A Beginner’s Guide to Setting Up Affiliate Links
By Joni Di Placido Affiliate income is an absolute no brainer for any independent publisher or author. Vivian Arend wrote a comprehensive guide about making the…
KWL EP 113 – All About EPUBs with Simon Collinson and Ben Dugas from Kobo
KWL EP 113 – All About EPUBs with Simon Collinson and Ben Dugas from Kobo Join Chrissy as she sits down with EPUB experts Simon Collinson…
KWL Dashboard Update: Downloadable Sales Reports Are Here!
Rejoice, dear authors, for great news is here! We want to make KWL as easy as possible for you to use. Over the years, our authors …
Are You Using Kobo Affiliate Links?
By Nicole S., Assistant to Vivian Arend Affiliate income can be an integral part of any author’s income. Finding a system that works best for each of…
Publishing on KWL: A Step-By-Step Guide
Once you have a Kobo account, you can create your author account here. Remember that you…
How do I make a change to my book after it is published on the Kobo store?
By Stephanie McGrath You have successfully published your book and it is now live on our store. Congratulations! However, you notice a typo that needs immediate…
Tech 101: Reflowable EPUBs VS Fixed Layout EPUBs
Last summer, Kobo Writing Life launched its professional EPUB conversion service on the Author Services tab of the Dashboard. Since then, we’ve seen one question come…
New Pricing Control
Setting The Price On a New Book You will first set the price of your book starting with your default currency. If you set a list…
Tech 101: Validating and Testing Your eBooks
By Hufsa Tahir Like the finer things in life, eBooks don’t look as good as they often do without a lot of testing and loving attention…
Metadata 101
By Tara Cremin What is metadata? When creating a new eBook using Kobo Writing Life, you’ll be asked to input information that will help us to…
Embedding Fonts in Your Ebooks
By Hufsa Tahir Let’s talk about fonts. Most of us don’t spend much time thinking about them; we tend to use them for our book files,…
How to create a great box set
By Tara Cremin Box sets are hugely popular on Kobo at the moment. Our best selling titles on Kobo Writing Life are nearly always ones that…
Tech 101: What Is an ePub?
By Hufsa Tahir What is an ePub file? An ePub file is the digital format of a book used across all eReading devices and apps (Kobo,…
Ebook Formatting 101: Styling Tags in your Ebook’s CSS
By Hufsa Tahir Please note: this article assumes prior knowledge of CSS classes. Every chapter in an eBook file is made up of a collection of…
Custom Notifications Settings
The Kobo Writing Life team has recently added two types of NOTIFICATIONS to the KWL Dashboard. The first type of notification involves basic systematic information that…
KWL Guide to Pre-orders
By Vanessa Ghosh Pre-orders are a great way to generate excitement for your yet-unreleased books, while simultaneously securing a few early sales! To set up a…