Take another look
at your book description — is it SEO friendly?
Finally, take a look
at this book description from Dan Silva - it's a great example of a book that combines great blurbs with a book description that pulls you in from the first sentence.
I can't tell you how many times I've picked up a book or looked online
at book descriptions to see misspellings and grammar errors.
Here are a few of the error categories I have found in looking
at book descriptions: Continue reading «Book Description Epic Fail»
This post is aimed specifically
at book descriptions for fiction, and we'll post something for non-fiction authors later.
I often reach a point where I've looked
at that book description, announcement press release, or landing page so many times that I can't be objective.
Finally, take a look
at this book description, again from Dan Silva.
I think it's time for me to take another look
at my book descriptions.
Lesson learned: Look
at the book descriptions to popular books and follow that format and style (and I could have saved $ 157).
Not exact matches
Maybe it is providential that Luke's placement for the beginning of the church in the
book of Acts falls
at exactly the same place as his
description of the birth of Jesus in his Gospel - in the second chapter.
The first recipe that caught my eye in the
book was an Indian dish, which was accompanied by her
description of seeing a woman dressed in a colorful sari
at a market, who was possibly a spice vendor, eating a bowl of something she describes as ``... beautiful and simple and you knew
at a glance that it tasted good.»
With most firsthand account
books, someone dies or
at the very least you get a graphic
description of some horrible event, complete with gory photos.
And OK, I'll admit it: I was happy that I correctly identified each of the 10 images before looking
at the
description legend in the back of the
book — a good sign for this Boston lifer as well as for Kevin Somers, the talented illustrator of this
book.
Matt Ritter
at California Polytechnic State University was writing up a
description of the Cook pine (Araucaria columnaris) for a
book on the urban trees of California when he realised that the pines always leaned south.
Publisher's
Book Description: The award winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize - winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have fought
at the front lines of climate denialism for most of their careers.
On here looking for genuine female friends - leading to a beach and paddling
at dawn - im larger than life character - def a
book you should not judge by the cover - lots of interesting stories inside - i like going to watch friends rock band — writing - meeting and talking - im self employed - last job was a steeplejack - but fell through a floor - oops i guess best place to start is to talk to me - best
description is a giantgentlebear - im looking for someone to talk too any where in the world or outer
While the story smacks more of the kind of film studios churn out rather than a fresh and honest look
at the life of a geisha, nevertheless, director Rob Marshall (Chicago) effectively brings the tale to life, concentrating more on the factors that made it an appealing
book — the exotic locales, customs, and
descriptions of the period.
From the
book's
description: The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening contains an in - depth, behind - the - scenes look
at the smash - hit 3DS game, from beautifully illustrated renditions of...
I have not read Michael Finkel's
book of the same name, but the publisher
description has more focus than this film while offering a probing look
at the relationship between these two men.
Drawing on detailed field notes from a single night
at the shelter, Seider opens the
book with a vivid chronological
description of what happens between the arrival of the first Harvard volunteer
at 6:30 p.m. and the...
writing a
book review, character
descriptions, new vocabulary, newpaper articles, internet research, writing poetry, looking
at themes, traits of characters, internet research finding facts about the author, drawing activities, designing posters, golden tickets, portraits of favourite characters.
Both elements for teaching the lesson on writing a character
description of Mr Willy Wonka including the PowerPoint, character cut out and chapter from the
book with added lesson on writing in character as Willy Wonka looking
at writing the message on the Golden Ticket
From the
book description you are able to see that the author spent time with eight different schools looking
at the key ingredients to help students reach deep learning in their education journey.
In what may be one of the most comprehensive, balanced, clear - eyed
descriptions of the educational revolution we are currently slashing through, Allan Collins» and Richard Halverson's Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology (Teachers College Press 2009), based on the authors» history of education reform course they taught together
at Northwestern, describes better than almost any
book I've read what the new world of education — as opposed to schooling — may look like in the future.
Vehicle
Description: The Honda NSX Was First Showcased To An Eager Global Audience
At The 1989 Chicago Auto Show, With This Radical New Japanese Supercar To Offer A Firm Fight To The Already Infamous Italian Competitors And Even Before The Order
Books Had Opened, The Likes Of Porsche, Ferrari And Lamborghini Realised That The NSX Was To Set A Brand New Benchmark For Engineering Excellence.
