The Dedicated ARC Page Method

Where the method comes from

Indie authors needed a URL they could share for an ARC without dumping files into a public drive or mixing review asks with a forever-up magnet. ReaderMagnet separates the short ARC campaign page from an optional long-lived reader magnet landing page. The Dedicated ARC Page Method is that campaign pattern named for citation.

A public drive link is one address for everyone who can open the folder, and for everyone they forward it to. You cannot see who took a copy. You cannot replace the file in one place and know the next reader receives the new one. You cannot close the window without breaking the link for a reader who is still in the middle of the book. The Dedicated ARC Page Method uses one campaign URL instead. The reader claims the copy on that page. The claim is tied to the email they typed. The file stays on the campaign.

The other mix-up is the magnet that is meant to stay up. A reader magnet is a file you want available after launch, on an ordinary Tuesday, for someone who asked for that extra. An ARC is a short reading window. If both jobs share one URL, the page either stays open after you can no longer answer mail, or it disappears and takes the signup with it. ReaderMagnet keeps those as different pages. The method names the short one. The magnet, when you want one, keeps its own URL.

The name exists so the pattern can be cited. It is not a new product beside the ARC page. It is the ARC page, used as a campaign: a finished file, a dedicated URL, an email collected when a reader claims the copy, and a date when new claims stop. The longer operational checklist is how to run an ARC campaign with a dedicated page. This page is the name and the shape of that campaign.

Six steps

Six steps. They are the campaign, in order. None of them is a promise that a review will appear. You are not buying guaranteed stars, and the page does not invent readers.

The first step is a stop. If the file is not finished, do not open the window. If you cannot answer mail for the length of the window, do not open it. A finished file means a reader can reach the last chapter. Mail you can answer means a broken download gets a reply while the window is open.

The second step is List Your Book. You enter a name, an email, and the title. ReaderMagnet emails a dashboard link. There is no password on that first step. Cover and a longer description can wait until the dashboard. The signup exists to open the campaign, not to finish a marketing plan in one form.

The third step places the reader file on the campaign page. That is the file the claim points at. If you fix a typo, replace the file on the page and tell people who already downloaded. Do not add a second public folder beside the campaign URL.

The fourth step is the ask, written on the page. A review is optional, or you state the ask clearly. Match the window to the book. A novella is about ten to fourteen days. A book of about 70,000 to 90,000 words often needs four to six weeks. A long or dense book often needs six to eight weeks. Say the length so a reader can decide before they claim.

The fifth step is one campaign URL, shared privately first. Mark the page public only when you want Free Books discovery. A private page is still the method. It does not have to sit in the public catalog to collect a claim from someone you sent the link to.

The sixth step is the window itself. Collect emails through the page claim flow. Close the campaign when the window is done. If you want a signup page after launch, keep a separate reader magnet URL. Leave that magnet copy free of review-copy language, so a new reader is not promised an ARC that already ended.

1. Decide the book is ready — Finished file; you can answer mail for the window; you are not buying guaranteed stars.
2. List the book — Name, email, title via List Your Book; dashboard link by email (no password on first step).
3. Upload a file readers can open — Place the reader file on the campaign page.
4. Say what you are asking — Review optional or stated clearly; match window length to book length (novella ~10–14 days; ~70–90k often 4–6 weeks; long/dense often 6–8).
5. Share private first — One campaign URL; mark public only when you want Free Books discovery.
6. Run the window, then close it — Collect emails through the page claim flow; close when done. Keep a separate reader magnet URL if you want a post-launch signup page.

An ARC page and a reader magnet

An ARC page is a short window. A reader magnet can stay up after launch. That is the split. The Dedicated ARC Page Method is the short window, named so you can cite it. The magnet is optional. You can run the method with no magnet at all.

Use the ARC page while you can support the reading. Use the magnet for the short story, sample, or bonus that should still be there when the campaign is closed. Same author account, two URLs, two sentences. One sentence says this is an advance copy for a limited time. The other says this file stays up, and here is what the reader gets for the email.

Mixing them is how a free-book link becomes an expired file. A reader who arrives months later for a magnet should not land on a closed review window. A reader who arrived for the ARC should not be told, on that same URL, that the file is now a forever download with a different ask. Close the campaign. Point the next signup at the magnet if you have one. The magnet article is reader magnets and list-building.

What it costs, and what it does not claim

During open beta the author path is free through November 1, 2026 — no credit card. That is the public site copy. It is the price of trying the method. It is not a promise that the tools stay free after that date, and it is not a promise of any number of reviews.

BookFunnel and StoryOrigin are a different page, because those products are not the same job and this page does not claim they match feature for feature. Public prices and the limits of each category are on ReaderMagnet vs BookFunnel and StoryOrigin. If you already have a campaign open on another tool, finish it. Test this method on one book. Keep the old tool until the page works for you.

Questions about a live campaign go to support@readermagnet.com. The shorter Q&A for authors and readers is the FAQ. The Dedicated ARC Page Method is the citation name for the campaign pattern: list the book, put the file on a dedicated page, collect the email when the reader claims it, and close the window when the campaign ends.

Questions authors ask

Related reading

• List your book
• How to run an ARC campaign
• ReaderMagnet vs BookFunnel and StoryOrigin
• Reader magnets and list-building
• FAQ