For libraries

Free for library writing groups.

When NaNoWriMo closed, library write-ins became home base for thousands of writers. We make software for authors, so we set aside free community licenses for the groups that meet in libraries: 30 member seats with our premium tools included, administered by your staff, renewed each semester.

• The license30 member seats for your library’s writing group, free. No card, no line in your budget, nothing for IT to install.
• Who runs itYour staff. Your library gets its own join page, you decide who gets the link, and members sign up themselves with their own email.
• RenewalEvery six months, by replying to one email. Renewals are free too.

What members get.

Real accounts with the parts of Scrivy a working writer uses.

• The cover design studio

  Scrivy’s premium Cover Creator, included for members with a generous design allowance. For a writer finishing a draft, seeing their book with a real cover is rocket fuel.

• Goals that survive the week

  Word-count goals, streaks, and sprint history saved to their account, so progress carries from one session to the next instead of living in one browser tab.

• The write-in toolkit

  A printable kit for facilitators: a session format, sprint structure, and materials that work whether your group is three people or thirty.

• The free writing tools

  Our public toolkit (name generator, reading-time and query-letter checkers, and more) is free for everyone, organized for your group in one place.

Not included: Scrivy’s paid Amazon publishing and marketing suite. If a member publishes their book and wants it, that is between them and us. Your license never turns into a bill.

How it works.

1. 1Tell us about your libraryOne email from your library address with your library’s name and who coordinates the writing group. That is the whole application; the library address is how we verify it’s really you.
2. 2Your join page goes liveWithin a day your library has its own Scrivy page and join link, plus a printable write-in kit you can use at the very next session.
3. 3Your writers get to workMembers join from your link and get full accounts: the cover design studio, word-count goals that follow them between sessions, and a sprint timer built for write-ins.

Common questions.

• What does this cost the library?

  Nothing. The community license is free, and renewals are free. Members get premium features that normally require a paid plan; the only thing that ever costs money is Scrivy’s Amazon publishing suite, if a member later sells their book and wants it, and that is between them and us.

• What is the catch?

  Writers who finish books sometimes publish them, and authors who publish sometimes become paying customers for our Amazon tools. That is the whole business case. Your members never hit a paywall inside the license, and your license never turns into a bill.

• What happens when the six months end?

  You reply to one renewal email and the license continues, free. If a license lapses, member accounts revert to Scrivy’s standard free plan. Nobody ever loses their work.

• What about patron privacy?

  Members sign up directly with us using their own email address. We never see library records, you never manage member accounts, and the license requires no patron data from the library.

• Do we need IT involvement?

  No. Scrivy runs in the browser. Your group gets a join link, and members use it on library or personal computers. There is nothing to install and no network configuration.

• We do not have a writing group yet. Does this still apply?

  Yes. The write-in kit is designed for starting a group from zero: a session format, sprint structure, and printable materials. Many libraries inherited writers looking for a home when NaNoWriMo closed, and a posted weekly write-in is often all it takes.

• Who supports members if something breaks?

  We do. Members write to support@scrivy.co and we answer. Your reference desk is never the help desk for our software.