Founders publish on two tracks. The difference matters.
Every Founder who publishes content on In Eden — a devotional, an ebook, a recorded class, an audio meditation, a Notion template — chooses one of two paths the moment they hit publish. The choice determines who sees it, how fast it ships, and whether anyone reviews it first.
We built two tracks instead of one because the right answer for a Founder's own group isn't always the right answer for the whole platform.
Track 1 — Direct to your group
The fast path. You publish, your group's Resources tab updates instantly, every member of your group can see and save it. No queue, no approval, no waiting.
This is the right track for almost everything you publish.
- A devotional written for your group's current series.
- A class recording from last Tuesday's gathering.
- A Notion template you've been refining with your members.
- An audio meditation you recorded specifically for the women in your room.
The logic is simple: your members joined your group because they trust your voice. Inside your group, you don't need a layer of platform review to share what you've made. Direct publish keeps your velocity high and the experience tight.
Track 2 — Cross-city Resource Library submission
The slower path, with broader reach. When you publish, you tick a checkbox that asks: "Also submit this for the global Resource Library?"
If you tick it, a copy of the resource routes to admin review. We look at it for fit — voice, accuracy, brand alignment, any flagged content concerns — and either:
- Approve. The resource appears in the platform-wide Library, where it can be discovered by members in any city, not just members of your group. Your name stays on it. Discovery within the global Library uses interest tags + member preferences, the same as everywhere else.
- Approve with edits. We suggest specific tweaks (usually copy or a missing citation) and route it back to you for one revision.
- Decline. Rare, and we always include a reason. Most declines are "not the right fit for cross-city distribution at this stage" rather than "this is bad" — sometimes a resource is great for one group but doesn't translate to a stranger reading it cold.
Approvals typically come back within 48 hours. Declines and "approve with edits" come back faster — we don't sit on them.
Why route global submissions through admin at all?
Two reasons, both honest:
Voice consistency at the platform layer. The Resource Library is a window into how In Eden as a whole talks about faith, wellness, friendship, business. When a member discovers a resource there, she may have never heard of your group — the resource itself is her first impression. We owe her a coherent voice across that surface in a way we don't owe inside your group, where you're the voice.
A safety floor with broader reach. Content inside your group reaches your members. Content in the global Library can reach 10,000 women across 20 cities. The blast radius is different, so the review process is too.
What happens to a global Library resource if I'm later paused?
If a Founder is auto-paused (two reports in 30 days) or chooses to pause, resources they've published to their own group stay visible — paused doesn't mean disappeared. Global Library resources of theirs also stay live, because they passed admin review and are independent of the Founder's current activity status. If the resource itself becomes problematic for any reason, we can pull it independently of any Founder action.
Pricing on Founder content
By default, Founder-published content is set to the Paid tier at v1. Free members see a teaser + paywall. The choice isn't yours to override at launch — uniform pricing across Founder content is the cleanest experience for members deciding whether Paid is worth it. Per-Founder pricing flexibility (some content free, some Founding-only) is on the roadmap for later.
What I publish to my group is mine — right?
Yes. You retain ownership of everything you create. Publishing on In Eden licenses us to host, display, and deliver the content to your members and (if you opt in) the global Library — nothing more. If you ever leave the platform, you can take your content with you. The full licensing language is in our Terms of Service.