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Our fourth tip is all about you: specifically, how you can customize your subscriptions on DailyLit. Lots of you asked about this on our new Reader Survey for Free Books, so we hope this helps. (And if you’re a DailyLit reader who hasn’t taken the survey yet, please do! It will help us give you more free books, which makes everybody happy.)
You can customize the frequency, time, and length of your installments, and you can do so in three different places.
You can customize your subscription:
1. In the Subscribe Box on the book page when you sign up for a book.
2. On the Subscription Confirmation Page, which you see after you click on the link in the email confirming your subscription.
3. On the Manage Your Subscriptions page, which you can access via the “Manage Your Subscriptions” link in any email or by logging in.
In addition to the adjustable delivery time, there are three frequency options that are visible in a drop down menu (Weekdays, Every Day, and Monday, Wednesday and Friday). If you click on the word “Advanced,” you’ll see the ability to fully customize delivery frequency and the length of your installments: normal, longer (twice as long as a regular installment), and longest (4 times as long).
See? When we say that our books come to you on your schedule, we really mean it.
If you’ve been following our tips series, you’ve already learned some cool tricks to make DailyLit easier and more fun to use. (Out of the loop? Tsk-tsk. Get caught up here with tips #1: Reading on your Blackberry, #2: Managing your DailyLit books in Outlook, and #3: Managing your DailyLit books in Gmail.)
Do you have a DailyLit tip? Email it to us at support[at]dailylit[dot]com.
October 8th, 2008
Our second tip was about managing your DailyLit emails in Outlook. Gmail users, now it’s your turn. Learn how to easily manage your DailyLit emails in Gmail using filters and labels. (And check out our first tip here.)
To set up a filter that will label your installments:
-Click on “Settings” in the upper right, then click on “Filters.”
-To filter all emails from DailyLit, fill in “books@dailylit.com” in the “from” field.
-Or, to filter installments of a single book, write the book title in the subject line.
-Click “next.”
-Now you can apply a label (either “DailyLit” or an individual title) to filtered emails as well as select other options: have the emails skip the inbox, always be marked with a star, and so on. When you’re happy with the settings, click “Create Filter” and voilà—your filter is ready to use.
If you’d rather not use a filter, you can create a DailyLit label to apply after you read emails. Click on the “More Actions” drop down menu, create a DailyLit or book label, then use the check boxes and drop-down menu to apply the label to individual emails.
Other Gmail tips:
-You can retroactively apply filters to all the emails you’ve received from DailyLit.
-If you set your emails to skip your inbox, they’re easily accessible by clicking on the DailyLit or book label in the “Labels” box to the lower left of the inbox.
-To file away emails after they come into your inbox, after you’ve read the email, apply the DailyLit or book label, then click the “Archive” button in the upper left. You can access your archives in the “Labels” box.
If you have any trouble getting your folders set up email us at support [at] dailylit [dot] com. We’re happy to help.
Have a tip of your own? Send it to support [at] dailylit [dot] com.
September 16th, 2008