Two major widget updates

The Store widget just went into beta. This is a revised version designed to improve speed, and also to combine the publishers' and authors' versions. It has gained the ability to launch into a stand alone window, along with some dedicated buttons, so it should work for OpenDiary, Wordpress and Squidoo users.

We will continue supporting the alpha versions (particularly the custom builds) until we have migrated these across so don't worry, the old stores won't suddenly break. All future stores should be created using the new store engine.

The other change is the Reader. After initial tests and feedback that just went from prototype into alpha and is now available from the website.

Not bad for a Saturday.

Stand Alone Store Widget

Status: Alpha (re-version)
Method: Text Link
Type: Ebook Store
http://www.smashingreads.com/int_store.php

A version of the embeddable store that can be launched from a text-link. A surprising number of users requested this: although they can link directly to their Smashwords profile, the third party links are apparently useful.

It is available in author and publisher versions, and as a link can be easily customised.

Example Links:
My Author Store
My Publisher Store