A tagline is a single sentence that summarizes you as an author and what you write.Ĭonsider the common themes in your writing.
If you have an author tagline, start or follow your bio with it.Before your bio, include a shortened link for your mailing list with a call to action like, Sign up for his/her newsletter…or simply: Newsletter Sign-Up.What’s so special about this tip, you ask? I did just say there’s more you can do on your profile, but do you have enough info there for curious readers? Surprisingly, there’s a lot more you can do on your profile than just feature your bio and author photo. TIP: I suggest adding your biography to your author profile on each site and then sticking with at least one or two of the most important sites (to you) for any other updates I highlight below. To read more, visit this page from The Digital Reader.
#AUTHOR CENTRAL UPDATE#
You’ll be able to log in once and update your Amazon Author Page in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, India, and Japan.Īt this time, however, there has been no further word on this. There are rumors that Amazon is beta testing a new Author Central experience called Amazon Author, which will let users easily update their author pages around the world, saving authors the time of having to visit each site. TIP: To translate pages, right-click on the page and click “Translate to English.” In that case, you have to create a new account through them. The only site this didn’t work for me was with the Japan site. Author Central Information:Ĭurrently, to update your author profile for select countries, you have to join that country’s Author Central, which is easy to do if you are already signed up with the US Author Central.Īll it takes is logging in with your US account info (which they call “registering”), accepting their terms, and confirming your email. In June, The Creative Penn hosted me for a post: 5 Ways to Spice Up Your Amazon Book Pages, and now I have the opportunity, thanks to Joanna Penn, to offer another post inspired by that one and share 5 tips to spice up your Amazon author profile.Įvery author gets a profile when they sign up for an account through Amazon’s Author Central to claim their book pages.
#AUTHOR CENTRAL HOW TO#
Chris Fey offers several tips on how to make that page as inviting and informative as possible. One of the first places they'll learn about you is on your Amazon author profile. When readers are becoming fans of your books, they'll begin to want to know more about you. Every element of your web presence is part of marketing your books.
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