How can an author put the book online when the publisher owns the rights?

"You will only be putting up an extract of your book (for readers to sample), not the whole book. This will allow potential readers to discover and "taste" your book. You are in total control of the pages (and the number of pages) that you want displayed.
Of course, you can and should inform your publishers about this, just to keep them in the loop. As you know, extracts are a critical part of the book marketing effort and publishers are aware of this, and hence typically have no objections. Further, the easy sharing option in BookBuzzr allows you to promote your book on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace."

What is the difference between fReado and BookBuzzr?

fReado is the site that hosts books maintained in the BookBuzzr format. It includes author profiles, book details and opportunities for interaction among book-lovers. BookBuzzr, is the technology that allows the distribution of your book on your blog or website.

Do the fReado Terms of Service require me to give away my copyright on the documents I upload to fReado?

No. Under U.S. law, every written work is covered by a copyright. You own the copyright to a work by creating the work or otherwise acquiring the copyright to the work from the creator of the work. When you sign up for a fReado account, you agree to adhere to the fReado Terms of Service. In order to upload a work onto fReado in compliance with the Terms of Service, you must either (i) own the copyright to the work you are uploading or (ii) have authority from the copyright owner to upload the work and grant a license to fReado to include that work on the fReado service. The Terms of Service further state that when you upload a work to fReado, you grant to fReado a license to use and distribute your uploaded content. This eliminates any doubt that fReado's use and distribution of your content through the fReado service does not infringe your, or anyone else's, copyright. This is only a license -- you (or the person who authorized you to upload the content) still hold the copyright to the content you upload. You can revoke fReado's license to use the content you upload by removing your content from fReado.

How much of my book should I give away online for free?

It depends. A few authors such as Cory Doctorow (http://craphound.com/) have given away their entire books for free and claim that this has actually promoted sales of their physical books. There is probably a case for this since the universe of people who read online and the universe of people who prefer to read physical books are entirely different and the online readers help evangelize your book to the non-digital readers.

For most authors working within the confines of their publishing contracts, the below-mentioned quote from Morris Rosenthal (http://www.fonerbooks.com/market.htm) would be instructive:

"I had the full draft of my Print on Demand book "Start Your Own Computer Business: The Unembellished Guide" online for a year before I published the book. Sales were pretty sluggish from the start, but I was prepared to ignore it until readers started e-mailing me saying, "I've read the online version. Great book! Am I missing out if I don't buy the published version?" I answered honestly that aside from some editing, proof reading and illustrations, they'd pretty much read the whole thing. Finally, one guy wrote throwing a line from my own book back at me, paraphrased, "Are you running a publishing company or a money losing hobby?"

At that point, I took all but the first three chapters of the book offline, and sales immediately jumped by 200%."

What format do you want excerpts for fReado?

The required format is PDF format.

I don't have a PDF version of my book. What are my options?

No problem. You can go to a site such as Zamzar (www.zamzar.com) which supports free, online file conversion and convert from any format to PDF. Please note that Zamzar is not affiliated with fReado in any way. But we've used the service and it's quite useful.

Is it difficult for an author to set up a BookBuzzr widget?

Putting up your book into BookBuzzr format is quite simple. If you know how to share your videos and photos on Facebook or MySpace you know how to use BookBuzzr.

If I upload the entire book, is it secure that only x amount of pages could be downloaded?

Yes. After uploading the book, you can define which pages can be shown. You can even define pages that are not continuous. For example, you can ask that pages 1 to 10 and pages 30 to 70 be shown. You can change the pages being displayed at any time. Further, talking about security, people who look at your book cannot copy the pages of your book as the book pages are converted into individual images and streamed like a YouTube video.

How do I give buy links to let people know where they can buy my book?

After uploading your book, you will be asked to provide information about your book. One of the fields here asks you to provide information about where you can buy the book. Add your buy links here along with name of store and price of book so your readers will have a number of options to choose from.

How many authors are using fReado?

We have over a 3,000 authors & books on fReado.

Are publishers using your service to promote their authors' books?

Yes. We're making it easier for publishers to mass upload their books and author information with just a few clicks. We've got about 130 Publishers who have begun using fReado and BookBuzzr.

Why is fReado free?

fReado is completely free for authors and there are no upfront costs. However, we do plan to make money through the following methods:

• –   Advertising
• –   Sales and subscriptions
• –   Value added services provided to authors (such as website creation.)

Why is fReado spelt with a small f?

We wanted to emphasize the "Read" element. Plus, it looks different.

I've uploaded my entire book. Now I want to allow the viewing of only a few pages. How do I set which pages that people can view?

