How to add co-authors to books I create? How do I assign co-authors to edit chapters?

Adding co-authors allows them to view your book and receive royalties for the book's sales. You can also assign Co-Authors to specific chapters to give them editing rights to those chapters.

To add co-authors permission to view your work and receive royalties:

1. 1. From the "My Library" tab, select your unpublished book to open it and choose the “Front of Book” tab.
      
      
   2. Scroll to the “Co-Authors Information” block.
      
      
   3. Click the settings icon on the right side .
      
      
   4. Click “Add New Co-Author.”
      
      
   5. Insert the co-author’s name, email, and personal description (optional). You will also have the option to make the co-author’s name visible on the front of the book or hidden with the Visibility option. Finally, you can set the royalty percentage of the total author royalties that you want to share with the co-author for their contribution.
      
      
   6. When you are finished adding the co-author information, click “SAVE.”

After adding your co-authors, you can assign them to specific chapters to give them editing rights.  You can assign them in the Front of Book tab, as well as in the Chapters tab. To assign co-authors editing rights:

From the Front of Book tab:

1. 1. Scroll down to the Table of Contents box.
      
      
   2. Select the “Edit Chapter” icon next to the chapter to which you want to assign a co-author.

An Edit Chapter pop-up will appear. Select a co-author in the Assign Co-Author drop-down menu and click “Save”.

From the Chapters tab:

1. 1. Select the “Edit” icon next to the chapter you want to assign a co-author.
      
      
   2. Assign Co-Author from the drop-down menu in the Edit Chapter box.
      
      
   3. Click “Save”.
      
      

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