Draft or published: publishing and unpublishing chapters

Publish from the editor or with one tap in the chapter list; sold chapters follow special rules.

A chapter is either a Draft (only you can see it) or Published (readers can see it).

Publishing from the editor

In the chapter editor, tap Options and choose Publish.
If the book is going live for the first time, Publishing Settings opens: license, chat room preference, book status (Ongoing / Completed) and content warnings.
Tap Publish. The chapter is now open to readers.

If it isn't ready yet, choose Save as Draft; the chapter stays with you.

Publishing from the chapter list

On the book management screen, each chapter in the list has a status badge. The badge is also a button: Publish for drafts, Unpublish for published chapters. You can change the status without opening the chapter. A spinner shows on the row while it works; wait for it rather than tapping again.

Unpublishing

An unpublished chapter isn't deleted; it's kept as a draft and you can publish it again any time. To take the whole book offline, use Unpublish in the book management menu.

Sold chapters

If a paid chapter has been bought at least once, a reader has paid for it. So:

It can't be unpublished or deleted.
Its price can't change, and its length can only move up to 20% above or below what it was at the first sale.