Publisher plans on BookFunnel allow users to distribute books by other authors. Publisher plans include 10 to 30 author names per account.
The author name on BookFunnel must match the name of the author on the book cover.
Publisher Settings
If you are a publisher or promotional service that is working to build your own mailing list, you should fill in the publisher settings and enable this checkbox:
- Use my publisher information in communications with readers
When you tick the box, all the opt-in language on your landing pages will be changed. Readers will no longer opt into the individual author’s mailing list. Instead, they will be opting into your publisher mailing list. This is a global setting and will apply to every opt-in page on your BookFunnel account.
If you are a publisher who is working to build a mailing list for an individual author, you should not enable publisher settings.
Add an Author Name
- Click Authors on your BookFunnel dashboard.
- Click Add Author Name and complete the short form.
- Author Name This should match the name on your book cover.
- Author Email 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 URL Add a link to your privacy policy (strongly recommended).
- 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 name, you can upload a book and start sharing it with readers.
Edit an Author Name
If you edit an existing author name, it will change the name on all books tied to the original name.
If you need to swap out a new author name, delete any books tied to the first author name before you replace it with a new name. Learn how to delete books here.
- Click Authors on your BookFunnel dashboard.
- Click the Actions button to the left of the author name you wish to edit.
- Click Edit Author Details.
- Make your changes and then click Save Author.
Add a Privacy Policy
- Click Authors on your BookFunnel dashboard.
- Click the Actions button to the left of the author name you wish to edit.
- Click Edit Author Details.
- Paste a link in the Privacy Policy URL field.
- Click Save Author.
- The privacy policy will automatically appear on opt-in landing pages for this author name.
Delete an Author Name
Before you can delete an author name, you will need to delete any books attached to it first. Learn how to delete books here.
- Click Authors on your BookFunnel dashboard.
- Click the Actions button to the left of the author name you wish to delete.
- Click Delete Author.