Take Your Books Beyond BooksAffair with Embedded Widgets
Every author invests time building a website, writing newsletters, publishing blog posts, and staying active on social media. These channels help readers discover you—but they often stop short of helping readers discover your books.
A visitor may enjoy your latest article or newsletter but still have to search through menus or click multiple links to find your books. Every extra step creates friction, and every moment of friction is an opportunity to lose a potential reader.
BooksAffair's Embedded Widgets were built to solve this problem.
Instead of manually updating book pages or sharing static images, you can embed live book and author widgets directly into your website, blog, newsletter, or any page that supports HTML. Your readers can immediately see your books, discover your author profile, and continue exploring your work without leaving your ecosystem.
What Are Embeddable Widgets?
Embedded Widgets are small, customizable components generated from your BooksAffair Author Panel. Once embedded, they display live information from your BooksAffair profile.
Instead of copying book details every time something changes, your widget stays connected to your profile and updates automatically as your books receive new ratings and reader engagement.
Depending on the widget you choose, readers can see:
- Book cover
- Title
- Genre
- Reader rating
- Bookmarks and favourites (optional)
- Reviews (optional)
- Direct link to your BooksAffair book page
Your readers always see the latest information without you having to update your website manually.
Two Widgets, Different Purposes
Book Widget
Perfect for promoting individual titles.
Display your latest release, bestselling novel, or an entire series across your website or blog. Readers can instantly recognise the book, see its current rating, and continue to its BooksAffair page for reviews and additional information.
Ideal for:
- Author websites
- Book launch pages
- Blog articles
- Newsletter archives
- Publisher websites
Author Profile Widget
Introduce yourself alongside your books.
The Profile Widget showcases your author identity by displaying your photo, short biography, social links, follower statistics, and selected books.
It's an easy way to help new visitors connect not just with a single title, but with your entire catalogue.
Ideal for:
- About pages
- Speaker profiles
- Media kits
- Literary festival websites
- Author directories
Why Live Widgets Matter
Traditional book promotion relies on static images or manually maintained book pages.
The challenge is that those assets quickly become outdated.
When readers rate your book, write reviews, or add it to their reading lists on BooksAffair, your widget can reflect that engagement automatically.
Instead of updating screenshots or redesigning pages, your website continues to showcase the latest reader activity with minimal effort.
Simple to Set Up
Getting started takes only a few minutes.
- Open your BooksAffair Author Panel.
- Navigate to Widgets.
- Choose either a Book Widget or Profile Widget.
- Select your preferred layout.
- Enable or disable optional engagement statistics.
- Copy the generated embed code.
- Paste it into your website, blog, or newsletter page.
Once installed, your widget stays connected to your BooksAffair profile.
Where Can You Use Widgets?
Embeddable Widgets work almost anywhere HTML embeds are supported.
Popular examples include:
- Personal author websites
- WordPress blogs
- Substack newsletters
- Publisher websites
- Literary magazines
- Event pages
- Media kits
- Online portfolios
Every place your readers discover you becomes another opportunity to help them discover your books.
Why Authors Love This Feature
Embeddable Widgets help authors:
- Promote books without rebuilding website pages
- Keep book information updated automatically
- Showcase authentic reader engagement
- Strengthen their author brand across multiple platforms
- Drive readers back to a central BooksAffair catalogue
Instead of maintaining book information in multiple places, you manage it once through your BooksAffair Author Panel.