One
book description gave a disclaimer along the lines of:
Not exact matches
The
book gives general
descriptions of the sites, with some qualitative judgments woven in.
To illustrate ways of using this
book, a brief
description of the groups will be
given.
In yesterday's post, I
gave the
book description and the Table of Contents.
I
gave two possible
book descriptions, one from my wife and one from me.
In his
book, Mr Laws
gives a vivid
description of the scene as desperate Mr Brown begged Mr Clegg to let Labour stay in power, not realising that exasperated Mr Clegg had already decided to do a deal with Mr Cameron.
The New Arthritis Breakthrough: The Only Medical Therapy Clinically Proven to Produce Long - term Improvement and Remission of RA, Lupus, Juvenile RA, Fibromyalgia, Scleroderma, Spondyloarthropathy and other Forms of Arthritis by Henry Scammell
gives a very clear and concise
description of the Marshall Protocol, an antibiotic based relief program for auto - immune disease, which the
book claims are in reality mycoplasma infestations.
Hillenbrand's
description of those two years in the hands of vicious Japanese captors will
give you chills and sets up the
book's most emotionally telling section: Zamperini's survival and return to his native California.
I've heard reviews describe Trick «r Treat as an anthology of different horror tales, a la Creepshow — a fitting comparison
given the comic
book inspirations in both — but that
description may also be misleading.
Though he writes with a compelling sense of injustice, much of Kozol's work is a form of self - reflection that masks — brilliantly,
given the popularity of his
books — what is an increasingly skewed
description of our nation's schools.
Below is a
description as well as excerpts from «
Book 1: Classroom Management,» obtained from a prospective Match student to whom it was
given.
And don't be afraid to use available editing tools when writing
book description metadata; the use of bolded text and paragraph breaks, where appropriate, can
give you an advantage when readers are conducting Google and Amazon searches.
1 in 50
book descriptions will excite us enough to make a purchase and the «I want to
give my time to this
book.»
In the same way that successful authors often
give cover quotes to
books, you can include quotes from other writers here in the
description of your
book.
Given that 29 other
books participated, and you say you were in the top three for the duration of the promotion, it's also a sign that your
book cover and
description do well when compared to others.
Just as Amazon
gives authors quite a bit of control over their Author Page, they also
give authors the opportunity to edit much of the information that appears on their
book's Product Detail Page including the Product
Description, About the Author, From the Author, From the Inside Flap, From the Back Cover, and Reviews.
I've pasted the giveaway
description that works best for my
book to
give you an idea.
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.
Your cover, your title, and your
description are the three things that will get a reader to
give your
book a chance.
Give it to a good designer with a
description of the
book, a writing sample, and some
book covers in your genre you like and don't like.
I am eager to use some of the other options offered to AMC's premium members, such as the enhanced
description maker for Amazon,
given how well my
book as done to date.»
Reviews also
give a potential reader more info to go on than the
book description.
It should
give a taste of your
book, a
description of what it is, what is special about it, and it should be less than one page long.
You do this by setting up a series of pointers (in the backs of
books, in product
descriptions) in order to steer readers to the places you want them to go, and to
give them compelling reasons to do so.
You'll set up the title in our system, where you
give us all the information for your
book, the cover image, the
book description, an annotation, who the author is and even the pricing, what you want to sell the
book for.
So, that's step 1, think about your
description, and try to tell people what your
book (or CD or whatever) is about, and why they should
give it a shot.
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
Then you get idiots who
give you a 1 star because they couldn't figure out how to download it, or they didn't read the
description that clearly stated it was about living in France and then got mad because the
book wasn't about cowboys.
Giving a 30 - 60 second
description of your
book and why someone should buy your
book is a powerful skill to learn.
But if you only have one
book, and you don't plan to
give it away for free, visibility will definitely be an issue for you, and in that case, having people actually find your
book is more important than whether or not they think your title or subtitle is a little heavy on keywords: win them over with a great cover and a great
description.
The best way an author can exert creative control is by choosing a designer wisely and then offering as much supporting information as possible (for instance, similar
book covers they like in the genre, character
descriptions and synopsis, back cover copy, anticipated market, etc.) Finally, if a cover designer is allowed to use their skill and imagination freely, and then the client
gives clear direction on revisions, the end result is almost always something both the designer and the author can be proud of.
First impressions are important and just like a badly written
description, if the cover is confusing or amateurish, the potential reader may well
give your
book a pass.
The other non-negotiable is to write up a
description for your
book, that will
give the readers a «birds - eye» view of what your
book is all about.
The
book description is a valuable piece of real estate that Amazon
gives us to describe what it is the buyer is getting when they hit that one click to purchase button.
My hope for you is that filling up the
book description field with great, contextually relevant words
gives your
book description (and your
book!)
I'm in the process of writing a
book about
book description and
given your expertise, I would be delighted to have your endorsement.
Your Cover Your cover may well sell your
book and the majority of online
book stores and bloggers will
give you the option of adding it to your
book's
description.
Writing good sales copy (the
description of the
book on your amazon page) is an art and a science — most authors are very bad about summarizing their story into an attention grabbing, intrigue building lead - in (without
giving too much away).
Erica: Everything I've read says that the most important tool for marketing a Kindle
book is the Kindle
book page — what tips can you
give for writing a good
book description?
There are two reasons,
given this
description, why the Standard Use license may be enough for
book cover design:
I really wanted to
give this
book a 5 star review — the
descriptions of Hong Kong and environs, the history of contemporary China showed an in depth knowledge of the story's setting.
Give the students a list of the characters and a short, general
description of each before beginning the
book.
If there is little reason to use a publishing service provider for print distribution, then for e-
book distribution it might be considered counterproductive, at least in cases where the service doesn't
give you immediate access and control over your e-
book administration and management (to update your
book's metadata, pricing,
description, and so on).
I would not have picked this
book up based on
description, and only
gave it a go because it was on the Man Booker prize list.
In your initial request, simply explain who you are (if they do not know you), share a brief
description of your
book, and
give a quick explanation of what feedback you want to receive.
Give out business cards showing the cover of your
book on one side and a brief
description on the other.
If it has zero reviews and the authors aren't
giving away review copies or soliciting reviewers; if the
book cover sucks; if the
description is poor; if the first few pages have weak beginnings or spelling or grammatical errors — and I'd guess that fully 75 % of self - published ebooks have these problems — then of course the
books will sink and visibility will be an issue.
bReads, while it is still a Beta version,
gives users access to their accounts, ability to view what their friends are reading, search and view information about
books (Author,
description, purchase links, and reviews), post statuses based on your current progress, sort
books you own into shelves, join groups and participate in discussions, and receive recommendations based on
books read and rated.
Then you need to
give a short
description of the
book.
Including details like reading level and age group in your
book description can really
give you an edge when parents, grandparents, family friends, and teachers with limited free time are shopping for new titles!