What is the difference between fReado and BookBuzzr?

fReado is the site that hosts books maintained in the BookBuzzr format. It includes author profiles, book details and opportunities for interaction among book-lovers. BookBuzzr, is the technology that allows the distribution of your book on your blog or website.

Do the fReado Terms of Service require me to give away my copyright on the documents I upload to fReado?

No. Under U.S. law, every written work is covered by a copyright. You own the copyright to a work by creating the work or otherwise acquiring the copyright to the work from the creator of the work. When you sign up for a fReado account, you agree to adhere to the fReado Terms of Service. In order to upload a work onto fReado in compliance with the Terms of Service, you must either (i) own the copyright to the work you are uploading or (ii) have authority from the copyright owner to upload the work and grant a license to fReado to include that work on the fReado service. The Terms of Service further state that when you upload a work to fReado, you grant to fReado a license to use and distribute your uploaded content. This eliminates any doubt that fReado's use and distribution of your content through the fReado service does not infringe your, or anyone else's, copyright. This is only a license -- you (or the person who authorized you to upload the content) still hold the copyright to the content you upload. You can revoke fReado's license to use the content you upload by removing your content from fReado.

How much of my book should I give away online for free?

It depends. A few authors such as Cory Doctorow (http://craphound.com/) have given away their entire books for free and claim that this has actually promoted sales of their physical books. There is probably a case for this since the universe of people who read online and the universe of people who prefer to read physical books are entirely different and the online readers help evangelize your book to the non-digital readers.

For most authors working within the confines of their publishing contracts, the below-mentioned quote from Morris Rosenthal (http://www.fonerbooks.com/market.htm) would be instructive:

"I had the full draft of my Print on Demand book "Start Your Own Computer Business: The Unembellished Guide" online for a year before I published the book. Sales were pretty sluggish from the start, but I was prepared to ignore it until readers started e-mailing me saying, "I've read the online version. Great book! Am I missing out if I don't buy the published version?" I answered honestly that aside from some editing, proof reading and illustrations, they'd pretty much read the whole thing. Finally, one guy wrote throwing a line from my own book back at me, paraphrased, "Are you running a publishing company or a money losing hobby?"

At that point, I took all but the first three chapters of the book offline, and sales immediately jumped by 200%."

What format do you want excerpts for fReado?

The required format is PDF format.

I don't have a PDF version of my book. What are my options?

No problem. You can go to a site such as Zamzar (www.zamzar.com) which supports free, online file conversion and convert from any format to PDF. Please note that Zamzar is not affiliated with fReado in any way. But we've used the service and it's quite useful.

Is it difficult for an author to set up a BookBuzzr widget?

Putting up your book into BookBuzzr format is quite simple. If you know how to share your videos and photos on Facebook or MySpace you know how to use BookBuzzr.

If I upload the entire book, is it secure that only x amount of pages could be downloaded?

Yes. After uploading the book, you can define which pages can be shown. You can even define pages that are not continuous. For example, you can ask that pages 1 to 10 and pages 30 to 70 be shown. You can change the pages being displayed at any time. Further, talking about security, people who look at your book cannot copy the pages of your book as the book pages are converted into individual images and streamed like a YouTube video.

How do I give buy links to let people know where they can buy my book?

After uploading your book, you will be asked to provide information about your book. One of the fields here asks you to provide information about where you can buy the book. Add your buy links here along with name of store and price of book so your readers will have a number of options to choose from.

How many authors are using fReado?

We have over a 2,000 authors & books on fReado.

Are publishers using your service to promote their authors' books?

Yes. We're making it easier for publishers to mass upload their books and author information with just a few clicks. We've got about 70 Publishers who have begun using fReado and BookBuzzr.

Why is fReado free?

fReado is completely free for authors and there are no upfront costs. However, we do plan to make money through the following methods:

• –   Advertising
• –   Sales and subscriptions
• –   Value added services provided to authors (such as website creation.)

Why is fReado spelt with a small f?

We wanted to emphasize the "Read" element. Plus, it looks different.

I've uploaded my entire book. Now I want to allow the viewing of only a few pages. How do I set which pages that people can view?

To change which pages you're allowing people to view please do the following:

1. Go to www.freado.com or www.bookbuzzr.com
2. Click on Login
3. Login to the website
4. Click on "My Books"
5. Click on "Edit Details" next to the book
6. This should bring you to the page where you enter basic information about your book
7. On this page, at the bottom, click on "Save and Next"
8. Now you come to the page where you can edit book pages (called "Page Display")
9. Now select the pages you want to show and click on add
10. You may select discontinuous sets of pages (such as Page 1 to 5; Page 15 to Page 20) etc.

How to change login email for Freado?

Changing your email address is easy!

1. Go to www.freado.com or www.bookbuzzr.com
2. Click on Login
3. Login to the website, Your profile page will appear
4. Click on "Edit" link on the right hand side, "Edit Profile" page will appear
5. There you can change your Email Address.

How can I download a photo of myself onto my freado website in place of the cameo?

To upload a photo of yourself, do the following:

 -  Login
 - Click on "My Profile"
 - Click on "Edit" (appears on your profile)
 - The first item here says "Choose an Avatar OR Upload/Change Picture"
 - Click on Upload / Change Picture and follow the prompts