Accurate metadata helps your eBook to be
discovered by potential readers searching for books by author, genre, subject matter, and other standard information fields.
The more widely available a book title is and the more publishing formats a book has on the book market, the higher both the visibility and chances are of being
discovered by potential readers.
Books at the top of the rankings are more likely to be
discovered by potential readers.
This makes it easier to
discover by potential readers — including those who already know the author's work as well as those who don't.
Not exact matches
She's probably the key speaker on issues of metadata at publishing conferences and the kind of soul who doesn't mind a rather basic question from someone trying to learn more about this fundamental element of publishing in the digital age — the metadata
by which a book is tracked
by professionals and
discovered in searches
by potential readers.
Blood, Pain, and Pleasure in particular may give the wrong impression about the novel's content, and I hate the thought that
potential readers may be turned off
by the title and never get to
discover Merle and Rhun's story.
But on the other hand, having contact information from
readers who express an interest in a particular title or genre is valuable information for
discovering what the audience wants to read, so
potential for losing an ebook sale is outweighed
by gaining a customer.
Metadata is nothing more than a fancy word for information about a product — information that describes it in such a way that it can be easily
discovered by potential users or buyers, which, in the case of books, includes booksellers, libraries and
readers.