Author plans on BookFunnel are designed for one author to distribute his or her own books. Learn more about publisher names.
Author plans include 1 – 3 pen names per account. A pen name is a name that you use to publish your books. It can be a pseudonym or your legal name—it is whatever public name you use as a writer. We’ll call it your “pen name” on the BookFunnel dashboard.
The pen name should match the name of the author on the book cover. If your plan includes more than one pen name, you can add them all at once, or add and edit them as you need them.
Add an Author Pen Name
- Click Pen Names on your BookFunnel dashboard.
- Click Add Pen Name and complete the short form.
- Author Name This should match the name on your book cover.
- Author email address This is a public contact email for readers, should they need to contact you. If any of your book pages collect reader email addresses, this email address will be included in the confirmation email BookFunnel sends them. This email does not need to match your BookFunnel account email address, as your account email address will always remain private.
- Author URL Optionally, link to your author website.
- Privacy Policy Add a link to your privacy policy (strongly recommended on all Mid-List Author plans and above).
- Promo Contact Email The email address you want to use for communicating with other BookFunnel authors in promos and swaps. If one is not specified, your author email address will be used instead.
- Author Theme Select a color scheme from the drop-down menu for your author theme.
- Click Save Author.
Once you have added an author pen name, you can upload your book and start sharing it with readers.
Edit a Pen Name
If you edit an existing pen name, it will change the name on all books tied to the original name. If you are only allowed one pen name on your account and wish to switch it to a second pen name, you must delete any books tied to your first pen name before replacing it with your second pen name. Learn how to delete your books here.
- Click Pen Names on your BookFunnel dashboard.
- Click the Action button next to the pen name you wish to edit.
- Make your changes and then click Save Author.
Delete a Pen Name
Before you can delete a pen name, you must first delete any books attached to it. Learn how to delete your books here.
- Click Pen Names on your BookFunnel dashboard.
- Click the Action button next to the pen name you wish to edit.
- Click Delete Author.
Add Your Privacy Policy
- Click Pen Names on your BookFunnel dashboard.
- Click the pen name you wish to edit.
- Add a link to your privacy policy.
- Click Save Author.
- Your privacy policy will automatically appear on your opt-in landing pages.
Help! Readers can see my real name!
Readers will only see the pen name or author name on your book. If a reader sees your real name on BookFunnel, click Pen Names on the BookFunnel dashboard to change it. The name you have listed under Pen Names is the only name readers will see.