The Press
Essays, news and announcements from the press.
News·September 12, 2026
Selected readers from Goodreads, The StoryGraph and the wider online reading community preview Acts I–III of Crack Code: Semester 2—and share what makes its campus mystery, friendships, and characters worth following.
Read articleAnnouncement·September 4, 2026
Sky Scrawl introduces Scroll, a new home for serialized fiction featuring stories from India and around the world. Free to read, with no sign-up and no paywall. The first series are coming soon.
Announcement·August 29, 2026
This September, Sky Scrawl begins its reader preview series for Crack Code: Semester 2, bringing six acts of the novel to a new group of independent readers selected from the wider reading community.
News·August 27, 2026
Crack Code Semester 1 breaks into Amazon’s Top 100 Young Adult books as anticipation builds for the launch of Semester 2.
Essay·August 18, 2026
Semester 2 widens the Crack Code world with unforgettable new faces — Cherise, Niti, Noor, Mann, Yukta, Samantha and a professor named Aditi ma'am. A spoiler-safe guide to the new cast of the Indian campus coming-of-age saga.
News·August 16, 2026
Meet the friend group before Semester 2 arrives. Crack Code: Semester 1 is the funny, aching first year of the Indian campus saga — and the best place to begin.
Essay·August 12, 2026
Crack Code Semester 2 is a coming-of-age novel about first love, loyalty, and the version of yourself college was supposed to leave behind. A deep look at the themes driving book two of the Indian campus saga.
Announcement·August 9, 2026
Solarpunk visionary Kyra Dhillon announces a new book coming in 2027, exploring regenerative design, community, climate hope, and the possibilities of a more sustainable future.
Essay·August 8, 2026
Spoiler-free lines from Crack Code: Semester 2 — on the lies that were once true, on fear, and on the faces we mistake for whole stories. If you love quotable Indian coming-of-age fiction, start here.
News·July 25, 2026
Ahead of its official release, Crack Code: Semester 2 climbed Amazon's bestseller rankings during its pre-order campaign, reaching #2 in Self-Help for Compulsive Behaviour and ranking among the Top 600 New Adult & College Romance titles.
Announcement·July 22, 2026
One of the best selling Indian College Fiction books is coming up with a sequel titled Crack Code Semester 2. Coming exclusively on Amazon and Amazon KDP!
News·July 19, 2026
The novel that opened the Crack Code saga returns rebuilt — a full editorial pass, rebuilt Kindle typesetting, and the definitive text of Semester 1, live worldwide ahead of Semester 2.
News·April 15, 2026
Crack Code Semester 2, an upcoming Indian college drama series, is coming this Summer. Only on Amazon.
News·November 1, 2025
Today marks the official release of BONAIRE, Sky Scrawl's dark academia psychological thriller focused on memory, surveillance, and institutional power.
News·November 1, 2025
Bonaire, the new dark academia psychological thriller by Ishan Sharma, is now available. A defining novel of 2025 exploring surveillance, memory, and campus conspiracy.
News·July 1, 2025
Sky Scrawl is pleased to announce the addition of Kyra Dhillon to our upcoming catalog. She joins the press as a key voice for our 2026 fiction list.
News·February 28, 2025
Most indie launches vanish after week two. Ecliptus didn't. A transparent look at how our hard sci-fi debut maintained a Top 100 position from October 2024 through February 2025.
News·February 10, 2025
From the lecture halls of India to the bestseller lists of the UK. Crack Code Semester 1 breaks global charts, debuting at #10 in Asian Literature and cracking the Top 300 Overall in India.
News·February 2, 2025
Crack Code Semester 1 is now available worldwide.
News·January 2, 2025
Crack Code Semester 1 will now launch globally on February 2, 2025.
News·December 1, 2024
Sky Scrawl Publishing is proud to announce that Crack Code Semester 1 is set to launch globally in January 2025.
News·October 10, 2024
Ecliptus by Ishan Sharma has debuted at #4 on the Amazon India Hard Science Fiction charts. A look at why this dense, philosophical exploration of AI consciousness is outpacing traditional space operas.
News·October 2, 2024
Ecliptus, the debut hard science fiction novel by Ishan Sharma, is now available. A dense, philosophical exploration of the singularity, grief, and the "sophisticated ghosts" we leave in the machine.
News·July 31, 2024
Sky Scrawl Signs Debut Novelist Ishan Sharma: "We Are Building a Universe, Not Just a Book." We are proud to announce the signing of Ishan Sharma as our lead author for the 2024-2025 slate.