You can use an About the Author page
to share a bit more about yourself.
About the Author includes a dedicated section
for social media, which you can use to help readers
find you online and keep on top of your future releases.
To add an About the Author page to your book, select
About the Author from the menu
in Chapter ▸ Add Element.
More details about adding elements can be found in
Elements of Your Book.
Social Media
At the bottom of the Text Editor,
you’ll find a section for profiles on
social media sites like Facebook, X (Twitter), and Instagram:
Provide links to your profiles,
and Vellum will include icons for these services
below your text.
In your ebook, readers will be able to click the associated icon
to find your profile and follow updates:
Entering a Profile
You can add an entry by copying and pasting
the link for your profile into the associated
entry. You can also enter your
user name for the service
and
Vellum will construct the appropriate
link for you:
Once you enter a link, you can use the arrow button
to its right to test that it works as expected.
Additional Profiles
To start, your About the Author page includes
entries for Facebook, X (Twitter), and Instagram.
You can add entries for more services — such as
TikTok, Goodreads, and BookBub — using the
+ button
in the lower-left:
Note: Because an Amazon Author Central profile refers to amazon.com,
it will be excluded from
ebooks created for Apple Books, Kobo, and other stores.
Reordering and Removing Profiles
If you’d like to change the order in which icons are listed,
you can reorder profiles using drag and drop:
You can remove a profile by clicking the
- button
that appears when your mouse pointer
is over the profile.
Profile Options for Print
Of course, readers won’t be able to click on icons
in a paperback.
You can control how to present
social media profiles in your print edition
using the switch in the lower-right:
By default, icons are shown in your print edition,
and serve as indicators of your presence on the associated platforms.
If you’d prefer, though, Vellum can list a link along with each icon,
or hide the icons entirely.
Note: This control only
affects your print edition. To see each option,
make sure you are looking at Print in the
Preview.
Links in Print
If you choose to display links in your print edition,
Vellum will impose some restrictions about the links
that are shown.
Specifically, Vellum will only
consider a link that is in the shortest form
available for a service.
This helps to ensure the link fits on a page
(and makes it easier for a reader to type):
Long form
facebook.com/pages/Corina-Arca/867530918246
Short form
facebook.com/CorinaAuthor
While some services make this short form of a link
readily available, with others it can be a bit harder to find.
Information about creating short links for these services
can be found on the following pages:
Vellum Help
Social Media
At the bottom of the Text Editor, you’ll find a section for profiles on social media sites like Facebook, X (Twitter), and Instagram:
Provide links to your profiles, and Vellum will include icons for these services below your text. In your ebook, readers will be able to click the associated icon to find your profile and follow updates:
Entering a Profile
You can add an entry by copying and pasting the link for your profile into the associated entry. You can also enter your user name for the service and Vellum will construct the appropriate link for you:
Once you enter a link, you can use the arrow button to its right to test that it works as expected.
Additional Profiles
To start, your About the Author page includes entries for Facebook, X (Twitter), and Instagram.
You can add entries for more services — such as TikTok, Goodreads, and BookBub — using the + button in the lower-left:
Vellum supports these media platforms:
Note: Because an Amazon Author Central profile refers to amazon.com, it will be excluded from ebooks created for Apple Books, Kobo, and other stores.
Reordering and Removing Profiles
If you’d like to change the order in which icons are listed, you can reorder profiles using drag and drop:
You can remove a profile by clicking the - button that appears when your mouse pointer is over the profile.
Profile Options for Print
Of course, readers won’t be able to click on icons in a paperback. You can control how to present social media profiles in your print edition using the switch in the lower-right:
By default, icons are shown in your print edition, and serve as indicators of your presence on the associated platforms. If you’d prefer, though, Vellum can list a link along with each icon, or hide the icons entirely.
Note: This control only affects your print edition. To see each option, make sure you are looking at Print in the Preview.
Links in Print
If you choose to display links in your print edition, Vellum will impose some restrictions about the links that are shown.
Specifically, Vellum will only consider a link that is in the shortest form available for a service. This helps to ensure the link fits on a page (and makes it easier for a reader to type):
facebook.com/pages/Corina-Arca/867530918246facebook.com/CorinaAuthorWhile some services make this short form of a link readily available, with others it can be a bit harder to find. Information about creating short links for these services can be found on the following pages: