We are ever grateful for this wonderful community of Authors and Readers, thanks to you we’ve managed to push Royal Road so far, and now we wish to take Royal Road even further. That is why we would like to discuss an important update about our advertisement and premium prices.  Our vision for Royal Road is one that allows the platform and authors to grow and thrive, and we aim to do that with what we’ve already built. For a long time, we’ve made enough money to be profitable, but not enough money to confidently invest back with big moves for the platform. But in order to achieve our visi ..read more

We want to address some confusion about recent moderation actions. It has come to our attention that some authors with fanfiction have been bypassing our monetization block and that they added links individually on their fiction pages.  Fanfictions are a legal gray zone (copyright infringement protected by Fair Use); and allowing any kind of commercialisation would make us liable to be viewed as legally compliant with copyright infringement. As such, adding PayPal and Patreon links to fanfictions has been disallowed since we added monetization links in 2015 in all iterations of the Donati ..read more

Introducing the Royal Road Community Magazine: June 2024 Edition! This special edition is sponsored by Royal Road but brought to life by our wonderful community. The contest was organized by community members, the prompt was chosen by community members, and the winning novels will be selected by dedicated readers from within our community! How to Participate in the Contest:  Submit the first chapter. If this is your first time, you can read this post regarding the steps on how to submit a novel on Royal Road. After your novel is approved, register it by filling out this Form [https://for ..read more

Time sure flies by; it's April again! This means it's time for the Writathon. To participate, go to the Author dashboard via the website, and then select the Writathon tab. More about the challenge: The Writathon Challenge This is a personal challenge first and foremost. The challenge is to write and publish 55,555 words in 5 weeks (by the 5th of May), if you manage to do that, you win.  We hope that you aim to form healthy writing habits; we also encourage you to participate in discussions with other community members in the forum where you can leave your words of encouragement, frustrat ..read more

Happy Holidays!  We hope that you had a great holiday, and to kick off the new year, we bring you the Royal Road Community Magazine Contest. This contest is sponsored by Royal Road but organized and run by the community This contest revolves around writing based on a specific prompt suggested and voted on by the community. The winning submission will be chosen by readers from the community who have volunteered as judges in the forum. Who will be the winner of the January 2024 Royal Road Community Magazine Contest? The Royal Road Community Magazine: How to Participate:  Submit the fi ..read more

Sing happy birthday! We've completed another successful trip around the sun! You know what that means? It's time for the Writathon event:  2023 Writathon Challenge This is a personal challenge first and foremost. The challenge is to write and publish 55,555 words in 5 weeks (by the 5th of December), if you manage to do that, you win.  We hope that you aim to form healthy writing habits; we also encourage you to participate in discussions with other community members in the forum where you can leave your words of encouragement, frustration, or challenge to your fellow participants!&nb ..read more

We did it!!  Thanks to everyone who reviewed the app. When you search for "Royal Road," you can now find the app as the first result in most locations!  Please test this for your location, and if you still can't find the app as the first option in your country, please comment below to notify us. We owe our success to all of you for helping us establish our presence.  Please consider downloading the app, and sharing it:  Google Play Link: Download it from Google Play App Store Link ..read more

Hi everyone, It’s been over 24 hours since we launched the app. We want to thank everyone who reported any bug to us, as this will help us fix the app and improve it as soon as possible.  Not everyone is affected, but for those that found a bug, you can check the list below for known issues and instructions on how to fix the issue until an official solution is released. If you have a suggestion, please add it here If you have a bug report, please add it here  Premium If you've purchased a premium subscription through the app, once you're finished, please log out, close the app, and ..read more

We are thrilled to announce that the wait is finally over! The much-anticipated iOS and Android app for our platform is now available on the App Store(Apple) and the Play Store(Google). It's time to celebrate and check out the App both on mobile and tablet, wherever you prefer to read. We've dedicated a whopping 11 months to making this app as smooth as possible, and we are very excited it’s finally here. We hope you enjoy it as well. Here are some new features that we want to highlight: 1. Dictionary Feature: With our new dictionary feature, you can simply highlight a word while reading and t ..read more

Dear users of Royal Road, We are excited to announce that our reader mobile app will be released for Android and iOS soon. In preparation for that, and for many other future developments, as well as to be up to date on the state of the community, we have many legal and guideline updates.  We have published a new version of the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and DMCA guidelines to ensure compliance with the latest legal and privacy requirements. If you have any questions about them, we encourage you to ask in the comments below.  Please note that the new Terms of Service has ..read more