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Create a Combo Pack on Curios

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Combo Packs

Bundle formats into one combo pack

This tutorial walks you through creating a combo pack, such as an ebook plus a signed paperback, sold together at one price.

One price, several formats

Sell a bundle readers can buy in one click.

Physical and digital

Ship the print items and deliver the files automatically.

Great for launches

Offer a premium bundle to your biggest fans.

Is this book part of a series?

This tutorial covers a standalone book. For a series, follow Uploading an Ebook or Audiobook Series or Add a Book to an Existing Series.

1Start a new book

  1. Log in at studio.curios.com.
  2. In the left menu, click Publish / Add New Product.
Publish / Add New Product in the Curios Studio left menu
  1. Under What are you publishing?, click Book.
The Book option on the What are you publishing page

2Establish the Series Information

For this example we will select standalone book, but if this book is part of a series then you can specify that here.

  1. Click Standalone Book.
  2. Click Continue.
Standalone Book selected, with the Continue button

3Add your book details

  1. Book Title: enter the title exactly as it should appear on your sales page.
  2. Book Description: paste your sales copy. You can use bold and italics.
  3. Genre: choose a genre (required), then choose one or more subgenres. You can add a Second Genre too.
  4. Click Continue.
Book Title, Book Description and Genre fields

4Choose the Combo Pack format

  1. Click Combo Pack.
  2. Click Continue.
Combo Pack selected on the Choose Formats page

Tip: Selling other formats of this book too? Select them all now and you'll set each one up in turn. You can also add formats later with Add a Format to an Existing Book.

5Choose what's in the pack and upload its image

  1. Under Bundle Includes, click every format in the pack. This example includes an Ebook and a Paperback.
  2. Under Cover Image, click Upload Image and choose an image of the bundle (JPG or PNG, up to 5 MB).
Ebook and Paperback selected under Bundle Includes, and the cover upload box

6Set your price and release date

  1. Click Listing Type and choose one:
    • Free (Claim): readers get it for free, and you get the email address of everyone who claims it.
    • Buy Now: readers buy it at the price you set.
    • Pre-order: take orders before release day. See Setting Up a Pre-Order on Curios.
The Listing Type menu showing Free (Claim), Buy Now and Pre-order
  1. Buy Now Price: enter your price.
  2. (Optional) Retail: enter a higher "was" price to show a discount. Readers see it crossed out next to your Buy Now price.
  3. Release Date: leave Available Now switched on to release as soon as you publish, or switch it off to schedule a date and time (in your local time zone).
Buy Now Price, Retail price and the Available Now switch

If your pack includes a print book or merchandise, you also choose how it ships:

7Choose how orders are fulfilled

Under How will this be fulfilled?, pick one of the options below. (3rd Party Warehouse & Logistics is marked Coming Soon.)

The four fulfillment options: Self Fulfilled Calculated Shipping, Self Fulfilled Flat Rate Shipping, Print On Demand and 3rd Party Warehouse

Option A: Ship it yourself (self-fulfilled)

You pack and ship each order. Choose how shipping is charged:

  1. Calculated shipping. Click Select under Self Fulfilled Calculated Shipping. Then pick your Ship From Address (or click + Add New Address).
Self Fulfilled Calculated Shipping selected, with the Ship From Address
  1. Enter the package Weight (oz) and Dimensions (inches), then click each carrier service you want to offer under Carriers & Services.
Weight, dimensions and selected carrier services
  1. Flat rate shipping. Click Select under Self Fulfilled Flat Rate Shipping. Enter one default rate on the Every country row. Optionally set a different rate for a country, or click Exclude to stop shipping there.
Flat rate shipping with a default rate and a country-specific rate

Learn more: See Self Fulfilled Shipping for Authors for packing, printing labels and shipping your orders.

Option B: Print on demand with BookVault

BookVault prints, packs and ships each order for you. Set up your book on BookVault first.

  1. Click Select under Print On Demand.
  2. Leave Print Provider set to BookVault and check that it says BookVault connected.
  3. Enter the ISBN that matches this format on BookVault, then click Calculate costs to see your print costs.
Print On Demand selected, with the Print Provider, ISBN and Calculate costs

Learn more: See Set Up Print on Demand via BookVault to create your BookVault account, connect it to Curios and see how costs work.

8Upload the digital files

  1. If the pack includes an ebook or audiobook, make sure Does this format have digital files to deliver? is switched on.
  2. Drag the files into Files to Deliver, or click or click to browse.
The digital files switch and the Files to Deliver box An EPUB listed under Files to Deliver

Preview: When you upload an EPUB, Curios creates a free preview automatically. For audio, upload your own sample clip.

9Set collaborators and permissions

  1. Leave I am the author switched on, or switch it off to enter a pen name.
  2. Not Downloadable (off, the default) keeps files in the Curios reader; switch it on so buyers can download them. Leave Public on so anyone can find the pack.
Collaborators and the download and visibility switches

10Review, then save or publish

  1. Click Series Review at the bottom right.
The Series Review button
  1. Check the details, then click Save Draft (1) or Publish.
The Save Draft and Publish buttons

11Check your product page and publish

  1. On the product page, check your files and shipping, then click Publish Project.
The Publish Project button

You're always in control. You can change your price, shipping, images, description or release date at any time, even after you publish. Click the product on your Studio dashboard to open its page.

Stuck? Contact Curios support. We're here to help.

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