[No longer under development! See the Author Showcase plugin for similar, extended functionality.] Buy This Book allows authors to display their books …
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WordPress.org rating4.5 / 5 from 2 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Buy This Book version 1.4 as active, updated 10y ago and tested up to WordPress 4.1.
Overview
About this plugin
Buy This Book is no longer under active development. A new plugin called the Author Showcase
is available with extended and upgraded functionality. This plugin should still work on the latest version of WordPress, and support is still available, but it won’t have any
new features added.
Buy This Book is a WordPress plugin designed for authors. It was created to combat three problems:
Many authors use things like the Amazon Affiliate widget to display their books, which is stripped out of webpages by adblockers. This results in their books never being seen by a significant chunk of users, as adblockers are the most popular plugins for Chrome and Firefox.
If authors want to just add their books and a link to Amazon, etc, they’re obliged to know some HTML and it’s something of a pain in the ass.
Neither option is ideal when books can be available on multiple websites.
Buy This Book takes cover images and up to seven websites, and displays them on the sidebar with a slideout menu.
It supports:
Amazon
Kobo
Barnes & Noble
Smashwords
Lulu
iBooks
One custom option
This version of the plugin can also be modified to use other services.
Suggestions for new functionality welcome! Please contact me here:
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Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
amazon
author
book
covers
display
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 4.1
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 4.1.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to4.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.0 · PHP not listed
Update activity5 Jul 201610y ago
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