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Navigating the BookFunnel Author Dashboard: How to Find your Books, Links, Promos, and More

Use the left navigation menu to find exactly what you are looking for. Every menu has a help article linked at the top, should you need more information.

Home

This is the first page you see when you log into your BookFunnel account. The Home page displays the Recent Activity list, which details the last 30 days of activity on your account, including email signups (“claims”), Certified Mail campaigns, recent sales deliveries, and books that have been downloaded. Click anything listed under Recent Activity to be taken directly to it on your BookFunnel dashboard.

Below Recent Activity, you can find a list of books that were downloaded during the current calendar month.

Books

This page lists every ebook, audiobook, or short audio file you have uploaded to BookFunnel. Click the title of a book to view its details, or click the Action button next to a book title to edit its details or book files, or to delete the book. Learn more about adding/editing your books on BookFunnel.

Click Add New at the top left of the dashboard to create a book at any time.

Ebooks This page filters your Books view to only the ebooks and PDFs you have created. Click any book title to view its details, or click the Action button next to the title to edit its details or files, or to delete it. Learn more about uploading/editing your ebooks.

Click the Action button at the top right of the dashboard to create a new ebook.

Audiobooks This page filters your Books view to only audiobooks you have created. Click any audiobook to view its details, or click the Action button next to the audiobook to edit its details or files, or to delete it. Learn more about delivering audiobooks.

Click the Action button at the top right of the dashboard to create a new audiobook.

Short Audio This page filters your Books view to only the short audio you have uploaded to BookFunnel. Click any short audio name to view its details, or click the Action button next to the short audio to edit its details or files, or to delete it. Learn more about delivering short audio.

Click the Action button at the top right of the dashboard to create a new short audio.

Landing Pages

This page lists all the landing pages you have created on BookFunnel and includes a convenient Reader Link so that you can easily copy it and send it to readers. Learn more about adding/editing landing pages on BookFunnel.

Click Add New at the top left of the dashboard to add a new landing page at any time.

Email Signup Pages This type of landing page requires an email address before allowing a reader to download your free book. Learn more about email signup pages.

Download Pages A simple download page allows a reader to download the file without requesting (or requiring) any personal data from the reader. Learn more about simple download pages.

Universal Book Link Universal Book Link look a lot like our standard download pages, but instead of offering up a free book, they send readers to your online store or online ebook retailer to buy your book. Learn more about Universal Book Links.

Restricted Pages A restricted page is connected to your mailing list service and will only allow existing subscribers to download your book. New readers are not allowed to subscribe to your list with a restricted page. Learn more about restricted download pages.

Bundle Pages Bundle pages are private, multi-book landing pages that display two (or more) BookFunnel links. You can reserve a custom bundle URL, create new private bundles, and manage your private bundle landing pages. Unlike group promotions, bundles are not added to the Promotions board where other authors can discover them. Learn more about building a private bundle.

Certified Mail

This page displays your Certified Mail campaign history and allows you to create a new campaign to send review copies out to your advance reader copy (ARC) team. You can click the name of a campaign to view its details or make changes. Learn more about sending review copies.

Gift a Book

Easily send one reader a private link to download one book. This feature is available on all Mid-List plans and above. Learn more about sending one reader a personal download link.

Bulk Delivery

Send a book to lots of readers at once, or send a lot of books to a few readers at once.

With bulk delivery, you select the books (any number of ebooks, audiobooks, or short audio) and paste a list of the reader email addresses who should receive them.

BookFunnel adds all those books to each reader’s BookFunnel library, which they can access by logging in to my.bookfunnel.com or the BookFunnel app. Learn more about bulk delivery.

Group Promos

This is where you can find group author promotions that are actively recruiting in your genre. You can also post your own group promo and invite other authors to join you. Learn more about group promos.

Your Promos This is where you can manage the promotions you have posted and joined and view your promotion reputation. You can also view past promos that are now completed.

Running Promos These are the current promotions running on BookFunnel. Feel free to share them with your readers or with others you think might enjoy getting some great books or great bargains!

Author Swaps

This is where you can find authors in your genre and swap book links one-on-one with them! They send your book to their newsletter subscribers and you do the same. Learn more about author swaps.

Your Swaps This is where your upcoming swaps will be listed.

Swap History This is where your swaps will be listed after both swap dates have passed and the swap is considered “completed”.

Pending Requests When an author finds your swap on the Author Swaps, they will send you a swap request. You can find these pending requests board here.

Sales

This is your sales dashboard, where you can add sales delivery actions and transactions we have processed and delivered. Learn more about direct sales delivery.

This is where you can generate a batch of unique codes to apply to printed materials like business cards, bookmarks, or any marketing materials. Learn more about printing unique codes for readers.

Settings

This is where you can save your time zone so that you receive email notifications when you want to receive them. You can also set your preferred GDPR settings, customize your email notifications, and select your opt-in settings, like blocking unsubscribers from signing up again or preventing readers from claiming a book repeatedly.

Pen Names / Author Names

“Pen Names” is displayed if you are on the First-Time Author, Mid-List Author, or Bestseller plan. This is where you can add, edit, or delete your pen name(s). Learn more about adding/editing your pen name on an author plan.

“Authors” is displayed if you are on a publisher plan. This is where you can add, edit, and delete author names on your account. Learn more about adding/editing your author name on a publisher plan.

Domains

You can create a custom domain on BookFunnel so that you can use our landing pages and download process on your own domain. Custom domains also allow you to use your Facebook/Meta pixel on your BookFunnel landing pages. Learn more about custom domains.

Integrations

If your account includes direct integration, this is where you can integrate it with your mailing list service (or Patreon). Once you are integrated, this page will list landing pages you have created that collect emails so that you can manage their settings easily. Learn more about our direct integrations.

Themes

Design a custom landing page theme that includes your brand colors and author logo. Learn more about author themes.

FAQ

Where are my landing pages and links for readers?

Click Books on your BookFunnel dashboard and then click the book title. All pages you have created are listed on the Book Details page.

Where are the links that I share with readers?

You will find your link by clicking Books and then clicking the book title. All landing pages you have created are listed on the book page, and the “Link for readers” can by copied to your clipboard.

Where is my account page?

Click the account button in the top-right corner of your BookFunnel dashboard and then select Account Settings. You can change your account email and password, as well as update your billing information or change your plan. Learn more about managing your account.

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