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message 1: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Doughty (thesarahdoughty) | 82 comments I asked this question before, but I think I didn't ask it correctly. I want to specify which stores my books are available under Get a Copy, and I did that, but what I set up through my profile settings shows up for EVERY book. I want the links for my book to be specific, since it's only available in select stores and provide a link to B&N because they don't use the ISBN. Is there a way I can do this so everyone who looks at my books can see where they can get them?
Thanks!


message 2: by Krazykiwi (last edited Aug 01, 2015 09:33AM) (new)

Krazykiwi | 1767 comments Get a copy links are user specific. Your links are not my links (for instance, I don't have a B&N link, because it's of no use to me. I do have Akademibokhandeln, which will happily look up most anything by ISBN, but I suspect you don't have that one.)

As an author, you simply need to ensure that you have an edition that will work on each store it should. That's usually a kindle edition with ASIN, e-book/paperback/hardback editions with ISBN's for most other stores, and a nook edition with a B&N id starting with 294, for Nook. The buttons only work on the right editions, so if you press the Amazon button, should you have one, on the Nook edition, it won't work.

Users who use the get a copy links learn pretty quickly to switch to the appropriate edition for the stores of their choice.


message 3: by Krazykiwi (new)

Krazykiwi | 1767 comments Ok, replying to myself.

Your book only has an ISBN.
You need to add a Nook edition, with the B&N ID in place of the ISBN 13.
If it's also available on Amazon, you will also need to add a third edition with the ASIN.

If you post those here, I (or another librarian) can do it for you too.


message 4: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Doughty (thesarahdoughty) | 82 comments Okay, where can I put the B&N id? I haven't been able to figure that out. The rest of the links should work just fine, then.

Thank you!


message 5: by Krazykiwi (new)

Krazykiwi | 1767 comments Go to the existing book page, and choose "add a new edition".

Put the B&N Id in the ISBN 13 field. Choose "Nook" as the format. Add the cover (top right), and press save. Done :)


message 6: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Doughty (thesarahdoughty) | 82 comments Thank you for being so helpful. I already have an ISBN so I hope that by adding the B&N id won't effect the ISBN information...

For Just Breathe the B&N id is 2940151897532
For Focus (part of the same series) the B&N id is
2940152060683

My books aren't on Amazon since they're free, so I don't have and ASIN, but if that changes, I'll definitely keep that in mind.


message 7: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Doughty (thesarahdoughty) | 82 comments Haha, okay, ignore my previous comment, I'll add the information. Thank you!!!


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