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Upload and Sell Your Ebooks

For any ebook of yours on Curios:

• You keep 100% of any sales (you can also give books away for free)

• You get the contact information of your purchasers/readers

• You maintain total control of your IP at all times.

Step 1: Content Gathering/Prep

1. Have a tall rectangular jpeg of your cover art for each book.

a. The recommended size for an Ebook is a tall, rectangular image at 1,600 x 2,400 pixels.

b. Include the book title and the author name(s) in the cover image.

2. Have a compelling description for each book in the series

3. Have the book files ready for each book (epub for ebooks)

4. Have a sale price in mind. (free is an option on Curios as well)

Step 2: Upload on Studio.curios.com

1. Go to studio.curios.com and enter your email to log in.

Creator Studio login screen

2. Enter the code sent to your email address and hit Submit

Email verification code screen

3. Click Create Project option in the left hand menu

Create Project menu option

4. Select Book

Select Book option

5. Upload your EPUB file

EPUB file upload screen

a. You can rename any file by clicking the file and retyping the name

b. Hitting the trash icon can remove the file

Hitting the next button will take you to the next step.

6. Upload the Cover Image (tall, rectangular 1,600px x 2,400px), Enter the Book Title, Enter the Book Description

Cover image and metadata upload

7. Upload the Preview Files

Preview file upload options

a. We will auto generate an ebook preview from your epub upload in step 5. Simply select the option to auto generate. Or you can upload a specific preview file.

8. Set your Price and Choose when the book will go on sale

Pricing and listing options

You can select "Buy Now" which will allow you to set a sales price for the book

You can select "Free" which will allow you to give your book away for free to your readers

You can change the price for your book at any time.

9. Set the Genre/Sub Genre for your book

Genre and sub-genre settings

10. Set the Release Date/Time

Default is set to available which means it will go live when you hit "Publish"

Default publish settings

Additionally you can set the time and date for when you would like the book to go live by toggling off the "Available Now" option

Release date and time settings

11. Additionally you will be presented 2 options "Save Draft" and "Review and Publish"

a. Save Draft will save all this information entered, and allow you to review or add to this content prior to it being live and available on marketplace.curios.com

b. Review and Publish will publish this content live to be claimed or purchased on marketplace.curios.com, however you can edit, add or remove any of the information at any time.

12. If you have any questions or need further information, please don't hesitate to contact [email protected]