Roadmap ⚒️
Here's what we're building right now and what’s next.
Ideas
32Under consideration
Spotlight an upcoming release
Yes, I saw if it’s an Amazon pre-order, but what if it’s not an Amazon pre-order?
Publish posts (blog-style) on your author site
Simple tool to create social media graphics based on your books
New page on author site: "Events"
A page where people can find all the bookish events you’re attending or speaking at.
Mailerlite integration
Integrate with Mailerlite so that new subscribers are automatically sent to Mailerlite
New page on author site: "Contact"
A page where people can find all the info they need to get in touch with you and also a form to submit any requests.
Show book ratings on author dashboard
When a reader rates one of the free books you uploaded on crewfiction, you’ll be able to see the rating and feedback on your admin dashboard.
Plotting and Wordcount
Maybe we can have something like Pacemaker and Plottr available on this platform to help us cut costs and keep everything in one place
Start here...
Okay, so we can show the first book in a series, but how about a “start here” badge or starburst or something to guide our readers?
Media kits
Author photo, bio, etc. all in one place.
Next up
5Committed and queued
Backmatter links to grow your email list
Turn your Amazon readers into email subscribers by adding links inside your books. Offer them bonus content, giveaways, or other freebies. When they click the link and visit your website, they'll sign up for your email list to get the bonus.
Add spicy meter to books on your author site
Right now is displayed only the crewfiction listing.
[Newsletter] Amazon Multi-Store Book Links
Include your book's Amazon US link in newsletters, plus optionally add UK, Canada, and Australia stores with a single click. Help international readers find and buy your book from their local Amazon without manual link management.
Newsletter analytics: measure performance per book and link
Newsletter Swaps
Ability for authors to create newsletter swaps for other authors to apply.
In Progress
4Actively being built
Add new subscribers that you import to your Welcome email sequence
Re-send an email to non-openers with a few clicks
[Giveaway] Ability to invite your author friends to your giveaways
[Giveaway] Improve giveaway application process
You will be able to complete your application and clearly see your status: if you’re accepted, when the giveaway starts, and more…
Done
64Recently shipped
Ability to send a newsletter to your email list directly from your dashboard
ARC flow (version 1)
We’ll work hard to make it simple and magic like the creation of your author site ☺️
Email notifications when authors get a new subscriber
Custom domain for author sites
Ability to connect your custom domain on your author site.
Welcome email sequence for new subscribers
After a reader subscribes to your email list on your author site, they will receive an effective sequence of emails to engage them and then sell them your paid Amazon books.
Multiple Reader Magnets
We want to expand the reader magnet feature to allow multiple offerings on your crewfiction author site. Soon, you'll be able to: Upload several reader magnets (free books, samples, deleted scenes, etc.) Generate individual landing pages for each item Share unique URLs directly with your readers This update responds to requests for more flexibility in how you connect with and grow your audience.
Basic analytics about your author site and listing
Number of visitors, email subscribers and clicks to paid Amazon books.
Periodically feature new authors and books on crewfiction reader platform and make /explore the crewfiction home page
Subscriber page (Author dashboard)
A page to see the readers that downloaded your books.
Custom book ordering on author sites
At the moment, we sort your Featured Books on your author site based on publication date. We’re adding the option to order them as you want. For now, you will have to get in touch with us and we’ll take care. If you want us to build the functionality to do it on your own through your dashboard, just upvote this feature request and/or leave a comment!