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Create a package

Put your books, tools, a course and ambassadorship together at one price. Choose what’s in it, who can get it and how people pay, then create your package.

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A package puts what you’ve built around your book in one place, at one price: your books, your tools, a course and ambassadorship, in any mix. Packages are part of Author Pro, and they’re in a private beta right now. Open Packages in the sidebar, choose New package, and under The basics give it a name and, if you like, a description.

Under What’s in it, choose All my books, which includes books you publish later, or pick specific books. Check the tools members can use, up to 12, and pick one of your courses. Only published tools are listed. Any mix works, even a package of only tools or only a course, as long as it holds something. Turn on Members are ambassadors to let members share your books and give copies away. In a paid package they can also make offers and earn commission. Ambassadors need at least one book to share.

Under Who can get it, choose Public or Private. A public package shows on your storefront, and anyone can get it from its own page. A private package is hidden and has no page, so only people you invite can get it. On a public package you can also turn on Require application, so people ask to join and you approve or decline each one.

Under How people pay, choose Free, Monthly or Yearly, and set your price. The lowest paid price is $0.99. How people pay can’t change after you create the package, but you can change the price later, and a new price applies to new members. Storybase keeps 20% of what members pay, the same as a book sale on Pro, and the form shows what you keep from each member after Stripe’s processing fee. Storybase keeps none of what ambassadors pay you in an ambassador program, so a package with only your books and ambassadorship costs you more than an ambassador program on the Ambassadors page. Your payouts need to be set up before you can create a paid package. In a paid package with ambassadorship on, the Ambassadors step sets the commission, up to 40% of each sale a member sends you, and how many free copies each ambassador can give. Clients fills in 20% and 5 copies, Advocates 10% and 10 copies, and you can change both. Then choose Create package. A public package gets its own page that shows how to join and what’s inside, and members find it all under your name in My Authors.

Frequently asked questions

Authors on Author Pro who are in the Packages private beta, and publishers on Business in the beta.

20% of what members pay for a paid package, the same as a book sale on Pro. Stripe’s processing fee comes out of the rest, and the form shows what you keep from each member before you create it. A free package costs you nothing.

If all you want is people sharing your books, run an ambassador program from the Ambassadors page: Storybase keeps none of what ambassadors pay you there. Make a package when you want your books together with tools, a course or both. If a new paid package holds only books and ambassadorship, the form points you to Ambassadors, and you can still create the package.

Its name, what’s in it, who can get it and its price. How people pay can’t change. If you turn Members are ambassadors on or off later, the form asks first, and each current member gets one email about it.

On a public package with Require application and Auto-handle new applications both off, they’re in as soon as they join. With Require application on, they ask to join, and you approve or decline each request under Requests. A private package has no page, so people join only from your invite.

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