- Click on the Settings Tab
- Click on the General Settings button
- In this dialog you can setup the following
- Stored Data Folder. This is the folder where all TakoPot data will be stored
- Match books options
- Automatically attempt to match new Sales Titles after sales update.
- Automatically create New Book for unmatched sales titles after sales update
- Amazon KDP Kindle unlimited Page Read value
- Use that Last Amazon Royalty Report Pageread Value
- Set the Pageread Value ( cents Per Page )
- Error reported
- Upload Error Data
- This will upload error data to TakoPot servers that will allow the TakoPot team to more quickly fix errors.
- Save Extended Error Data.
- This option will save detailed logs that can help fix issues with TakoPot. This option should only be checked if TakoPot support suggests it.
- Upload Error Data
Register TakoPot or review Registration?
- Click on the Settings Tab
- Click on the Registration Button
- The following options are available
- View License
- This will show the current TakoPot License Agreement
- View Data Retention Policy
- License Key
- Shows the current License Key
- The License Key will be used to link to the Payment processor and manage your account
- Email
- This is the email that links your account to TakoPot. It is optional but highly recommended so that TakoPot can contact you with offers, update information and any other important event. This will not be distributed to anyone outside of TakoPot.
- View License
Add a distributor account?
- Click on the Settings Tab
- Click on the Manage Distributors button
- Click on Add
- Select a Publisher
- Enter User Name and Password
- Some Distributors will have extra options
- For example Barnes and Noble allows you to set the first month to retrieve.
- Click on Test to test the Distributor
- After the test succeeds click on save to store the distributor
Add a book?
- In the Summary tab click on the Mange Book List
- Click on Add
- Enter the information for your book
- Scroll to the bottom to click on the Save button
Publish a book?
- In the Summary tab click on the Manage Book List button
- Select the book to publish from the list
- Click on Publish
- Select the Publisher you want to publish to
- Click on Go to load the Publisher page
- Click on items from the Book information on the left and then copy it into the appropriate field in the Publisher page
- Submit your book on the Publisher page
- Click on Done when you’ve finished publishing
Link Distributor Sales Title to Book?
- In the Summary tab click on the Link Books button
- There are several ways on this page to link books
- To map a single title
- Click twice on the Linked To a Book column to get the pull down of Books
- Select the book you want to link with this sales title
- To map a selected set of sales titles
- Press shift and click in the list to select multiple titles
- Click on the Link Selected Books button
- Select the book to link to
- Click the Link to Selected Book button to accept the link
- Attempt to automatically match books that haven’t been linked yet
- Click on the Automatically Link Unmatched Titles button
- Create new books for sales titles that haven’t been linked yet
- Click on the Create Books For Unlinked button
- Click save when you are done mapping
- To map a single title
Get sales data from all distributors?
- After all of the distributors have been setup click on the Summary Tab
- Click on the Update Sales Data button
- TakoPot will now run through all your distributors and download your sales data.
- The first time sales data is retrieved for a distributor the process can take a long time, so go get a coffee, take a walk or a nap.
Generate TakoPot reports?
- Click on the Reports tab
- Select a type of reported
- Select the date range for the reported
- Check your Filter options. To generate a report at least one item needs to be selected in each section.
- Click on Generate reported