The Jellybooks manual for how bookshops can leverage online samples, previews, and excerpts to boost pre-orders and sales.

1. Jellybooks Bookshop Manual
for accessing and customising online samples
The Jellybooks manual for how
bookshops can leverage online samples,
previews, and excerpts.

2. Part I
Entry Level Users
Basic email and/or social media skills only
Part III
Advanced Level Users
Some coding skill required
Part II
Intermediate Level Users
some basic web skills required
Jellybooks DISCOVERY for bookshops
Table of Contents
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3. Entry Level
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4. Register
Request access to the Jellybooks bookshop portal by
emailing us at vip@jellybooks.com and send us your:
• Shop name (trading/legal name)
• Abbreviated shop name (if appliable)
• Link to your privacy policy (if you have one)
• Email addresses for any other users who require access
• [Optional] Bookshop brand colours for the custom buy button
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Basic Level

5. Find Book
Step 1: Locate the desired book
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Basic Level
https://www.jellybooks.com/discovery/partner_portal
Click on the ‘Create Sample
Link’ button for chosen title
Look-up from available titles via
‘featured’, ‘just published’, ‘upcoming,’
‘popular’, or simply use ‘search’

6. Customize Sample Link
Step 2: Customize link
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Basic Level
❶ Insert the product page link(s), where
users can buy the book on your website – us
multiple links if multiple formats are availab
You can also link to bookshop.org, if desired
❷ Enter custom button
text, such as ‘buy signed
edition’, ‘buy HB’, etc.
❸ When finished, click
‘Create Reading Sample’

7. Buy Page Examples
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Basic Level
without buy link default button bookshop.org
multiple editions

8. Use Sample Link
Step 3: Copy/paste link
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Basic Level
Copy/paste bookshop link
Tip: Use a UTM generator to customise your link, if you plan on using the link
in different channels and wish to track engagement data for each channel

9. [Optional] QR codes
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Basic Level
Tip: By using the Jellybooks QR code generator you can track all QR-code based
engagement data via Jellybooks. The unique design also helps reader recognize
that this is a QR code for book samples.
Create a QR code with custom dimensions
and bespoke colour - click ‘export’ to
download as an image

10. Intermediate Level
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11. Modal Mode
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By installing a few lines of JavaScript code provided by Jellybooks, bookshops can
make online reading samples appear in modal mode meaning the user never leaves
the bookshop web page.

12. JavaScript Tool
In Spring/Summer 2022 Jellybooks will roll out plug-ins for
Batchline users who use the following ecommerce platforms:
– Shopify
– Squarespace
– Wix
– Woocommerce
The Jellybooks plug-in will allow for automatic retrieval of online
reading samples and configure them as links, buttons or clickable
book covers on the bookshop page.
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13. Advanced Level
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14. Enterprise – API
We offer a free (REST) API that can be called in real-time and provides
online retailers access to our entire book sample catalogue.
The Jellybooks API provides a sample URL for each title we hold with the
ISBN and book tile part of the URL for easy matching to book pages.
We automatically generate links for ebook, hardback and paperback, if
available.
Access is free, but requires a license agreement and an API key.
You will need some basic coding or web developer experience. A
competent coder can implement the API in one or two days (excluding
any custom UX changes).
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15. Acknowledgments
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The Jellybooks DISCOVERY platform supporting booksellers was
developed by Jellybooks in partnership with Blackwell’s Books,
Batchline, and the Bookseller Association.
The development of the service has been supported financially by
Arts Council England and Innovate UK and continues to be
supported by financial contributions from publishers.

16. Free Online Reading Samples
to boost reader engagement and sales!