marksabbath

StudioPress

esther sola

Nahuai Badiola

Nick the Geek

Jen Baumann

OsomPress

laurenmancke

JiveDig

<p>The Osom Author Pro plugin creates a library which allows you to add books to any WordPress theme.</p>
<p>In WordPress themes using the Block Editor, you’ll be able to display the book details (Price, ISBN, author…) using native blocks and a dedicated block pattern. Additionally, in Genesis child themes it also provides layouts for a single and archive views.</p>
<h4>WordPress Themes with Block Editor</h4>
<p>The Osom Author Pro adds a new category called “Author Pro” containing a native block for each custom book information:</p>
<ul>
<li>Featured Text</li>
<li>Price</li>
<li>ISBN</li>
<li>Publisher</li>
<li>Editor</li>
<li>Edition</li>
<li>Publish Date</li>
<li>Available Editions</li>
<li>Three custom buttons</li>
</ul>
<p>More over, the plugin adds a dedicated block pattern including all these new native blocks.</p>
<p>In addition to the custom book data, there are three taxonomies created: “Author,” “Series,” and “Tags.” These allow you and your site visitors to sort and organize the books in your library.</p>
<p>The Author is handled via the custom taxonomy instead of following the post author. This allows you to have multiple book authors and put books in the library without creating new members on your site. Multiple authors should be output in the byline without the Oxford comma like:</p>
<ul>
<li>John Doe</li>
<li>Jane Doe and John Doe</li>
<li>Jane Doe, John Doe and John Smith</li>
</ul>
<p>The publish date is a text-aware date field that attempts to understand standard date formats such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>January 1, 1999</li>
<li>1 Jan 1999</li>
<li>1 1 1999</li>
<li>1999 1 1</li>
</ul>
<p>There are instances where the returned date may not correctly match. <code>4 10 1999</code> might be interpreted as <code>April 10, 1999</code> instead of the intended <code>4 October 1999</code>. Typing out the month or month abbreviation instead of numeric representation of the month should resolve any discrepancies.</p>
<p>The date will be stored in a computer readable format and then output following the date format set in the WordPress options.</p>
<h4>In Genesis Themes</h4>
<p>The Osom Author Pro Featured Book widget will allow you to select a book from the library and feature it in any widgeted area of your website.</p>
<p>Optional output from the widget includes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Widget Title</li>
<li>Book Title</li>
<li>By Line</li>
<li>Book Image</li>
<li>Featured Text</li>
<li>Content options including: Full content, limited content, and the excerpt for a custom synopsis.</li>
<li>Price</li>
<li>Custom link to the single book page</li>
</ul>
<p>For Genesis child themes it also offer templates that are built into the plugin with default CSS to create the basic layout for all child themes. Templates follow standard WP template hierarchy so if the template is in the child theme, that will override the template in the plugin. Templates include:</p>
<ul>
<li>single-books.php</li>
<li>archive-books.php</li>
<li>taxonomy-book-authors.php</li>
<li>taxonomy-book-series.php</li>
<li>taxonomy-book-tags.php</li>
</ul>
<h4>Quick Setup Videos</h4>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Osom Author Pro: Create Your Own Book Library in a WordPress Block Theme" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZlY-lx8nKtM?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>If you want more info about the setup and configuration you can check the tutorial below.</p>
<h4>Tutorial</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://osompress.com/create-book-library-wordpress-block-theme/" rel="nofollow ugc">Create Your Own Book Library in a WordPress Block Theme</a></li>
</ul>


Osom Author Pro

The Osom Author Pro plugin creates a library which allows you to add books to any WordPress theme.

stormhill

zookatron

Author Media

Thomas Umstattd

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<p>Let readers know about your upcoming book while growing your list and hitting your deadline.</p>
<h4>FEATURES</h4>
<h4>Easy-to-Update Progress Bar Widget</h4>
<p>Show off your book’s progress in style. You can add this fully customizable widget to your sidebar or any other “widgetized” area of your WordPress website.</p>
<h4>MailChimp Integration</h4>
<p>Readers can subscribe to your email list to get book updates in just a few clicks.</p>
<h4>Deadline Tracking</h4>
<p>Insert your deadline and MyBookProgress will help you stay on track. If you fall behind, MyBookProgress will do the math to tell you how many words/pages/chapters you need to write each day to catch up.</p>
<h4>Writing Statistics Dashboard</h4>
<p>The statistics dashboard can help you find out which day of the week is your most productive, and much more. Geek out as you track your writing progress with cool charts and graphs.</p>
<h4>NaNoWriMo Mode</h4>
<p>Are you writing a book as part of National Novel Writing Month? MyBookProgress has a special template to help you get your 50,000 words written.</p>
<h4>Social Media Update Generator</h4>
<p>Let your readers know about your progress on Twitter and Facebook with just a few clicks.</p>
<h4>Blog Update Generator</h4>
<p>Did you just finish your rough draft and want to update your readers about passing a milestone? MyBookProgress has a blog post generator button that will automatically start a blog post for you and insert a snapshot version of your book’s progress bar. You have full control over the content of the blog post. Include a sample of your writing or an update about why you are excited about your work in process.</p>
<h4>MyBookTable Integration</h4>
<p>MyBookProgress integrates with MyBookTable to help you get pre-orders for your book.</p>


MyBookProgress by Stormhill Media

A WordPress progress tracking plugin to help authors keep track of their progress and communicate with their readers.

Osom Author Pro vs MyBookProgress by Stormhill Media