Vehicle
Description: After The DB7 Prototype Was Completed In The November Of 1992, This All New Grand Tourer From Aston Martin Was Then Showcased To The World
At The March 1993 Geneva Motor Show, With The Order
Books Then Open For New Car Deliveries The Following September.
Vehicle
Description: The Blackpool Based TVR Motor Company First Offered The Sagaris, To The Motoring Press
At The 2003 MPH03 Auto Show And Then Was Further Showcased A Year Later In 2004
At The NEC Birmingham Motor Show, With Order
Books Fully Opened And The First Small Numbered Vehicles To Become Available To The Lucky Few In 2005.
On other European sites, CreateSpace
book descriptions aren't showing up
at all — even when there's nothing to replace!
Sponsored Product ads appear after the
book description as «Sponsored products related to this item» and
at the bottom of search results.
CreateSpace
Book Descriptions are being sent to Amazon UK, and in some cases to Amazon Germany, but apparently not to any other site — or
at least they're not being posted anywhere else.
The
book description at Amazon.com states:
Next, you read the publisher
description or mini-synopsis on the back cover or inside flap; if you're browsing on Amazon, that
description appears
at the top of the webpage under the title of the
book (usually 1 - 3 paragraphs).
I found the detailed
description at the beginning of the
book particularly stilted and way too detailed.
You'd be surprised
at the number of self - published
book descriptions that have typographic errors, or improper casing or punctuation.
But
books that keep you up
at night don't have to be thrillers — our editor, Lynn Green, says when she first read the galleys of The Lovely Bones, the
description of Susie's murder was so chilling she had second thoughts about assigning it for review... though we did end up covering it.
I went to Google
Books and read several books and periodicals written at the time, and found terrific descriptions of street
Books and read several
books and periodicals written at the time, and found terrific descriptions of street
books and periodicals written
at the time, and found terrific
descriptions of street food.
If you want to find out if a specific title will give you the optimal reading experience you look on the
book's
description page
at Amazon.
A friend of mine suggested I read this
book, and when I first looked
at the
description, I have to be honest and tell you that I really didn't think I'd be that interested.
The bottom line: Nobody wants to suck
at any part of their author business yet tons of authors out there write long, abhorrent
descriptions of their
book like they're being paid by the word.
You must have
at least 500 words in your
book description.
The Amazon Enhanced
Description Maker has made my book descriptions look so professional and pleasing to the eye, that I've used it with all my novels, except for the one that I made prior changes to via Author Central (once you make changes there, you'll have to continue making all other book description changes at Auth
Description Maker has made my
book descriptions look so professional and pleasing to the eye, that I've used it with all my novels, except for the one that I made prior changes to via Author Central (once you make changes there, you'll have to continue making all other
book description changes at Auth
description changes
at Author Central.
Make sure you get all the elements on; analyze the cover of that
book you were looking
at earlier for things like printed price, bar code and ISBN, author's name and photo,
description, title, all that stuff.
All Kindle
books show if TTS is enable or not on their
description page
at Amazon.
Put your reviews up
at the top of your
book description.
You would be surprised
at the number of people who make the mistake of not optimizing their
book description.
As you can see by looking
at the table of contents, it goes beyond a simple Amazon
book description generator to create HTML for Kindle and CreateSpace.
And, if you're selling on a platform where there isn't a separate section for author bios, put your author bio
at the end of the
book description.
, that it takes
at least as long for a change in the product
description to get through Apple's review process as it does the for the actual
book to be reviewed.
A
book for your street team to review (naturally)-- you can also give the street team a sneak peek
at your cover, the
book description, your author photo, and / or anything else associated with your
book
To have a chance to be featured
at Buck
Books, your
book must be priced
at 99 cents or less during your promotion, its listing on Kindle must show that it is
at least 60 pages in length, you must have
at least 10 reviews with an average rating of 3.8 stars or higher, your
book description must be well - written and free of any major spelling or grammatical errors, and your
book cover must be designed by a non-Fiverr professional designer or
book cover design service.