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Have you tried selling books on amazon? Did you feel like getting ripped off? At the most recent Digital Book World conference on discoverability and marketing, Jon Fine, Director of Author and Publisher Relations, gave authors a series of guidelines for getting the most out of Amazon.<\/p>

Most of them are essential tips that book publishers and authors can apply to sell more books in any bookstore, but Fine customizes them and adds some that are nothing more than using in-house features. Here is how to sell and promote your book on Amazon:<\/p>

Metadata:<\/strong><\/h2>

The word metadata probably bores publishers and authors the most, but it is the most critical piece to increasing Amazon sales. Metadata is the online version of what publishers used to sell books before digitization: cover, synopsis, author information, counter text, sleeves, etc. Ignoring the digital version of these elements can condemn a book to obscurity.<\/p>

Covers on paper only work on digital, and vice versa. What looks good in print only sometimes looks good on mobile. On the other hand, publishers need to ensure that their books are categorized correctly and associated with the correct keywords.<\/p>

As a novelty, in the case of Amazon, the best metadata to help readers find their titles is in the book’s text. If publishers allow it, Amazon will also search within the book when readers search the web. Allowing keyword searches within the book’s text increases the chances that your book will appear in search results. But it is a free option for the editor. Also, publishers should think of Amazon as a website for their books. Your book page on Amazon is the front page of your book on the Internet. More people discover you through this page than anywhere else, so it’s in your interest to strengthen it.<\/p>

Authors:<\/strong><\/h2>

Authors are the best defenders of their work. According to Fine, Amazon is focused on making it easy for readers to discover authors and for authors to engage with readers through Amazon. For this reason, Amazon is improving its author pages. So it is convenient for publishers and authors to incorporate Facebook integration into them and other dynamic content: Twitter, videos, and much more. The information on the author page should be dynamic. It shouldn’t be static. They should constantly look for ways to enrich, build and update them.<\/p>

Amazon is also beginning to add functionality to author pages that could help authors make marketing decisions. Taking authors from Amazon’s publishing division as a starting point, the company now offers them sales information. Author pages already include a “sales map” that shows authors where their books are selling best, allowing them to target their marketing geographically. If these tools work well, Amazon will extend them to all authors on the platform.<\/p>

In general, publishers and authors need to make it easy for people to buy their books, Fine says, noting that Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other bookstores have affiliate programs that reward sites that refer buyers to them. He also added that a large volume of reader feedback is more valuable than a small number of more starred reviews. The more people talk about your book on our site, the better. Even a bad review can make people want to read your book.<\/p>

6 Tips To Get Your Book Sold On Amazon<\/strong><\/h2>

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Have you written a book? Do you plan to write one? As a writer, you may think that you have already done the most challenging part, and it is, but it is not the only thing you will have to do if you have self-published. You have to sell and promote your book. You have almost all the work done if you have popularity and a book publishing company or hired a book publishing service<\/a> from a well-known company. If, on the other hand, you are alone in this complicated world, we advise you to continue reading.<\/p>

Today, we give you some tips, so your book has a quality promotion on Amazon and similar platforms. Do not be scared. If you are faithful to the paper, you can sell it on Amazon. Most of the tips we tell you today are valid for conventional and electronic books.<\/p>

Work on a quality cover<\/strong><\/h3>

Judging a book by its cover is the most common thing on Amazon. Unlike a physical bookstore, on this platform, you can’t browse the book for a while: the cover will make your book stand out from the rest on the Amazon product list. Work on it, make it attractive and think that if it is an exclusively electronic book, you can update said cover whenever you want.<\/p>

Planning a correct cover will determine 80% of the sales of impulsive clients, making your book a best seller on Amazon. Some keys by experts:<\/p>