To change which pages you're allowing people to view please do the following:

1. Go to www.freado.com or www.bookbuzzr.com
2. Click on Login
3. Login to the website
4. Click on "My Books"
5. Click on "Edit Details" next to the book
6. This should bring you to the page where you enter basic information about your book
7. On this page, at the bottom, click on "Save and Next"
8. Now you come to the page where you can edit book pages (called "Page Display")
9. Now select the pages you want to show and click on add
10. You may select discontinuous sets of pages (such as Page 1 to 5; Page 15 to Page 20) etc.

How I can get the Widget onto my own website?

In order to put the widget on your website, please do the following.

1. Go to your book profile.
2. You can see the widget on the left side of the screen.
3. Click on "share" option in the widget.
4. You will get the embed code there.
5. Click on copy.
6. Paste the copied code in your website.

How do I make the widget smaller. It does not fit correctly on the sidebar of blogger?

We are working on a smaller and mini version of widget.
For setting the BookBuzzr widget in the sidebar of blogger, please do the following.

1. Login to blogger.
2. Click on "Layout".
3. Click on "pick new template".
4. Select the template "Stretch Denim Light" created by "Darren Delaye".
5. Click on "Save Template".

Or edit you your current template to adjust the width of the blog using "Edit HTML" option in "Layout" tab.

How to change login email for Freado?

Changing your email address is easy!

1. Go to www.freado.com or www.bookbuzzr.com
2. Click on Login
3. Login to the website, Your profile page will appear
4. Click on "Edit" link on the right hand side, "Edit Profile" page will appear
5. There you can change your Email Address.

How to get an email signature?

1. Login to fReado which takes you to the 'My Books' profile page.
2. Click on the 'Start Marketing' option available which leads you to the 'Start Marketing' page.
3. Next, scroll down the page and at the end you can find the "Get email signature" option. Click on it.
4. Click on 'Get the hCard (?)'.
5. Click on 'Learn How To Use The Email Signature'.
6. Next, follow the steps to get an email signature.

Why upload button is not displayed in upload page?

Upload button will display only if flash player is enabled in the browser.
You can enable the flash player in the browser using the "Manage Add-ons" option in "Tools" Menu.
If flash player is not installed in your computer you can get it from www.adobe.com/flashplayer.

Can you guarantee that if I supply DRM free, the books will not be able to be copied by others?

We cannot guarantee that it cannot be copied by others. A determined hacker can break most systems that are considered secure. Hence, we do not want to make any such express commitments.
However, please be advised that BookBuzzr streams images and does not store images on the accessing computer. This means that a reader CANNOT copy the pages easily.

I already have my book on Google Books. Isn't this sufficient to market my book online?

Here are some reasons why Google Books alone is not sufficient to market your book and why BookBuzzr is an outstanding complement to Google Books.

• The BookBuzzr book-widget flips the first six pages and provokes the curiosity of site visitors into sampling your book
• You and fans of your book (possibly consultants providing SEO / Consulting services) can share your book on Linked-In (with just a few clicks by clicking on the Share button)
• You can bundle important information about your book into the book widget (including links to your white papers and reports, links to any websites that you may be managing, links to videos etc.)
• You get a neat little flipping book signature (an animated GIF, a VCARD and a HCARD) that can be shared via email and web
• Several twitter features exist to enable you to gain more twitter followers and market your book to your follower base (without making it too 'salesy')
• Your book can be shared by friends and fans on their blogger blogs and websites.

Also, the BookBuzzr paradigm /perspective is completely different from Google Books. We think of ourselves primarily as book-marketing technology for authors. As such we're not constrained by any technology or platform. If Twitter is important today, we'll incorporate Twitter features. If a new technology comes along we'll add that into our technology. For example, in the next few months we're working on features that integrate with Amazon. Google Books probably thinks of itself more as a place where people can discover and read books (the main benefit for authors being getting found via search).

I am a publisher, I cannot find anything to click to get information about adding books in fReado?

In order to upload books please do the following.

• Login to freado using your login details.
• Click "Authors" tab.
• Below the author name you can see the option named "Upload book". You can use this option for uploading book under existing author.
• In order to add books under new author you can use the option "Add New Author". After adding the author you will get the link for uploading books.
• Once you set up your authors you can hand over control of the author account to the respective author by clicking on the "Authors" tab and then clicking on the "Give Access to Author" link. Clicking this link sends a special URL to the author by email. The author needs to click on the URL in order to reset his / her password and start using BookBuzzr.

You may also want to check out the following documents on the publisher's page at: http://bookbuzzr.freado.com/publisher.php

• An Absolute Beginners Guide to BookBuzzr and Internet Marketing (for Authors).
• Publishers Information Kit.
• Video describing how Publishers can use BookBuzzr.

How do I add more books to my profile?

1. Go to www.freado.com or www.bookbuzzr.com.
2. Click on Login.
3. Login to the website which takes you to the 'My Books' profile page.
4. Click on the 'Upload' option available which leads you to the 'Upload Content' page.
5. Next, Browse and upload the book to your profile.