I just provided a quick summary, copied and pasted something from my conclusion, and called it a day. Dune responded in 1965 with its complex descriptions of arrakis life, from giant sandworms for whom water is deadly to smaller, mouselike life forms adapted to live with limited water. Until summer 2015, i didnt pay much attention to my amazon book descriptions. The amazon html better book description tool is an editing tool that allows kdp authors to easily create great looking amazon product descriptions with a few clicks of the button. Check out which masterclass i took after checking out all the courses from topnotch authors. There are two metadata fields for your book description. And thats how i wrote the book description for a super famous book that i happen to love.
Better book tools amazon html kindle description code. There or just inside the cover, the author has written a blurb or description about the book. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. In relatively few words, youll need to convince readers to buy your book and not one of the millions of other books competing for their time, attention, and money.
How to write a book description that sells with examples. Booksellers are individuals and as such may have what they think is the best book description definitions. The same authorandartist team that created the evergreen title only one takes children on tour of shops, the firehouse, and more via a simple, soothing text and extraordinary woodblock illustrations. After your cover, the product description of your book is the first experience the reader has with you as an author. The title page, near the beginning of the book, lists the title and subtitle of the book, the authors, editors, andor contributors, the publisher or printer, and sometimes the place and date of. How to write a book description that will sell your book. Presentation copy a book inscribed by the author to someone else usually of importance to the author, the book, or society in general. A wellwritten description assures readers that the book itself is of similar quality. Halberstam was surprised to learn that the description of his book trans, along with books about nazis, had been redacted. How to improve your amazon book descriptions jane friedman. You need to know how to write a book description, preferably a great one.
An authors guide, comes a new book on the art of copywriting for descriptions. Curious to know another total nerd secret about me. Historical fiction is also broken up into different time frames and subcategories. Home rare books book collecting guide abebooks glossary of book terms. Find the book you want to change the description for and click edit details. A great book description on amazon will engage readers and sell books. Think of it like the inside flap of a hardcover book. The set of terms below were proposed in 1949 by ab bookmans weekly. Author deirdre mccloskey, professor emerita of economics at the university of illinois at chicago, discussed capitalism and socialism.
Fortunately, there are a lot of ways to help you find a book by description. In other words, if a bookseller has commissioned repairs of a book, all such repairs. Theres a tendency to want to put every little element in the book in there. Supported html for book description your book description is often a readers first. The book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Your book description is what customers see as they shop the kindle store. A book description should draw the reader in, but authors tend to get too flowery with these. For example, religious, historical fiction, and world war 2 historical fiction are both subgenres.
Target is bleeping out book descriptions, removing words. The ioba book condition definitions standards codify these condition definitions so that ioba booksellers have a guideline for describing their books. See the winners in the only major book awards decided by readers. After starting the sell more books show with jim kukral, bryan used his copywriting experience to create best page forward, a book descriptions business.
Even for someone like me who writes down every book i read and have since high school, there are times i remember a scene or pieces of a book s story that make me realize ive forgotten the title or author and i desperately want to reconnect with the book. As new means that the book is in the state that it should have been in. Heres a screenshot of this book, how to sell a truckload of books on amazon. If you were about to leave this planet, what would you. Gale books and authors is a readers goto site for everything. A typical description might convert one click in thirty into a new reader. When writing this description, think like a buyer, and not like the author. In this guide, we will walk you through how to write and create a book description, and include some examples of authors who did it well, and those who didnt. Book metadata may sound complicated, but it consists of all the information that describes your book, including. How to write an amazon book description that sells. Supported html for book description your book description is often a readers first experience with the content of your book. As the creator of the story, authors dont want to leave anything out. An important aspect of a book editors job is to cultivate relationships with authors.
They were adopted by the bookselling community and are still in use today. This unique book uses a busy city neighborhood to teach the concept of one versus many. A wellwritten and formatted description piques readers interest and assures them that your book is of high quality. Books where the plot is set at least thirty years before the time the author writes the book. Many corporations have slick, flashy mission statements. Ioba book terminology independent online booksellers. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. Fiction selections reflect the genres readers like best. Chances are your friends are discussing their favorite and least favorite books on goodreads. Capture readers with better book descriptions for fiction. I think traditional published book descriptions tend to have this problem a little bit too. Book where the main character or characters fall in love. Best page forward premium book descriptions and author. Browse books in the genre that matches the basic description you remember of the book.
This uber nerd got to work on one of his favorite books and help so it will sell better. How to change your book s description in amazons dashboard. Welcome to fantastic fiction search and browse bibliographies of over 50,000 bestselling fiction authors, with the latest books and series information join our 99,999 members. How a great amazon book description can help indie authors. Tucker has sold over 5 million books as a 4x nyt bestselling author and is the. If you have been involved in kindle publishing, then youve likely heard about using amazon html codes in your product descriptions. I looked along the books on the shelf, there it was, the black shiny leather looked well kept.
Find the books you want all in one place and at prices youll love. Amazon descriptions can be up to 4,000 characters usually around 600700 words, and i kept mine under 2,000 characters. How to write an amazon book description that sells reedsy blog. This could be the description for a book that has been lost in a warehouse for years, never shelved, thumbed or even opened yet may still be some years old. How to find a book by description with these tips, tricks. Examples of good book descriptions cameron herold s vivid vision. Booksellers use standard terms to describe the condition of the used books that they sell. Browse by genre at a large online bookstore that carries a wide variety of titles. Remember with 4,500 books published every day in this country, you cant afford to have some vague book description, you must state clearly why this book is the best one they can buy. Ninetynine percent of authors will only write a book synopsis in the description.
Join the conversation follow on instagram add kristins books to your goodreads list. Dune was followed in its creation of complex and unique ecologies by other science fiction books such as a door into ocean 1986 and red mars 1992. That does, however, lead me to the differences between fiction and nonfiction when it comes to book descriptions. While the amazon book description wont affect traffic i. Little secrets, the new husband, the book of lost friends, the. A book description is one of the most crucial elements to selling your book if not the crucial element, and yet its often the hardest thing for writers to come up with. Book editors often are looking to discover new talent, publish them as unknowns, and then continue working with them as they build bigger audiences. The book description, often overlooked as a means to drive traffic to your page, is also a great place to use keywords.
After two years of research and hundreds of descriptions written, the data shows that properly written descriptions can get the job done in ten clicks. How to write your book sales description with bryan cohen. How to write a book description that sells the writing cooperative. In this post on how to write a book description, weve condensed the process for both fiction and nonfiction authors into three steps. In the trade, an honest book description should disclose all sophistications. You may stumble upon the book quickly, or you might see similar or related titles that will jog your memory and help you remember the title of the book you seek. How to write a book description that attracts readers. This is why writing an effective description is one of the best ways to promote your book.
The description is a readers first experience with the content of your book. Its one of the first things potential readers see and if it doesnt immediately hook their interest, they will move on to the next book. I take it you are deprived in life and dont have an old book to take off the bookshelves. Usa todays bestselling books list ranks the 150 topselling titles each week based on an analysis of sales from u. Bleeping out titles reveals a really strange logic around. Tell us what titles or genres youve enjoyed in the past, and well give you surprisingly insightful recommendations.