 1.0.97 · September 15, 2026

Release 1.0.97.

The focus fix for sending forms now works in Chrome, which had not yet moved focus off the disabled button at the moment the fix ran.
The previous and next chapter links are named "Previous" or "Next" followed by the chapter's title, matching the words on screen, with the arrows left out of the spoken name.

Version 1.0.96 · September 15, 2026

Release 1.0.96.

The focus fix from 1.0.94 now applies to every form, including comments and reviews, which mark their button differently while sending.

Version 1.0.95 · September 15, 2026

Release 1.0.95.

The "See all" links on the home page now read as "See all Latest Releases" and so on in a screen reader, instead of running the words together.