Signed copies, one library and release day
Signed copies with dedications, special-edition campaigns, pre-orders that open on release day, one library across stores with a reader and a player, team seats and a step-by-step way to add a book.
More of Lanternbee arrived on November 6, 2026. Everything below is built for the first authors from the waitlist. Buying postage labels inside Lanternbee is built but not switched on yet, and sending orders to a print partner is still being built.
Signed copies and your own stock
- Readers can add a dedication to a signed copy before it goes in the cart.
- A signing queue lists every copy to sign, book by book, with the dedication in large type. Mark each one signed.
- Print packing slips for the parcels you are posting, with the books, the dedications and the address.
- Mark a parcel shipped with its carrier and tracking number, and the reader gets an email.
- The To ship page lists every copy from your own stock still to post, signed or not, by book or by order.
- Buy a postage label for a parcel from the queue, once label buying is switched on.
- Each order takes its copies off your stock, and you get an email when stock runs low.
Special-edition campaigns
- Run a campaign with a goal, stretch goals and tiers, each with its own price, books and number of places.
- Choose per tier whether readers pay when they back it or when the campaign closes.
- If a saved card fails, the reader gets a link to update it, and Lanternbee tries again.
- If the campaign ends below its goal, you decide whether to charge the saved cards or cancel. Canceling refunds anyone who already paid.
- Download the backers, with their tiers and addresses, as a CSV file.
Pre-orders and series
- Books release at midnight on their release date in your store’s time zone.
- On release day, pre-orders open in every buyer’s library and each buyer gets an email that the book is out.
- You get a summary the day before, with the number of pre-orders waiting.
- Readers can follow a series from your store or their library, and hear when the next book comes out.
The reader library
- At my.lanternbee.com, one library holds every book a reader bought from any Lanternbee store. The library on your own address shows only your books.
- Read EPUB ebooks in the browser, with a contents list and a choice of text size.
- A new audiobook player with a chapter list, skip buttons and playback speed.
- The reader and the player remember where the reader stopped, on any device.
Your account
- Pay yearly at a lower monthly price, or switch between monthly and yearly from your billing page.
- Refer another author with your own link. When they start paying, you get a month free.
- On the Studio plan, run several stores under one login and invite your team. Each person logs in with their own email. The Studio plan is not on sale yet.
Adding a book and saving
- Adding a book is now three steps on one page: details, formats and prices, then review and publish. The button to go on is always at the bottom, and the book is saved as a draft after the first step.
- A checklist shows what a book still needs before you can publish, and each item takes you straight to the place to fix it.
- When you edit a book, a bar at the bottom of the screen shows its status, whether your changes are saved, and Publish once it is ready.
- Every Save button now says Saving… and then Saved ✓, and we ask before you leave a page with unsaved changes.
- After you create a store, Home shows a “Get your store ready” list: connect Stripe, add and publish your first book, choose a theme, check your legal pages and view your store.
Disputes and takedowns
- When a reader disputes a payment, the order page shows the dispute, its reason and the date evidence is due.
- Lanternbee support can send dispute evidence through your Stripe account, and take down a book that breaks our terms. Both show in your store history.
On this website
- This changelog, with an RSS feed.