FAQ - Publisher account
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How to setup your virtual ebookstore on Lektz?
Sign-up as a Publisher with Lektz.com and you will be asked to verify your email. Once you verify your email and sign-in to the system you'll be directed to the 'List of ebookstores' page. You'll be having the publisher dashboard menu on the left where you'll find the 'My Store' options to edit your publisher account details and add your 'Paypal' account to it. You can upload your EPUB and PDF format of ebooks in your virtual store and make it available for sale.
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How to publish your ebook on your Lektz ebookstore?
Once you have signed-in you can access the 'Books' option from the publisher dashboard 'My Store' menu on the left-hand side of the web page. Once you go to the 'Books' table page you can add eBooks using the 'Add Book' button. Upon clicking the 'Add Book' button you'll be re-directed to enter the meta details of the book such as Title, Author, Price, Keywords, etc.and upload the ePub and PDF files into the system. Once you enter all the details, upload the file and click 'Save' button, the ebook will be added in the 'Books' table. You can change the status of the book from red circle (waiting for approval) to green circle (available) to make the book available in your virtual store. You can visit your store URL to see how your book appears in the store page.
Note: At some instances, large PDF and ePub files may take sometime to get DRM applied and to be available for sales. At those point of time it will show 'grey' circle (processing) in the status column of the 'Books' table.
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What is the maximum size of the ebook that can be uploaded?
The maximum size that is allowed for upload is 10MB per ebook.
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How to edit your eBook Details?
All the ebooks you´ve uploaded to your store are available in the ´Books´ table page. On clicking on the individual book name on the table, you will be re-directed to 'View book' page where you get the 'Edit' button to make changes in the book details.
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How to publish/launch your ebooks at a pre-set time on Lektz?
In the 'Add books' page you'll have the option to enter the 'launch date'. Select a date from the calendar to launch your book in the store on particular date.
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How to see your customer analytics?
Once you sign-in to the system, select the 'Customers' option from the 'My store' menu. You'll be re-directed to the customers page, on clicking individual customer name you'll get the analytics/report of that individual customer.
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What is Device Limit and how to set it?
In the 'Add books' page you'll have the option to enter the 'Device Restriction'. On specifying a number you can choose the number of devices in which you would like your users to access this eBook.
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How to connect your Payment Gateway?
Once you sign-in to the system, select the 'Payment Gateway' option from the 'My store' menu. You'll be re-directed to the payment gateway page where you can choose your payment gateway and enter your merchant id.
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What ebook formats are supported in Lektz?
Lektz platform supports EPUB2/EPUB3 and PDF format of ebooks.
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Where to find the existing Lektz stores?
All the ebooks you´ve uploaded to your store are available in the ´Books´ table page. On clicking on the individual book name on the table, you will be re-directed to 'View book' page where you get the 'Edit' button to make changes in the book details.
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Where to upload the company logo and banner and what should be the maximum size?
Once you sign-in to the system, select the 'Setup my store' option from the 'My store' menu. You'll be re-directed to the Setup my store page where you can enter the details of your company, add company logo and banner image to your store. The optimum size for company logo is 140px * 70px and for banner is 716px * 230px.
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Where to find the purchased ebooks?
The ebooks purchased by the publisher from other Lektz publisher stores can be accessed by clicking on the 'Books' option from 'My Library' menu.
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What is the use of Favorite stores?
The 'Favorite stores' option from the 'My Library' menu will re-direct the users/publishers to the list of stores page from which they already purchased/downloaded ebooks. This makes it easier for the users to navigate between the stores from which they would like to purchase ebooks.
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How you can download the free Lektz Reader apps for PC/Android/IOS?
You can download Lektz ebook reader applications for iOS and Android devices through Apple app store and Google Play store resp. For Lektz PC reader application and more information on reader applications visit the page: http://lektz.com/homes/freeapps
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How to get your transaction details of the books you have purchased?
The 'Transaction details' option from the 'My Library' menu will re-direct the users/publishers to the my transactions page where you can find details of the books you purchased and link to their store pages.
For video demo on how to create a publisher store in Lektz.com visit http://lektz.com/homes/taketour
