Purchasing CircularFLO ebook conversions

Information on Circular Software purchasing and discounts.

CircularFLO Book Credits

Purchasing CircularFLO ebook conversions
A 'book credit' purchase required for each title created (both EPUB3 and Amazon conversions are including in this one price).

CircularFLO is a commercial product and although it is free to download and trial you are required to pay for each book you wish to convert.

We make CircularFLO free to use for publishing students and support others students and self publishers as well as independent or small publishers by offering up to 75% discount on the conversion price.

A 'book credit' purchase required for each title created (both EPUB3 and Amazon conversions are including in this one price).

There are two different types of eBook conversion available – ‘CircularFLO Instant’ and ‘CircularFLO Pro’.

A CircularFLO Pro book credit is required for books of over 50 pages, if adding read aloud or web code to your pages or if you wish to securely publish books on the web free of charge with MasterPlan (see page 46).

The full list of features included in Instant and Pro credits are listed on the CircularFLO product page on our website.

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CircularFLO Special Edition

Purchasing CircularFLO ebook conversions
A custom version of our ebook creation software for larger customers.

The CircularFLO Special Edition is a version of CircularFLO which is unlocked for use on any Mac, including by trusted outsourcers, using a simple password protected purchasing page.
The CircularFLO Special Edition is available for publishers on request and on setting up an account we create a dedicated client page to supply you the CircularFLO Special Edition and track your credit usage.

You benefit from:

  • Option to secure reduced credit by pre-purchasing credits in volume
  • Ability to make full page length proof versions of your books
  • A guaranteed price for all book credits for length of agreement
  • No delays, no need to download or upload anything
  • No need for credit cards payments
  • Ability to use credits from any Mac including trusted outsourcers
  • 30 days payment terms
  • An online itemised report of the credits used for your records
  • Six months hosting on MasterPlan included
  • Advance access to prerelease versions of CircularFLO
  • Ability to directly request new features for future development

We ask that CircularFLO Special Edition customers to add a line This ebook has been created using CircularFLO from Circular Software on the imprint page of each book when using CircularFLO Special Edition when possible.

Your CircularFLO Special Edition can be set up simply and quickly please contact us directly at sales@circularsoftware.com to discuss or apply.

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Connecting CircularFLO Special Edition to a client

Purchasing CircularFLO ebook conversions
A four digit client number is used to associate a user with a client before using CircularFLO Special Edition.

CircularFLO Special Edition is a build of our popular CircularFLO app made for use by larger publishers. To use CircularFLO Special Edition, you will need to have been invited  by a Circular Software customer. This invitation should receive a link to a client page and a four digit client number.

Visit the client page link you have been supplied and log-in to download the CircularFLO Special Edition app.

The CircularFLO Special Edition desktop app needs to be registered to a client before it can be used.

Clients are identified with a four digit Client Number. When prompted, enter the four digit Client Number to register with the client. You should be provided with the Client Number when invited to use CircularFLO Special Edition. The client number entered is important as it links your usage of CircularFLO Special Edition with the client for tracking and billing.

On first launch of the CircularFLO Special Edition desktop app you will be asked to enter your four digit Client number.

To add or change which client you are working on behalf of, choose the CircularFLO Special Edition app Set-up menu > Add or Switch Client Number.

The provided client number is added to CircularFLO Special Edition

If the client number is entered successfully you will see a confirmation message and the name of the client confirmed.

A confirmation of the client linked to the provided client number

Once the client has approved that you as a user working with them you can use credits to make unwatermarked and final ebooks.

On subsequent launches of CircularFLO Special Edition your connection to the client is confirmed on start up

A notification confirming a user is connect to a client

If you do not know the correct client number to enter, please contact the person who asked you to use CircularFLO Special Edition.

If you are having any trouble, please contact us.

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Managing Purchase info

Purchasing CircularFLO ebook conversions
Purchases of CircularFLO credits are linked to the Mac that they were purchased for.

Resetting Purchase info

If asked by Circular Software to reset your purchase information, go to CircularFLO Credits menu > Reset Purchase Info and enter the reset code that has been supplied.

Dialog showing message: To reset your purchase info please enter the code sent to you by Circular Software Support. Having trouble? Contact support at help@circularsoftware.com to obtain a current reset code.

Contact us to request the code to reset your purchase info.

Moving purchases to a new Mac

If you have moved to a new Mac from an older Mac that you have previously used CircularFLO on, it is recommend that you remove the entire Circular Software Application Support folder, otherwise you may need to reset your CircularFLO purchasing info in order to continue.

Purchases of CircularFLO credits are linked to the Mac that they were purchased for. We recommend only buying credits for the Mac that you will use them on.

For larger publishing customers the CircularFLO Special Edition allows CircularFLO to be used any and multiple Macs linked to a publishing client.

If you do have remaining unused CircularFLO credits on your older Mac please contact us before moving to your new Macs as we will need to run some checks before being able to resupply any credits.

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