Guide: how to upload and edit

A step-by-step guide for authors of Okno v Miry: how to upload a book, cover, text and audio, how to edit everything later, and what to do when something does not save.

1. Prepare in advance

Cover — a portrait JPG or PNG image, about 1600 × 2400 pixels, without small text: the cover is shown small in the catalogue.

Book text — plain text without markup. Paste it from Word or any editor. Separate paragraphs with a blank line: the reader adds indents and styles dialogue lines for you.

Audio (optional) — a single MP3 or M4A file of the narrated book.

Author name — set by the administrator and linked to your account, so you never edit it in the book form: all your books are signed automatically.

2. Open the author panel

User menu (icon in the top right corner) → “Author panel”. The page address is /admin.

An author has three tabs: “My books”, “Comics” and “Purchases”. Everything about uploading and editing books is on “My books”: the add form on the left and your catalogue on the right.

3. Upload a new book

Fill in the “Add book” form:

Title — how the book appears in the catalogue.

Genres — up to three main ones; subgenres can be selected as well if the list appears.

Cycle — the series name if the book belongs to one.

Price ($) — the catalogue price.

Description — a short blurb for the book page.

Cover badges — the “Free”, “Preview” (first two chapters free), “18+”, “In progress” and “Exclusive” checkboxes.

Then add the cover, the text and, optionally, the audio (see below), and press “Add to catalogue”.

4. Upload the book text

Paste the text into the “Book text” field. A preview opens on the right — that is exactly what readers will see.

You can paste a single chapter or a full novel: the system splits the text into chapters by lines such as “Chapter 1”, “Part 1”, “Prologue”, “Epilogue”.

If you do not want chapters, leave the text as one piece — the reader opens it as a single scroll.

No special markup is needed: a blank line becomes a paragraph indent, and lines starting with a dash are styled as dialogue.

5. Upload the cover

In the “Cover” field press the upload button and pick a file — the image goes to storage and the link is filled in automatically. You can also paste an image link.

The cover can be changed once every 30 days. The edit dialog shows the date from which the next change becomes available.

6. Upload the audio version

The “Audio file (optional)” field takes one MP3 or M4A. The file is stored privately: readers listen in the built-in player and cannot download it.

When a book has audio, the reader shows a text / audio switch, and progress is shared between both formats.

7. Chapters: add and edit one by one

The list icon in the book row opens the “Chapters” dialog.

There you can add a chapter (title, text and optional chapter audio), edit the text of an uploaded chapter, or delete one. Chapters keep the order you add them in.

This is handy when the book is written in parts: publish each new chapter without re-uploading the whole text.

8. Edit an uploaded book

The pencil icon in the book row opens the card with title, cycle, description, price, badges, cover, text and audio. Each part is saved with its own button inside the dialog.

The letters icon opens the translation editor for the English title, author, description, cover and text.

The bin icon deletes the book from the catalogue. Deletion is available to the author and the administrator and cannot be undone.

9. Ruble price, payment details and QR code

Russian readers pay by bank transfer, and the author fills these fields per book: open your profile → the “My books” block.

Price, ₽ — the transfer amount for that book. Without it the transfer payment button never appears.

Transfer details (SBP) — SBP phone, card number or payment link.

QR code for this book — a QR image, for example one with the amount already filled in.

Direct transfers are enabled by the administrator. If the ruble price is set but the button is missing, message the administration in “Messages”.

10. If something does not work

Text does not save — make sure you are signed in with your author account and try again; if it keeps failing, contact the administration.

Cover does not change — the 30-day rule applies; the next available date is shown in the edit dialog.

No transfer payment button — check that the book has a ruble price and a QR code or details, and that the administrator has enabled direct transfers.

Need something more — use “Messages” to reach the administration and the “Feedback” form.