diff --git a/api/templates/api_help.html b/api/templates/api_help.html
index bfbc6ddd..02e4ba62 100644
--- a/api/templates/api_help.html
+++ b/api/templates/api_help.html
@@ -15,7 +15,18 @@
     <h3>Ebook Widgets</h3>
     <p>You don't need an API key to embed Ebook (HTML) widgets. </p>
     <div>Here's a widget that displays Unglue.it's featured ebook - it changes most every day!  <a href="{% url 'widget' 'featured' %}">{{base_url}}{% url 'widget' 'featured' %}</a>. Copy/paste this into your site:<br /><textarea rows="7" cols="22">&lt;iframe src="{{base_url}}/api/widget/featured/" width="152" height="325" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</textarea>
-       <iframe src="{{base_url}}{% url 'widget' 'featured' %}" width="152" height="325" frameborder="0"></iframe></div>
+       <iframe src="{{base_url}}{% url 'widget' 'featured' %}" width="152" height="325" frameborder="0"></iframe>
+    </div>
+    <div>If your website doesn't allow javascript (wordpress blogs, for example) you can use the no-script version. Copy/paste this into your site:<br /><textarea rows="7" cols="22">&lt;div style="font-size:12px; width:120px; line-height:16px; padding:5px; height:220px; background-color:#fff; color:#3d4e53; border:5px solid #edf3f4;"&gt;
+    &lt;a href="{{base_url}}{% url 'featured_url' %}"&gt;
+&lt;img width="120" height="182" src="{{base_url}}{% url 'featured_cover' %}" alt="unglue.it featured book" /&gt;
+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</textarea>
+<div style="display:inline-block;width: 153px;">
+<div style="font-size:12px; width:120px; line-height:16px; padding:5px; height:220px; background-color:#fff; color:#3d4e53; border:5px solid #edf3f4;"><a href="{% url 'featured_url' %}"><img width="120" height="182" src="{% url 'featured_cover' %}" alt="featured book cover" /></a><br />Today's Free Ebook at Unglue.it
+       </div>
+       </div>
+    </div>
+
     {% if campaign %}
        <div>Here's a sample widget for the book <span style="font-style: italic">{{campaign.name}}</span> with ISBN {{campaign_isbn}}: <a href="{% url 'widget' campaign_isbn %}">{{base_url}}{% url 'widget' campaign_isbn %}</a>. Copy/paste this into your site:<br /><textarea rows="7" cols="22">&lt;iframe src="{{base_url}}/api/widget/{{campaign_isbn}}/" width="152" height="325" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</textarea>
        <iframe src="{{base_url}}{% url 'widget' campaign_isbn %}" width="152" height="325" frameborder="0"></iframe>
diff --git a/api/urls.py b/api/urls.py
index c8697b19..be4aaff3 100644
--- a/api/urls.py
+++ b/api/urls.py
@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@ from regluit.api import resources
 from regluit.api.views import ApiHelpView
 from regluit.api.views import OPDSNavigationView, OPDSAcquisitionView
 from regluit.api.views import OnixView
-from regluit.api.views import travisci_webhook, load_yaml, negotiate_content, widget
+from regluit.api.views import (
+    travisci_webhook, 
+    load_yaml, 
+    negotiate_content, 
+    widget, 
+    featured_cover,
+    featured_url,
+    )
 
 
 v1_api = Api(api_name='v1')
@@ -21,7 +28,9 @@ v1_api.register(resources.FreeResource())
 
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^help$', ApiHelpView.as_view(), name="api_help"),
-    url(r'^widget/(?P<isbn>\w+)/$',widget,name="widget"),
+    url(r'^widget/(?P<isbn>\w+)/$', widget, name="widget"),
+    url(r'^featured_cover$', featured_cover, name="featured_cover"),
+    url(r'^featured_url$', featured_url, name="featured_url"),
     url(r"^opds/$", OPDSNavigationView.as_view(template_name="opds.xml"), name="opds"),
     url(r"^opds/(?P<facet>.*)/$", OPDSAcquisitionView.as_view(), name="opds_acqusition"),
     url(r"^onix/(?P<facet>.*)/$", OnixView.as_view(), name="onix"),
diff --git a/api/views.py b/api/views.py
index d423b82b..9e35a400 100755
--- a/api/views.py
+++ b/api/views.py
@@ -46,17 +46,21 @@ def negotiate_content(request,work_id):
     
     return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('work', kwargs={'work_id': work_id}))
 
+def featured_work():
+    try:
+        work = models.Work.objects.filter(featured__isnull=False).distinct().order_by('-featured')[0]
+    except:
+        #shouldn't occur except in tests
+        work = models.Work.objects.all()[0]
+    return work
+
 def widget(request, isbn):
     """
     supply info for book panel. parameter is named isbn for historical reasons. can be isbn or work_id
     """
    
     if isbn == 'featured':
-        try:
-            work = models.Work.objects.filter(featured__isnull=False).distinct().order_by('-featured')[0]
-        except:
-            #shouldn't occur except in tests
-            work = models.Work.objects.all()[0]
+        work = featured_work()
     else :    
         if len(isbn)==10:
             isbn = regluit.core.isbn.convert_10_to_13(isbn)
@@ -74,6 +78,14 @@ def widget(request, isbn):
          {'work':work, }, 
      )
 
+def featured_cover(request):
+    work = featured_work()
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(work.cover_image_thumbnail())
+
+def featured_url(request):
+    work = featured_work()
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('work', kwargs={'work_id': work.id}))
+
 def load_yaml(request):
     if request.method == "GET":
         return render(request, 'load_yaml.html', { })