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Optional & Alternate

This chapter lists:

  • Alternate ways to achieve some things you’ve already done — for instance, evaluations of different book catalog plugins besides my top pick, Mooberry.
  • Optional things you probably don’t need at first, like enabling sample e-book downloads.
  • Guidance on searching for and evaluating plugins for functions I haven’t specifically covered.

Also refer the the blog tag author-plus for suggestions of things to add to your basic author website. The latest posts in this list:

  • Post-Read Pages

    For authors who have their own websites, this is a way to leverage the site to engage readers, to encourage additional sales and reviews. When someone has just finished reading one of your books, assuming they enjoyed it, that’s the perfect time to invite them to do something for you. Ask for a review, suggest…

  • Affiliate Income on Your Own Book Sales

    Some online booksellers, including the One Who Shall Not Be Named, offer an affiliate program. This is an incentive for you to direct customers to them, by having links from your site to their site that include your affiliate ID so they know who to credit. If your website has links to where to buy…