Adding a New Book
Authors can now easily showcase their books on their Author Site on Short Story Lovers. Essentially, it centralizes all your literary works in one place. When you share your site with anyone, they can easily see your stories, books, learn about you, and if they're interested, subscribe to you or even purchase your book.
Steps to add a book
Adding a Book is straightforward and simple, taking less than 5 minutes.
- Step 1: Sign in and Go to the Author Hub
- Step 2: Navigate to the My Books tab as shown below
- Step 3: Click on the “Add New Book” button .
Step 4: The “Add New Book” page is divided in two steps.
In First step, you will add
- Upload the cover image: Use the same image as you've used to publish your book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.
- Enter the title of the book: Use the exact name as published.
- Write a short description of your book to grab the viewer's attention.
- Add more details: Write as much as you want about your book. You can even include testimonials and reviews. In this section, you can highlight your content by making it bold, underline, or italicized. Then, press "Continue" on the top right.
In Second step of Add New book:
- 1. Add links to buy your book: Links can direct users to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or any retailer of your choice. You can add multiple links from different retailers or countries.
- 2. Enter tags: Tags categorize your books. You can add multiple tags, separating them with commas. Avoid using hashtags.
- 3. Mention if your book is suitable for a mature audience or not.
- 4. You can also choose to notify your subscribers automatically. You can send them an email or web notifications, or both. However, sending email newsletters is only available for Pro Users.
- 5. Once all fields are filled, press "Publish" on the top right.
Step 5: That's it! Your book is now published on your site. You can easily share your link using the provided links.
Here’s how your New Books page on your author site will look:
