Greenlight Publishing — Short tutorials

"A digital-first imprint. Fiction, biography, and practical books in ePub and audiobook — many written in another language first. No print catalogue. Create a free account to read the first chapter of any book."

Before you start

• The site is www.greenlight-publishing.com. The top bar links to "Browse", "Authors", "For authors" and "News"; the footer adds Collections, Reviews, About, Pricing, Newsletter, Press, Rights & Licensing, Developers and Contact.
• You can browse every book page without an account. Reading starts with a free account: create one to read the first chapter of any book (and the next chapter too, when the first is short).
• Signing in is Google only: one "Sign in with Google" button, no password and no separate sign-up form.
• A free account reads the sample chapters of every book, follows authors and collections, keeps a library shelf and a public shelf, and receives the newsletter.
• Whole books, ePub downloads and send-to-device need a membership: Greenlight Unlimited, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial for new members, once per person (T13, T14). It covers every audiobook on Greenlight Audio too. The Greenlight Film plans and Greenlight Studio include it. There is no free plan.
• The author tools — drafts, service briefs and your own website — are free with any account. Sending a manuscript for audit is part of Greenlight Studio, a membership from Greenlight Production, by application (T22). Translation and development are quoted per title (T25–T27).
• "For authors" in the top bar gathers the author doors: "Apply to Greenlight Studio", "Publish a book", "Translation and development", "Reading memberships" and the audiobook on Greenlight Audio (T19–T27).
• Greenlight.film and greenlight-audio.com are sister sites on the same account.

T1Find a book in the catalogue

1. From the home page press "Browse the catalogue", or open "Browse" in the top bar. The heading counts the titles and genres on offer.
2. Type in "Search by title, author, genre, or keyword...". The slash key jumps to this box; Escape clears it.
3. Narrow the format with "All", "ePub only" or "Has audio". Sort with "Discover" (a fresh shuffle each visit), "newest", "rating", "A→Z" or "Z→A".
4. Click genre chips to filter; each shows its book count and you can pick several. "Clear genres" or "Clear all" resets.
5. Switch the view with the three icons: grid, list, or "Group by genre" (six books per genre with "See all →").
6. "Surprise me" opens a random book. "Load more — N remaining" shows the next thirty.
7. Books you opened appear under "Recently viewed" on your next visit; "Clear" empties the strip.

T2Read a book's page and its first chapter

1. Open any cover. The page shows the genre, an "ePub" badge and, where one exists, an "Audiobook" badge with its running time.
2. Click the author's name for their page. Read "About this book", the full synopsis and the critic's quote with its stars.
3. The strip below lists "Words", "Chapters" and "Pages (est.)".
4. Signed in, press "Read the first chapter" to jump to the "First chapter" section, marked "Sample". It ends with "End of the sample"; with a free account it adds "Members read every chapter." and "Become a member". "Listen on Greenlight Audio" opens the audiobook where one exists.
5. Under "Get it on", the buttons open the book on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Audible, Spotify, Kobo or Google Play — whichever carry it.
6. Signed out, the main button reads "Create a free account" with the note "Create a free account to read the first chapter of any book." With a free account you get "Read a sample", "Become a member" and "Add to library"; members get "Read now", "Read the full book", "Add to library" and "Download ePub" (T4–T6).

T3Sign in with Google

1. Press "Sign in" in the top bar, or any "Create a free account" or "Sign in to follow" button. Those buttons remember the page you were on and bring you back afterwards.
2. Press "Sign in with Google" and pick your Google account. There is no password and no sign-up step; the first sign-in creates your free account.
3. You land on your dashboard, or back where you came from. Your avatar now sits in the top bar.
4. Click the avatar for the menu: "Dashboard", "Highlights notebook", "Public reading shelf" (once your shelf is public), "Your website", "Publish a book", "Services", "Subscription & plans", "Newsletter" and "Sign out".
5. "Back to books" under the Google button returns to the catalogue without signing in.

T4Read in the quick reader

1. On a book page press "Read now" (or "Read a sample" with a free account). The note beneath says "Your free account includes the first chapter of this book · N chapters" or "All N chapters are included in your membership". A free account opens at its sample chapter.
2. The reader fills the screen. Top-bar buttons: "A-" and "A+" for size, a font button cycling "Serif", "Sans", "Mono", line spacing, column width, a theme button (dark, sepia, light), fullscreen and the table of contents ("Contents"). The bars hide after three seconds; move the mouse to bring them back.
3. Move with "Next chapter" and "Previous", the arrow keys, or the "Contents" list. Escape closes the reader.
4. The bottom bar shows "% complete", chapter position, time left and a reading streak once you have read on two days running.
5. Hover a paragraph and click its star to bookmark it; bookmarks are listed under "Contents".

T5Read the whole ePub

1. On a book page press "Read the full book", or open a cover under "Your library" or "Continue reading" on your dashboard.
2. The toolbar has "TOC" (becomes "Hide TOC"), "A-", "A+", a chapter counter and "Back". Arrows either side of the text move between chapters.
3. Your place is saved to your account. Reopening shows "Resumed at chapter N" with "Start over" if you would rather begin again.
4. Select text and press "Save highlight" (or the H key). "✓ Saved: …" confirms and the passage appears under "Your highlights" on your dashboard.
5. Opening this reader adds the book to your library.

T6Add a book to your library and download the ePub

1. On a book page press "Add to library". It becomes "In your library" and links to your dashboard. There the book gets "Mark read", "ePub", "Send →" and a "×" to remove it (you are asked "Remove from library?"). The shelf is a list; on a free account it does not open the whole book.
2. As a member, press "Download ePub" on the book page, or "ePub" in your library. The button reads "Preparing…" and the file downloads with the book's web name and the .epub ending. Open it in Apple Books, Kobo, Calibre or any ePub app.
3. There are no monthly credits or download allowances: members download any book, as often as they like. Your dashboard's "What you can read" box says "Every book and audiobook is included in your membership."

T7Meet the authors and follow one

1. Open "Authors". The header counts writers and countries; "Where they write from" shows a tile per region, and "Author of the Week" changes weekly.
2. Search with "Search authors by name, nationality, or location...". Filter with "All", "Real", "Pen names"; sort "A→Z", "Most", "New"; toggle "Debut authors only"; switch "Grid" to "By region"; use "Filter by nationality" or "Jump to letter".
3. Click a row. The author page shows a portrait, nationality, "Based in", genres, the biography and, where known, "Education", "Influences" and "Previous work". Some pages carry a "Narrator voice" player.
4. Press "Follow"; it becomes "Following". Their new books appear under "New from people you follow" on your account, and they are listed under "Authors you follow".
5. "Published works" lists every book; click a cover to open it.

T8Explore a curated collection

1. Open "Collections". The intro counts the lists and the books in them; the first is shown large as "Featured Collection" with "Explore the collection".
2. Type in "Search collections...". Sort with "Curated", "Largest" or "A→Z". Filter by size: "All", "Quintet (≤5)", "Set (6–12)", "Library (13+)".
3. Each tile shows the book count, an estimated reading time, an average star rating and "mostly " where the data exists.
4. Open a collection. Books are numbered in reading order; a small "Follow" button sits beside the count. Followed lists appear on your account under "Collections you follow".
5. "Browse all collections" at the bottom returns to the list.

T9Read the in-house reviews

1. Open "Reviews". Every book with a critic's quote is listed; the intro counts reviews and critics.
2. Skim the summary blocks: "Critic of the Month", "Rating distribution", the stats row ("Total reviews", "Critics", "Avg rating", "5-star books") and "Top 10 — highest critical praise".
3. "Featured Review" rotates through five-star quotes every eight seconds; the small arrows move it by hand.
4. Click a card under "The Critics" to see only that critic's reviews; click again to clear. "Critic comparison" under "The Leaderboard" opens a bar chart.
5. Search with "Search reviews by quote or title...", pick a "Genre", and set "Minimum rating" to "Any", "3+ ★", "4+ ★" or "5+ ★". "Clear all" resets.
6. Reviews are grouped by critic, eight per critic; click any to open the book.

T10Share a book or a passage

1. Hover a cover in the catalogue and press the share icon beside the title. On a phone this opens the system share sheet; on a desktop it copies the link and the icon's tooltip says "Link copied".
2. On a book page the share row offers "Share on X", "Share on Facebook", "Share on WhatsApp", "Share on Telegram", "Share on LinkedIn", "Share on Reddit", "Share by email", "Copy link" (becomes "Copied!") and "More…".
3. The shared link is the book page, so the cover and blurb show as a preview wherever you paste it.
4. In the quick reader, select a sentence to get "Highlight", "Copy" and "Share". "Share" copies the quote with the book title and chapter number; a toast says "Quote copied!".
5. On a news article, the bottom row shares to X and LinkedIn or copies the link.

T11Subscribe to the newsletter

1. Open "Newsletter" from the footer or the avatar menu. Tick the topics you want — "New books", "Audiobooks", "Film projects". At least one must stay on.
2. Enter your email and press "Subscribe"; it reads "Subscribing..." briefly.
3. A new address sees "Almost there." with "Check and click the confirmation link…". Open the email and press "Confirm subscription"; the page it opens is hosted on greenlight.film. Nothing is sent until you confirm.
4. An address already confirmed sees "You're already in." with the topics updated; a returning one sees "Welcome back."
5. The home page has a one-field version of the same form. Signed in, "Newsletter topics" on your account page toggles the three topics without a form.

T12Change topics or unsubscribe

1. Signed in, open your account page → "Settings" → "Newsletter topics". The line reads "Subscribed as — toggle topics to update your preferences." Click "New books", "Audiobooks" or "Film projects" to switch each on or off; the change saves at once.
2. Press "Unsubscribe from all →" and confirm "Unsubscribe?" to stop every email.
3. Not signed in, use the unsubscribe link at the foot of any newsletter. The page says "Unsubscribing …", then "Unsubscribed." and " has been removed." Links in re-confirmation emails open a similar page ending "Unsubscribed." and "We're sorry to see you go."
4. Both pages offer "Re-subscribe" if you change your mind.

T13Choose a membership

1. Open "Pricing" from the footer, or "Subscription & plans" from the avatar menu. The page is headed "Plans and pricing": "Greenlight Unlimited for reading and listening, Film plans for the industry, and Studio plans by application." There is no free plan.
2. Under "Read & listen", choose "Monthly" ($5.99) or "Yearly" ($49.99). Greenlight Unlimited gives "Full access to every book on Greenlight Publishing" and "Full access to every audiobook on Greenlight Audio", reading and listening on the web and in the Greenlight app for iPhone and iPad, your place saved to your account, and "Download books as ePub files".
3. Signed out, the card says "7-day free trial for new members" and the button reads "Sign in to subscribe"; you are sent to sign in and brought back. Signed in and new to Greenlight, it reads "Start your free trial"; otherwise "Subscribe for $5.99 a month" (or the yearly price). The small print explains the card, the trial and how billing works.
4. The button reads "Opening checkout…" and Stripe checkout opens. Pay there and you return with the membership active. Your dashboard's "Subscription & billing" then shows it, with "Manage membership" for your card, invoices and cancellation.
5. "Industry access" lists the Greenlight Film plans — "Film Reader" ($49 a month) and "Film Producer" ($349 a month), each including Greenlight Unlimited, and "Film Buyer" by arrangement — with "Compare Film plans on greenlight.film". "Studio, by application" lists "Studio" ($199 a month or $1,990 a year) and "Studio Pro" ($499 a month or $4,990 a year), with "Apply for Studio" and "Apply for Studio Pro"; there is no checkout for them.
6. Read the three notes at the foot of the page: "How does the free trial work?", "Can I cancel?" and "Does it cover Greenlight Audio too?".

T14Know what a free account and a member can do

1. A free account (no card, not a plan): browse every book, read the sample chapters — the first chapter, plus the next when the first is short — on the book page and in the quick reader, shelve books in your library, follow authors and collections, keep a public shelf, get the newsletter, and use every author tool short of submitting.
2. A free account cannot download ePubs, open the full reader or send to a device; those buttons say they are for members.
3. Greenlight Unlimited opens every chapter of every book here and every audiobook on Greenlight Audio, ePub downloads, sending to a device, and your place on any device. There are no monthly credits or caps.
4. The Greenlight Film plans and the Greenlight Studio memberships include Greenlight Unlimited, so their members read every book here too.
5. No membership sold here unlocks sending a manuscript for audit; that is part of Greenlight Studio, by application (T22).

T15Find your way around your account

1. Open "Dashboard" from the avatar menu. The heading greets you with "Library, submissions, and your author site — one desk." and four counters: "In library", "Finished", "Hours read", "Genres".
2. A slim bar under the site header lists the account sections — "Overview", "Publish", "Services", "Website", "Library", "Settings" — and stays put as you scroll.
3. "Author desk — What you are publishing" holds three cards: "Your books" (drafts, in review, awaiting you, published), "Services" (open briefs and quotes) and "Your website" (Draft or Live, with its address). Quick actions sit below: "Start a submission", "Translate a book", "Develop a draft", "Edit website".
4. Reader sections follow: "New from people you follow", "Continue reading", "Reading activity", "What you can read" (your membership, or what a free account includes), "Your library" with "all", "reading", "finished" filters, "Because you read", "Authors you follow", "Collections you follow", "Your highlights", "Download history", "Subscription & billing" and "Settings".
5. "Sign out" is at the foot of "Settings".

T16Send a book to Kindle, iPhone or iPad

1. First, under "Settings" → "Send to device", paste your "Kindle email address" (it looks like user_abc123@kindle.com; find it in Amazon under Manage Devices) and press "Save settings". Add noreply@greenlight.film to Amazon's approved senders, as the note asks.
2. In "Your library" press "Send →" on a book. The "Send to device" box opens with tabs "Kindle", "Email / iPhone / iPad" and "QR → Phone".
3. "Kindle" sends to the saved address. "Email / iPhone / iPad" mails the ePub anywhere; on an iPhone open the attachment and tap "Copy to Books". "QR → Phone" shows a code that opens the book page on your phone, where you sign in and press "Download ePub".
4. Press "Send". The box notes "Included in your membership", and the confirmation reads "Sent to
   ."
5. Every delivery is listed under "Download history" as "→ Kindle", "→ Email" or "Download".

T17Make a public reading shelf

1. On your account page scroll to "Settings" → "Public reader profile". Type a "Handle" after the /reader/ prefix: 3–30 characters, letters, numbers, underscore or hyphen.
2. Tick "Make my shelf public". The note explains the page "Shows books you've finished — not progress, highlights, or library additions."
3. Press "Save settings"; "Saved." confirms and a "Preview:" link appears. "Public reading shelf" is added to your avatar menu.
4. Mark books finished from "Your library" with "Mark read" (it becomes "✓ Read"); reaching the end in the reader also counts.
5. Your public page shows your name, "N finished", "N authors followed", "N collections followed", "Since " and the "Finished shelf", most recent first. Visitors see "Configure yours →".
6. Untick "Make my shelf public" and save to hide it again.

T18Keep your highlights

1. In the full reader (/read/<book>) select any passage. A green "Save highlight" button appears; press it or the H key. "✓ Saved: …" flashes to confirm.
2. Open "Highlights notebook" from the avatar menu, or scroll to "Your highlights" on your account page. Each card shows the book, "Ch N", the passage and when you saved it; the book title links back into the reader.
3. Press "Export CSV ↓" to download every highlight as a spreadsheet.
4. Hover a card and press "Delete"; confirm "Delete this highlight?".
5. In the quick reader (opened with "Read Now") the "Highlight" button colours the text on the page, but those marks stay in this browser and never reach the notebook. Use the full reader for highlights you want to keep.

T19Start a submission and choose a path

1. Open "Publish a book" from the avatar menu or "Publish" in the account bar. "Your submissions" explains the pipeline: a proofread audit, your review of the findings, then a publisher's final review, who assigns the ISBN and publishes the book on Greenlight Publishing.
2. A line under the heading shows where you stand: "Drafting is open · submitting needs a plan" without Greenlight Studio, or "N/1 submission this month · resets " with it.
3. Press "+ Start a new submission" (or "Start your first"). The wizard opens on "What are you bringing?" with three cards: "A finished manuscript" ("Start the submission"), "An unfinished draft or a concept" ("Brief our editors") and "A book to translate" ("Request a translation"). The last two lead to the services desk (T25, T26).
4. Unfinished drafts wait under "Drafts in progress" with "Continue →"; the list page shows them the same way.
5. Choose "A finished manuscript" to enter the five steps on the rail: "The book", "The blurb", "Cover", "Manuscript", "Review & submit".

T20Fill in the book, blurb and cover steps

1. "The book": fill "Title", optional "Subtitle", "Pen name" (printed on the cover), "Language" (the language the text is written in), "Genre" from the list and, optionally, "Target length": "Short story", "Novella" or "Novel". Press "Continue →".
2. "The blurb": write the "Back-cover blurb" (50–2,000 characters; the counter reads "N / 2,000") and, optionally, "About you" (up to 1,000) for the author page.
3. "Cover": optional. "Drop an image or click", or "Choose image" — .jpg, .png or .webp up to 5 MB. Covers are designed in-house; an upload is treated as reference art unless you tell the editor it is final. With no image the button reads "Skip — we design covers in-house".
4. The indicator beside the rail reports "Saved on this device" while the draft is incomplete, then "Saving…" and "Saved · " once title, pen name, genre and blurb exist and the draft lives on your account.
5. "← Back" returns a step; "Save and finish later" goes to your list; "Discard draft" asks "Discard this draft?".

T21Attach the manuscript, review and submit

1. "Manuscript": "Drop manuscript here or click to browse". Accepted: Word (.docx), PDF, Rich Text (.rtf), plain text (.txt, .md), up to 15 MB and 1,000–200,000 words. Old .doc, .odt and Pages files must be exported first.
2. The text is extracted in your browser ("Reading manuscript…"), then uploaded ("Uploading the extracted text…"). Check "First 300 words of extracted text (preview)"; if it looks garbled, export another format. Any "Extraction warnings" are listed.
3. A green line confirms "N words — attached and within bounds." "Replace file ↺" swaps it.
4. "Review & submit" lists every field with an "Edit" link. The "Quota" box states "This uses your 1 submission for this month…" and the reset date.
5. Press "Submit for audit". "Submission received" appears and you are taken to the status page (T23).

T22Understand the submitting gate and the monthly quota

1. Drafting is free. Any signed-in account can create drafts, upload a manuscript and a cover, and keep them as long as it likes.
2. Sending a draft for audit is the gated step: it is part of Greenlight Studio, by application. Without a Studio membership, the list page shows "Drafting is open. Submitting needs a plan." with the link "See the Studio plan on greenlight-production.com →". The Review step says "Submitting a manuscript for audit is part of Greenlight Studio, by application." and "Submit for audit" stays disabled; your draft is saved meanwhile.
3. Greenlight Unlimited, sold on this site, does not unlock submitting, and neither do the Film plans.
4. With Studio or Studio Pro, the allowance is one submission per calendar month. Starting a fresh draft after using it shows "You have submitted this month" with "Draft it now — submit from "; the draft waits for the reset.
5. Re-running the audit on the same submission, or retrying a failed audit, does not use a second submission.

T23Follow the audit and approve your book

1. The status card moves through "Queued for audit", "Auditing" (the audit is automated), "Audit ready for your review", "In admin queue", "Admin review", "Approved — publishing soon" and "Published". "Declined" shows the "Reason".
2. Under "Editor's audit" → "Findings" read the "Grade", "Verdict", "Est. reader rating", "Summary", "Strengths" and "Prose tics". Issues filter by "All", "Critical", "Major", "Minor"; each names the module, where it is, the issue and a "Fix". A clean pass says "No issues flagged — clean draft."
3. At "Your next step" choose "↺ Upload revised manuscript" (a new audit runs), "Re-run audit on current file", or "Approve for publishing →". With critical issues the button reads "Approve anyway →".
4. After approval the "Book metadata" panel gains "ISBN (eBook)" once assigned. When published: "View the live book →" and "Translate this book →".
5. "Withdraw this submission" removes it for good after "Withdraw this submission?".

T24Edit details or the cover after starting

1. While the status is "Draft" or "Audit ready for your review", the page shows "Edit details": "Title, pen name, language, genre, blurb and bio. Editable until the audit is approved."
2. Press "Edit details", change the same fields as wizard steps 1 and 2, then "Save details". A toast says "Details saved." "Cancel" drops the edits.
3. The "Cover" panel takes a new image with "Choose image" or "Replace image"; "Remove" asks "Remove the cover?". After approval the cover is shown read-only as "Attached as reference art for the designer."
4. A draft also shows "Finish this submission" with "Continue this draft →", which reopens the wizard at the first unfinished step.

T25Ask for a translation

1. Open "Services" → "Translate a book" (also reachable from the About page and from a published submission's "Translate this book →").
2. "01 The book": pick one of your Greenlight books, or "A book that is not on Greenlight yet" and fill "Title", "Pen name" and "Word count" ("A rough figure is fine; it is what the quote is based on").
3. "02 Languages": "The book is in" and "You want it in". The same language on both sides is refused.
4. "03 The brief": at least 30 characters; the counter reads "N / 30 minimum". Say who it is for and what the translator must know — names, dialect, verse, a glossary, a deadline.
5. "04 The source text": optional; "Choose a file" — PDF, Word, RTF, text, Markdown or EPUB up to 25 MB.
6. "05 Contact": leave "Email" blank to use your account address. Press "Send the brief".

T26Ask for a development read

1. Open "Services" → "Develop a draft into a book", or pick "An unfinished draft or a concept" in the submission wizard.
2. "01 The book": a "Working title" ("It can change"), optional "Pen name", and "Genre" or "Not decided yet".
3. "02 Where it stands": choose "An idea", "An outline", "A partial draft" or "A full draft" — this decides what kind of work is quoted. Add "Words so far" ("Zero is a fine answer") and a "Target length": "Open", "Short story", "Novella" or "Novel".
4. "03 The brief": at least 30 characters — what exists, what is missing, where it stalled, who you imagine reading it.
5. "04 The draft or outline": optionally attach notes, an outline or chapters (PDF, Word, RTF, text, Markdown, EPUB, up to 25 MB). The hint says "We read it; we do not judge it."
6. "05 Contact", then "Send the brief". Nothing is charged on this site: if you accept a quote, an editor writes to you to arrange payment.

T27Track a request and accept a quote

1. "Services" lists every request with a status pill: "With our editors", "Being read", "Quote ready", "Accepted — scheduling", "In progress", "Delivered", "Not taken on", "Withdrawn". The header counts "N open" and "N quotes waiting for you".
2. Open a request. A progress rail runs Submitted → Reviewing → Quoted → Accepted → In progress → Delivered, each with a one-line hint.
3. When a quote arrives, "Our quote for this title" shows the "Amount", "Estimated delivery", when it was "Quoted" and a note "From the editor". Press "Accept quote"; the page confirms "Quote accepted. We have told the editors; they will write when the work is scheduled." Payment is not taken on this site: an editor writes to you to arrange it before the work is scheduled.
4. While the brief is "With our editors" or "Being read", "Edit the brief" opens the fields; "Save changes" confirms "Brief updated." "Add a file" or "Replace file" works in the same window.
5. "Withdraw this request" is available until the quote is accepted; the record stays in your account.

T28Set up your author website

1. Open "Your website" from the avatar menu, "Website" in the account bar, or "Open the site builder →" on your account page. The first visit creates a site named after your latest pen name or your account name ("Opening your site…", then "Setting up your site…").
2. The editor has a settings column with tabs "Look", "Copy", "Books", "Media", "Connect", "Address", and a "Live preview — this is the published page" beside it.
3. The header pill reads "Draft" or "Live", with "· unsaved" while you have changes. "Save" stores them ("Saved."); "Publish" saves and makes the page public ("Your site is live."). Afterwards the button reads "Update live site" and "Open →" opens the page in a new tab.
4. The public address is greenlight-publishing.com/site/
   (T32). The page carries none of the Greenlight header or footer.
5. "Unpublish" takes it down: "Taken offline. The URL will 404 until you publish again." Visitors then see "This site isn't live".

T29Choose a layout and a look

1. Under "Layout" pick one of five: "Classic" ("Centred hero, a card for every book, one band per section"), "The Field Manual" (from City People), "The Illustrated World" (from Dino Roost), "The Chronology" (from Origin Story) or "The Catalogue" (from Biographies). A note beneath says how much the colour choice still matters for that layout.
2. Under "Colour" pick one of twelve looks: "Onyx Prime", "Pop", "Swiss Modern", "The Journal", "System Shock", "Neo-Brutalist", "Frost Glass", "Midnight Pro", "Vaporwave", "Noir", "Gaia", "Gilded". "The Chronology" ignores it and tints books by year; "The Field Manual" and "The Illustrated World" keep their own palette and take only the accent.
3. "Accent override" sets one signal colour; "Reset" returns to the preset.
4. Tick the "Sections" you want: "About", "Books", "Pictures & film", "Appearances", "Contact".
5. "See every layout and look" opens the demo ("Five layouts, twelve looks"), where you switch layouts and set "Books on the shelf" to 0, 1, 6 or 40 to see each behave with a sample author.

T30Write the page and add your books

1. "Copy": "Display name", "Tagline" ("The sentence under your name"), "About" (blank lines make paragraphs), "Portrait" ("Upload photo" / "Replace photo"; JPEG, PNG or WebP under 5 MB) and the "Primary button" — a label such as "Buy the new book" and its link, a full web address or a path like /books/your-title.
2. "Books": under "From Greenlight", click a published title to put it on the shelf with its cover, blurb and store links; click again to remove it. Such titles are marked "From catalogue — you can still rewrite it".
3. "+ Add a book" adds any book: "Title", "Subtitle (optional)", "Year", "ISBN", "What the book is", a "Cover image URL" or "Upload", and a "Trailer — YouTube, Vimeo, or MP4".
4. Under "Where to buy it" press the chips — "Amazon", "Apple Books", "Kobo", "Google Play", "Audible", "Spotify", "Bookshop.org", "Barnes & Noble", "Indie bookstore", "Buy from me" — and paste each link, or "+ Add a link" for another shop. "Remove" drops the book.
5. Press "Save"; the preview updates as you type.

T31Add pictures, film, links and dates

1. "Media": tick "Show pictures & film on the site". Under "Gallery" press "+ Upload a picture" (up to sixteen) or "+ Picture URL", and add a "Caption" to each. Under "Videos" press "+ Add a video" (up to eight) and paste a YouTube, Vimeo or MP4 address with an optional title. On the site the section is headed "Pictures & film".
2. "Connect": enter a "Public email"; it appears under "Stay in touch". Under "Socials — any platform" press a chip — "+ Instagram", "+ X", "+ TikTok", "+ YouTube", "+ Facebook", "+ Threads", "+ Bluesky", "+ Goodreads", "+ Amazon", "+ Substack", "+ Patreon", "+ Discord", "+ LinkedIn", "+ Website" — and paste the address; "+ Add a link" covers anything else.
3. "Appearances": press "+ Add a date" and fill the date, "City / venue", "Reading, podcast, fair…" and a "Ticket or listing URL". They show under "On the road" while the "Appearances" section is on.
4. Press "Save", then "Update live site" if the page is already live.

T32Set your address or attach your own domain

1. "Greenlight address": edit the word after /site/ and press "Set". Rules: 3–40 characters, lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens; common words such as "books", "admin" or "demo" are reserved. "Address updated." confirms and the full link is shown.
2. Your site is then at greenlight-publishing.com/site/
   . The note also names a future subdomain,

   .authors.greenlight-publishing.com. Not verified: that subdomain is described as future.
3. "Your own domain": type it (yourname.com) and press "Save". The reply is "Domain saved. Point DNS, then we'll activate it." with a status of "waiting on DNS" or "verified".
4. At your registrar add a CNAME for www pointing to sites.greenlight-publishing.com (or the bare domain if the registrar supports flattening). An optional TXT record on _greenlight with the token shown proves ownership.
5. Once verified, the domain serves the site and your Greenlight address keeps working as a backup. Not verified: how long verification takes.

T33Connect an assistant to the catalogue

1. The page shows the single MCP endpoint (hosted on greenlight.film) with a "Copy" button that reads "Copied" once pressed.
2. Book tools: "list_books" and "get_book" on the free tier, "get_book_chapter" (sample chapters on the free tier, the rest on Growth) and "export_book" (Growth; billed as five requests).
3. Follow the card for your host: "Claude Code" (one terminal command shown), "claude.ai / Claude Desktop" (Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste the endpoint, approve the sign-in), "ChatGPT" (Settings → Connectors → Developer mode → Create connector, OAuth), or "VS Code / Cursor" (the settings snippets shown).
4. Two ways in: OAuth sign-in with your account, or an API key beginning gl_pk_ sent as a Bearer token; keys are made on the greenlight.film API docs.
5. Rate tiers: "Free" 10 requests an hour, "Starter" 100, "Growth" 1,000, "Enterprise" 10,000. Plans and keys are managed on greenlight.film.

T34Follow the news

1. Open "News" in the top bar. Type in "Search articles..." and filter with "All", "Announcement", "Industry", "Product", "Guide"; each chip shows a count.
2. "Pinned" articles sit at the top; the sidebar lists the four most "Recent".
3. Open an article. "Back to News" returns; the bottom row shares to X or LinkedIn or copies the link.
4. "Subscribe RSS" at the top right, or the footer's "RSS Feed", gives you the feed address for a reader app.

T35Get in touch: contact, press, rights and about

1. "Contact" lists six inboxes at greenlight-publishing.com: "General" (hello@), "Rights & Licensing" (rights@), "Press" (press@), "Author Relations" (authors@), "Technical" (support@), "Legal" (legal@). Or fill the form — "Name", "Email", "Department", "Topic", "Message"; the line "Goes to: …" names the inbox and "Send message" confirms "Message received." Office hours are weekdays, in UTC.
2. "Press" carries "Fast facts", releases, coverage, a "Media kit" section, boilerplate copy and three desks: press@, authors@ for interviews, embargo@.
3. "Rights & Licensing" explains what is licensed (film and television, translation, audio, graphic novel, subsidiary), the four-step process, a FAQ, "Request PDF" for the rights catalogue and "Contact rights team".
4. "About" states the mission, offers "Download the publisher profile (PDF)" and links "File a translation request from your account" (T25).

Glossary

• ePub — the ebook file every title ships in; opens in Apple Books, Kobo, Calibre and most reader apps.
• Free account — signing in with Google, at no cost. It is not a plan: it reads the sample of every book.
• Sample — what a free account reads: the first real chapter of a book, plus the next one when the first is short, on the book page and in the quick reader.
• Quick reader — the full-screen reader opened by "Read now" (or "Read a sample") on a book page.
• Full reader — the page at /read/ that opens the ePub itself; needs a membership, or a book you have bought.
• Library — the books you have shelved, listed on your dashboard under "Your library". On a free account the shelf does not open the whole book.
• Greenlight Unlimited — the reading and listening membership: $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial for new members, once per person. It covers this site and Greenlight Audio, with no monthly credits or caps.
• Greenlight Studio — the creator memberships, Studio and Studio Pro, from Greenlight Production, by application. Sending a manuscript for audit is part of it.
• Author desk — the band on your account page showing your submissions, service requests and website.
• Submission — a manuscript in the publishing pipeline; a draft until you press "Submit for audit".
• Audit — the automated proofread that returns a grade, a verdict and a list of issues.
• Pen name — the author name printed on the cover and the book page.
• Brief — the note you write when asking for a translation or a development read.
• Quote — the editors' price for a service. Nothing is charged on this site; after you press "Accept quote", an editor writes to arrange payment.
• Author site — your own page at /site/
  , built at /account/site.
• Layout / look — how the site is arranged (five layouts) and coloured (twelve looks).
• Address — the word after /site/ in your site's link.
• Handle — the word after /reader/ in your public shelf's link.
• Highlight — a saved passage; it reaches the notebook only when saved from the full reader.
• MCP — the connector that lets an assistant read the catalogue.

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