Drafting from your back catalogue

Can I make posts from old newsletter issues?

Yes: any issue Karrow has imported can be drafted the same way as this week’s, however old it is. You pick it, choose channels, and click Draft options, or write the posts by hand.

Most readers on social never saw your issue from three months ago. An evergreen idea from your back catalogue can work as well as this week’s, and it gives you something to post in the weeks when a new issue is thin.

Which issues can I draft from?

The ones Karrow has imported: your 12 most recent issues from when you connected the publication, plus every issue you’ve published since. Issues older than those 12 aren’t imported, so they won’t show up in the search.

Right after you connect, the search may say “Importing back catalogue…” while the first issues come in. To see everything imported for a publication, open Publications, pick the publication, and look at its Issues tab.

Karrow brings in your 12 most recent issues when you connect, then adds each new one as you publish.

Find an older issue

1. 1Click New post. The issue search is already open on the left.
2. 2If you have more than one publication, choose it from the menu at the top.
3. 3Search by title, or scroll. The newest issue is marked Latest, and each one shows its date and length. Search also matches an issue’s subtitle.
4. 4Pick an issue to read it beside the editor, then draft from it as usual.

You can also start from the issue itself: open Publications, pick the publication, open the issue from its Issues tab, and click Compose posts.

Check what may have gone stale

Karrow treats your issue as the source of truth. It doesn’t fact-check it or update it, so a price, a date, or a number from three months ago will appear in the drafts as you wrote it then.

The issue stays open in the left panel while you edit, so you can check a figure in a draft against the original without leaving the room.

Before you schedule, look for anything time-bound: “this week”, “yesterday”, an upcoming event that has already happened, or a figure that has moved since. Edit those lines, or pick a different issue.

The issues that hold up best are explainers, frameworks, lessons, and opinions you still hold. Issues built around one week’s news usually make weaker back-catalogue posts.

Paid-only issues are marked premium in the Issues tab. Drafting from one is allowed; decide how much of a paid issue you want to give away in public posts.

Will drafts from an old issue sound like I did back then?

No: the voice comes from your publication’s five most recent issues, not the one you’re drafting, so the posts sound like you write now. Your recent posts on each channel, your Voice tab rules, and what Karrow has learned from your edits apply as well.

Only the content comes from the older issue. If your writing has changed since then, the drafts follow the newer style.

A publication with only a few imported issues gives Karrow fewer examples, so its first drafts may need more editing. With no other issues at all, Karrow works out the voice from the issue you’re drafting.

What happens if I draft the same issue again?

You go back to that issue’s board, with the drafts from last time still there. The “Draft this issue” panel only appears when an issue has no posts at all.

To get fresh AI options, use Regenerate on a channel. It replaces that channel’s unscheduled AI drafts, including ones you’ve edited, and keeps posts you wrote by hand or already scheduled. To add a channel you didn’t draft last time, use Add channel.

New options count towards your daily limit, the same as a first draft. On the free plan, drafting three older issues for X and LinkedIn at 3 options each uses 18 of your 20 for the day, so start with fewer options per channel if you want to work through several issues.

Match the issue to the channel

An older issue rarely suits every channel. An explainer or a how-to fits a LinkedIn post that lists the steps, or an X thread with one idea per post. A strong opinion fits a short take on X or Threads. A question your issue raised but didn’t settle fits a Reddit post that asks it.

Pick one or two channels for each old issue rather than all five, and set fewer options. You’ll spend less of your daily count and get posts that fit.

Point readers back to the issue

A back-catalogue post works best when people can read the original. Put the issue’s link, or your subscribe link, in the First comment field, so the post can still lead somewhere.

The issue’s own images are there too: in the editor, open the image menu and pick one marked “From this issue”. On every channel but Reddit, AI drafts start with the issue’s first image attached.