# Guides

Each guide starts with a problem authors or readers really have, then shows how LocalBooks solves it, step by step, and what it costs.

## For authors

- [How do readers in your town find your book?](https://localbooks.app/guides/authors/list-your-book): Get your book onto your town’s page, the map and the right genres, in a few minutes.
- [Where can readers see all your books in one place?](https://localbooks.app/guides/authors/author-page): One page for your bio, your links and every book, listed on your town’s page.
- [Have you ever wanted to look over a reader’s shoulder?](https://localbooks.app/guides/authors/echoes): See which chapters and passages move readers, make them laugh, or lose them.
- [Where do readers stop reading your book?](https://localbooks.app/guides/authors/book-stats): Visits, samples, readers, and the chapter where readers put your book down.
- [Would more people read your book if they could try the first chapters free?](https://localbooks.app/guides/authors/free-sample): Let readers try your first chapters free, in a reader set like a printed book.
- [Need a book trailer, but you’re not a video editor?](https://localbooks.app/guides/authors/trailers): Write one sentence. Get a trailer that plays to readers, and a video for social media.
- [What does it cost to put your book in front of local readers?](https://localbooks.app/guides/authors/pricing-and-selling): First book free, then a one-time fee per book. No subscription. Plus selling ebooks.

## For readers

- [Where can you read good books online for free, and legally?](https://localbooks.app/guides/readers/read-free): Free samples with no account, and whole books free with a free one.
- [Tired of ebooks that look like a web page?](https://localbooks.app/guides/readers/ebook-reader): Book-style typesetting, themes and fonts, notes, a dictionary and read aloud.
- [No signal on the plane? Keep reading anyway.](https://localbooks.app/guides/readers/offline-reading): Download a book before you go, and add LocalBooks to your home screen.
- [Ever lose track of a book you meant to read?](https://localbooks.app/guides/readers/bookshelf): Save books for later, keep your place on any device, and see your reading streak.
- [Looking for books by authors near you, or set in your town?](https://localbooks.app/guides/readers/find-local-books): Books by authors near you, and stories set in places you know.
- [Why does a trailer show up while you’re reading?](https://localbooks.app/guides/readers/trailers-in-the-reader): Why a 10-second trailer appears now and then, and why it keeps reading free.
- [Can the author see what you highlight?](https://localbooks.app/guides/readers/reading-privacy): Your highlights stay yours. Authors see totals, never who.