ValoBox for Authors

How to promote your book, and encourage others to do the same using the cool new ValoBox application.

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1. How to promote your work
2.       ValoBox  makes   viewing  paid   content  easier,   faster  and  cheaper.   Find  our  more  on   www.valobox.com         What  is   ValoBox?  
3. Sign  in  to  ValoBox   and  find  your  book   in  the  Explore   section.   Open  the  book   and  click  on  the   ‘Share’  link.     Start  by  sharing  
4. You’ll  find  a  few   different  options   that  give  you  a   personalized   snippet  of  code  or   link  (so  we  know   who’s  doing  the   sharing).     Choose  your   weapon   You  can  even  select  the  exact  page  that   ValoBox  opens  on  so  people  can  find  the   content  you’re  talking  about  in  one  click!  
5. If  you’ve  ever   embedded  a   YouTube  video   then  you’ll  find  it   really  easy  to   embed  your  book.   Click  on  the   Embed  button  to   see  the  code.   Get  embed  code  
6. Copy  and  paste   the  code  into  your   blog  or  website.     Here’s  an  example   of  an  embedded   book.     Embed  in  your   site  
7. If  you  have  a   Twitter  or   Facebook  profile   then  you  can  share   with  friends  and   followers  by   clicking  on  the   icons.       Tweet  it  
8. Your  rewards  for   sharing  will  get   added  to  your   ValoBox  account.     Spend  the  money   on  more  ValoBox   content  or,  when   you  reach  over   $50,  you  can   request  a  payment.     Get  rewarded  
10. Add  the  link  to  your  book  in  your  presentation.  That   will  take  the  audience  straight  to  it.       http://ht.ly/bk7DA   Feeling  adventurous?   Make  a  QR  code.   You  can  use  a  URL  shortener   to  make  it  easier.      
11. Embed  the  book  or  give  people  a  link  that  sends  them   directly  to  the  relevant  page  or  chapter.           ….if  you  want  to  go  into  more   depth  on  building  buzz  for   your  community  then  jump   straight  into  Chapter  7.     It’s  $3.20  for  the  chapter,  or  you   can  pay  by  the  page.   My  Blog  on  Open  Source  communities  
12. You  can  be  even  more  helpful  and  share  other  good  books  with   your  readers.  Get  the  embed  codes  by  searching  for  the  books   and  clicking  the  Share  button.       Here  are  my  recommendations  for  four  JavaScript  books   you  should  read  next.     My  JavaScript  Blog  
13. Let  them  know  that  they  can  embed  your  book  next  to  their   comments  so  people  can  dip  in  whilst  reading  the  review.   This  book  tells  you  everything   you  need  to  know  about  the   new  super-­‐awesome   lightweight  framework  for   developing  hyper-­‐local  cloud-­‐ based  time-­‐shift  mega  apps.   Read  it  here.     The  Technology  Book  Review    
14. We  believe  that  everybody  should  be  rewarded  for  sharing   books  and  making  good  recommendations.     So  don’t  forget  to  remind  reviewers,  bloggers  or  your  readers   that  they  can  get  25%  of  sales  that  come  as  a  result  of  their   shares  if  they  sign  up  to  ValoBox  and  use  their  personalized   link.     They  just  need  to  follow  the  same  steps  as  you  did.  More   information:     www.valobox.com/welcome/affiliates      
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