Friday, March 30, 2012

Maximizing "Author Central" on Amazon

Are you registered with Amazon's Author Central? I am. Are you maximizing it's potential? I'm not.

I literally learn something new every day. I read an interview with Rachel Abbot, Only The Innocent, today. Not my interview with her, but one she did for someone else. She mentioned in the interview that she used Author Central to edit her product description on Amazon to look more professional.

I've wondered for months how some people get bold and italic fonts in their book descriptions! I assumed they knew HTML or perhaps wizardry. I zipped over to my Author Central profile and figured out what to do. My changes will take 3 to 5 days to show up on my product page.

The Steps
  • Register or Log In to Author Central
  • Add your book (s)
  • Click on the "Books" tab on the blue tool bar at the top of the page
  • Click on the image of your book 
  • Click the edit button by Review to add snippets of your best reviews
  • Click the edit button under Product Description to create a description
  • Format with bold and italics and paragraphs to improve the look of your blurb!
  • Repeat the process for your paperback version
  • You can also add more information under From the Author, From the Back Cover etc.
  • Don't forget to spruce up About the Author while you are at it!
  • Check out my product page for examples of what you can do!



Check out my product page...CLICK

Authors do a lot of hard work to gain visibility. Once people click on your page, that's the time to wow them!

To Do: Pimp your product page today!

Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
Author of the Pet Washer series and the Winged Herds series
Fantasy novels for young readers
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5 comments:

  1. Wayne KernochanMarch 31, 2012 at 12:59 AM

    Good to know. Thank you Jennifer

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  2. Louise WiseMarch 31, 2012 at 2:33 AM

    I didn't know that either! Thank you.

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  3. Jennifer Lynn AlvarezMarch 31, 2012 at 8:54 AM

    My changes showed up this morning for the kindle...wow! What a difference!!!

    http://www.amazon.com/The-Pet-Washer-Series-ebook/dp/B006BIED2Q/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2

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  4. Tami ParringtonApril 27, 2012 at 7:24 AM

    That's fantastic. I always wondered how some people got that. I just set up my Author Central page and passed verification the other day, so I'm looking forward to doing this with my past work as well as new releases.

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  5. Jennifer Lynn AlvarezApril 27, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    You are going to love it, Tami! It's an author's best friend on Amazon. Good luck with your books :)

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