Links
What is a custom link?
Custom Links allow you to create links that will deliver the reader to a specific URL that you set. It will not do any geolocation processing or automatically place affiliate codes at the end of the URL. NOTE: If you are creating a link for a book to ...
How can I add keywords to my book's links?
You can find the keywords text field on each book's Details tab. So head to the book page where you want to ad the keywords, click on the Links tab, then edit the link you want to add the keywords to. The edit icon is the one that depicts a pencil ...
What is an Attribution Tag?
From the Amazon Attribution page: "Amazon Attribution is an advertising and analytics measurement solution that gives marketers insight into how their non-Amazon marketing channels perform on Amazon." By adding a tag to your links you'll give Amazon ...
How do I set up affiliate links with ReaderLinks?
You can set your links' affiliate code(s) by following these steps: 1. Hover over Settings in the menu at the top of the page 2. Click on Pen Name Settings. 3. Click on the Default Affiliate Codes tab 4. Enter your affiliate code for each ...
How does LinkFlow work?
If you'd like to understand how LinkFlow can help you track conversions, watch this video.
How to make a Custom Link that includes affiliate code(s)
First, you want to head to the book page on Amazon to get the link with the affiliate code. Copy the Amazon link, then head to AHS. Under the ReaderLinks tab, choose Custom Links Fill out the new link boxes, pasting the link that you created on ...
Where to input your Amazon Attributions
For a new link or to edit an existing link Choose the book that the link will be affiliated with From the book's dashboard, click on the Links tab Choose either "Add a New Link to this Book" for a new link or scroll down and find the link that you ...
How do I create a QR code for my book?
QR codes are automatically created for you when you create a link in the Author Helper Suite. Here's an example of a link that has already been created. You can follow along with any of your current links too. Step 1: Head to a book page Step 2: ...
What is the QR code for?
The QR code feature can be found on the 'Edit' page for every link. Scroll to the bottom of the link's page to see it. The QR codes are a fun and easy way for people to visit your pages online. You can put the code in email signatures, business ...
With ios14 changes, how can I whitelist ReaderLinks.com for Facebook?
It is not possible for customers to whitelist ReaderLinks links. The options we all have now are limited. To break it down in two sentences, the options are: 1. Ignore the whitelisting message on Facebook and miss tracking data from ios14+ devices ...
Facebook is showing the wrong url in the preview window. What's going on?
The reason for this is Facebook's cache system. Whenever you put a new link into Facebook, it takes a while for it to figure out where that link is going. Once it does, it writes that into memory so it doesn't have to do it every time. Therein lies ...
Can I track links that were created in another service?
Yes, you can set up a custom link to track any non-ReaderLinks link. So, if you want to use storyorigins or bitly or just a direct link that has no geolocation, etc, you can use a custom link for that. Read more about Custom Links here.
How do I craft an Automatic Link, and what is it good for?
We organize ReaderLinks around the individual book, which means all of our reporting and links start there. Please do the following: 1.At the top of the AHS page, hover over ReaderLinks and choose "Use Automatic Link Creation Tool" 2. Click on the ...
How do I set up affiliate links?
You can set the default affiliate code for each market in your settings. Please do the following: 1. Click on 'Pen Name Settings' under the Settings menu at the top of the page. 2. Click on the 'Default Affiliate Codes' tab. 3. Enter the default ...
How do I create a link to go to [fill in the blank]?
The best place to create any link in ReaderLinks is on the book's page. Here's an example of how to create a link that goes to the Amazon Book Read page: 1. Go to the specific book's page on ReaderLinks 2. Click the Links tab 3. Click on the orange ...
The Amazon affiliate code is not showing up on my links. What do I do?
Please be sure to set each book to use affiliate codes. We set affiliate to OFF for each book to be sure authors don't accidentally use affiliate codes when they first start using AHS. Amazon can be tough on this front, so we're being cautious. To ...
What are User Defined Tags and how do I use them?
For a detailed breakdown on UD tags, please watch this video: https://vimeo.com/212420138 updated 2/2023
What is a Core Link?
Core Links are links that you use in the promotion of every single book. For example, we all make links to put in the back of our books that ask people to review our books, or sign up for our newsletter or buy the next book in the series. Right? ...
What are Custom Links?
Custom Links allow you to make a link that isn't attached to a specific book. For example, you can use it to make a link for your newsletter that lands on a contest page. Custom Links are looked at in detail here: https://vimeo.com/197679707 And ...
How do I make my own Core Link?
Head into the Core Links tool and click "Add New Core Link". Enter the info you have for the link, click the Add Core Link button and, voila! That Core Link is now available for all of your books. Any new book you put in ReaderLinks will also have ...
Popular Articles
What happens to my data when I cancel my account?
If you cancel your account, you will still have full access to the system until the expiration date of your subscription's billing cycle and all of your current links will still function until your account expires. Also, for your convenience, your ...
How do I get KDP Reports into The Author Helper Suite?
To manually upload recent data: Step 1: Go to https://kdp.amazon.com and sign in. Step 2: Go to the Reports tab. Step 3: Click on Royalties Estimator and download the 90 day report. Click on the drop-down menu with dates in it and select "Last 90 ...
How do I add Draft2Digital reports to AHS?
1. Go to the the main page on Draft2Digital and click the "Reports" link on the menu. 2. Click on the "Downloads" link on the My Reports page. 3. Find the month you are looking for and click on the "eBook Sales Report" link to initiate the download. ...
How does The Author Helper Suite work?
We're a subscription service that provides a suite of tools for tracking your marketing efforts. This suite includes link tracking, ReaderTeams management, and promotion tracking to see which promotional sites have done well for you and your book ...
What is a Core Link?
Core Links are links that you use in the promotion of every single book. For example, we all make links to put in the back of our books that ask people to review our books, or sign up for our newsletter or buy the next book in the series. Right? ...