Information you add on the profile tab in author central appears on the author page. The sales info tab in author central is meant to allow you to see sales trends, but is not meant to replace reports you receive from your publisher. But incredibly often, authors dont take the time to also leverage their amazon author central vote up 0 vote down reply. How to make your amazon book description stand using html. Learn how to improve the description of your book, and improve its metadata, when using amazon kdp.
Also, if you significantly change your book, it is considered a new edition and should be published as a new book. You can certainly use html for amazon book descriptions in author central edits. Add your biography, photos, blog, video, and tour events to the author page, your homepage on. To know more about booksgosocials services for authors go to.
As an author, you are part of a special community at amazon. The author page is your chance to tell readers something interesting about yourself, so make sure you include any details about your background, awards you have won, other books you have written, and personal details customers might want to know. The amazon bestsellers rank history graph is updated every hour in author central and on your books detail pages on. If you update your ebook description through author central, the changes wont be. How to add a video to amazon kindle book description. A wellwritten and formatted description piques readers interest and assures them that your book is of high quality. Your book description is often a readers first experience with the content of your book. You can share video interviews, book signing videos, and other videos with. At author central, you can share the most uptodate information about yourself and your works with millions of readers. Helping customers get to know you is an effective way to introduce them toor better educate them aboutyour books. Lets change a bland book description, to something much better, in less than five minutes. Welcome to author central, a free service provided by amazon to allow authors to reach more readers, promote books, and help build a better amazon bookstore.
How to add a video to amazon kindle book description do you find author central a real pain editing your book description. If you add two versions of the same book that have exactly the same title, author, and other book information, they will automatically link to one another within 48. If you make minor changes, its considered the same edition. If you republish your book, youll need to update the ebook description in your kdp account as well. How to change a book description in amazon author central. But you need a little more knowledge of html than is covered in this article. The author page on provides a handy place for customers to learn about you. If you have written a book that doesnt appear in your bibliography and is available on, you can add it.
If you use author central, changes to your main author name or description made through your kdp bookshelf will update automatically on author central within 24. On the books tab in author central, click the book you want to add an image for. Note that this method will not work if you edit your book description in author central. On the page for that book, in the blank image icon, click add an image. In the email or phone call, give us the asin or isbn of the book to be removed. At author central, you create your author page where you can share the most uptodate information about yourself and your works with millions of readers. If you update your ebook description through author central, the changes wont be visible in your kdp account unless you also make the update in kdp. Supported html for book description your book description is often a readers first experience with the content of your book.
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