Post by Ted on Aug 29, 2014 8:15:03 GMT -8
Please add any other button, widget or link sites not listed in this thread. Provide retail site name in bold at beginning of post to help members find it easier.
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Any Retailer - almost - for WordPress blogs:
Have your own 'store' with this WordPress free plugin, as long as your WP blog isn't a free one hosted by wordpress.com
Advanced features are extra, but basic free plugin should be enough for most authors.
The free plugin has buy buttons for the following retailers as of August 29, 2014:
Alibris
Amazon
Amazon Kindle
Apple iBooks Button
Audible
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble Nook
Book Depository Button
BookBaby
Books-A-Million
Christian Book Distributor (CBD)
CreateSpace
GoodReads
Indiebound
Kobo
Lifeway
Mardel
Powel’s
Scribd
Signed By The Author
Smashwords
Sony Reader
Premium Buy Buttons
The following buy buttons are available with the Pro & Dev Add-On for MyBookTable.
PayPal
1ShoppingCart
eJunkie
Universal Buy Button
Download site: wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/mybooktable
The developers have an affiliate opt-in option which helps pay for developers time etc. You don't have to agree to opt-in to use plug-in.
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Russell Philips tools for Smashwords authors
Russell has created some excellent tools for marketing your ebooks.
Visit his site here... rpbook.co.uk/tools/
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Apple:
Badges: www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentation/badges.html
Widgets: widgets.itunes.apple.com/builder
Link Maker: linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/us/?urlDesc=
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Smashwords
Smashwords has been working on a Widget builder but I don't know when it will be officially released. You can use the code anywhere javascript is allowed.
I built a new web site just for this widget. The site has a front page blurb about me and navigation menu to pages where widgets are displayed. See them here..... tedsebooks.altervista.org/
Use the following code, making changes as indicated after code example.
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<div data-headline="Icky Foods Make Me Sick" data-height="250" data-width="300" style="width: 300px; height: 250px;" data-buttoncolor="#ffc801" data-bgcolor="#fafafa" data-ribboncolor="#4181c3" data-font="sans" data-affiliate="puzzles" data-items="book:54296" data-type="single" class="smashwords-widget"></div>
<script id="smashwords-widget-js" async="async" src="//www.smashwidgets.com/1/widgets.js"></script>
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Changes you must make so above code works for your ebook(s).
REPLACE "Icky Foods Make Me Sick" with the title for your ebook
REPLACE data-affiliate "puzzles" with data-affilliate "YOUR PROFILE IDENTIFIER" You can find your profile identifier by clicking on your Profile link on your Dashboard and looking for the last word in the URL for your profile page.
EG: www.smashwords.com/profile/view/puzzles shows 'puzzles' as the text needed for data-affiliate.
REPLACE data-items="book:54296" with data-items="book:NUMBER OF YOUR EBOOK" You can find the number for you book by clicking on any link to display your work on Smashwords.
EG: www.smashwords.com/books/view/54296 displays one of my ebooks. Click on one of your ebooks to find the number for you to insert in code.
You can change any color code using html coding. LInk to HTML web-safe color codes.... html-color-codes.info/web-safe-colors/
To change a color follow this example: data-buttoncolor="#ffc801" can be changed to data-buttoncolor="#00FF00"
00FF00 is an awful lime color.
You can also change size of button. Change numbers in this code to change size: data-height="250" data-width="300"
As Smashwords hasn't officially announced this widget there is no warranty or guarantee of its usefulness or that code will continue to work in future. Use at your own risk.
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*************
Any Retailer - almost - for WordPress blogs:
Have your own 'store' with this WordPress free plugin, as long as your WP blog isn't a free one hosted by wordpress.com
Advanced features are extra, but basic free plugin should be enough for most authors.
The free plugin has buy buttons for the following retailers as of August 29, 2014:
Alibris
Amazon
Amazon Kindle
Apple iBooks Button
Audible
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble Nook
Book Depository Button
BookBaby
Books-A-Million
Christian Book Distributor (CBD)
CreateSpace
GoodReads
Indiebound
Kobo
Lifeway
Mardel
Powel’s
Scribd
Signed By The Author
Smashwords
Sony Reader
Premium Buy Buttons
The following buy buttons are available with the Pro & Dev Add-On for MyBookTable.
PayPal
1ShoppingCart
eJunkie
Universal Buy Button
Download site: wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/mybooktable
The developers have an affiliate opt-in option which helps pay for developers time etc. You don't have to agree to opt-in to use plug-in.
********
Russell Philips tools for Smashwords authors
Russell has created some excellent tools for marketing your ebooks.
Visit his site here... rpbook.co.uk/tools/
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Apple:
Badges: www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentation/badges.html
Widgets: widgets.itunes.apple.com/builder
Link Maker: linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/us/?urlDesc=
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Smashwords
Smashwords has been working on a Widget builder but I don't know when it will be officially released. You can use the code anywhere javascript is allowed.
I built a new web site just for this widget. The site has a front page blurb about me and navigation menu to pages where widgets are displayed. See them here..... tedsebooks.altervista.org/
Use the following code, making changes as indicated after code example.
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<div data-headline="Icky Foods Make Me Sick" data-height="250" data-width="300" style="width: 300px; height: 250px;" data-buttoncolor="#ffc801" data-bgcolor="#fafafa" data-ribboncolor="#4181c3" data-font="sans" data-affiliate="puzzles" data-items="book:54296" data-type="single" class="smashwords-widget"></div>
<script id="smashwords-widget-js" async="async" src="//www.smashwidgets.com/1/widgets.js"></script>
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Changes you must make so above code works for your ebook(s).
REPLACE "Icky Foods Make Me Sick" with the title for your ebook
REPLACE data-affiliate "puzzles" with data-affilliate "YOUR PROFILE IDENTIFIER" You can find your profile identifier by clicking on your Profile link on your Dashboard and looking for the last word in the URL for your profile page.
EG: www.smashwords.com/profile/view/puzzles shows 'puzzles' as the text needed for data-affiliate.
REPLACE data-items="book:54296" with data-items="book:NUMBER OF YOUR EBOOK" You can find the number for you book by clicking on any link to display your work on Smashwords.
EG: www.smashwords.com/books/view/54296 displays one of my ebooks. Click on one of your ebooks to find the number for you to insert in code.
You can change any color code using html coding. LInk to HTML web-safe color codes.... html-color-codes.info/web-safe-colors/
To change a color follow this example: data-buttoncolor="#ffc801" can be changed to data-buttoncolor="#00FF00"
00FF00 is an awful lime color.
You can also change size of button. Change numbers in this code to change size: data-height="250" data-width="300"
As Smashwords hasn't officially announced this widget there is no warranty or guarantee of its usefulness or that code will continue to work in future. Use at your own risk.
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