You have your book on Amazon is a very exciting prospect. You can tell all your friends, you can buy my book on amazon. "But everyone who does not know and who are in the Amazon in search of books to buy?

Posted and published authors can maximize your exposure on Amazon, thank you to the author of many devices. And if you do not know about these opportunities, you are wasting marketing resources free book.

In this article we will discuss the optimization of your profile on Amazon. (A word of warning: It is very difficult to communicate with a real person to Amazon on the activities of the author, so you can find problems that you can not solve.)

Step 1: You have your own account at Amazon. Sounds basic, but necessary. All this requires is purchasing a product from Amazon with credit card in his name. (If you share an account with your spouse or your family, create a separate account.)

Step 2: Enter your account. You will see in the upper left corner of your computer screen the words "Hello, your name. "Right click" Amazon of your name. com. "Then, drag your gaze to the right and look for the icon of the basket and left and see" your profile. "(Make sure you wear your glasses, because the text is small.) Click this.

Step 3: Now you're in your profile, which any person has an account at Amazon. But it really is a lucky author page. And, yes, there are privacy controls, again (like Facebook) so you can choose what information is viewed by whom. Click the button in the upper right corner you see "Edit Profile. "(Again, you will be asked to sign the additional protection that other people are not changing your profile from Amazon.)

Step 4: Start to fill the biological information. For an author, the most important line May be the Name "because it is the name that appears in all examinations and other activities to do in the Amazon. Make sure that the same name he uses for his book. For example, your credit card (used to configure your Amazon account) can have a name and a surname. But if you use three names for the identification of the author, put the three names here.

(And do not forget to upload a photo – people want to know what the author seems. If you are platforms social media like Facebook and Twitter, it's a good idea to use the same photo on all platforms to increase its recognition factor.)

Step 5: All major "signature" line. This is the signature line that appears after your name to the tests done at Amazon. You can include the names of his books or his trademark slogan. (When you change the signature line in your profile, your signature is changed along the Amazon in all previous reviews, etc. has done on the site.)

Step 6: Do you share personal information with which you feel comfortable in this profile. Readers like to know an author – the exchange of information gives a sense of three dimensions that you are. And include the URL of the Web site of your book if you have one.

Step 7: Go through the procedure to have their books approved for literature Amazon. This requires a representative from outside to Amazon to confirm that you are you.

Step 8: If you have a blog, have their blog automatically feed on their profile. (Read carefully the "add feed" of information.)

Step 9: Share tags for your book. And write a brief rationale for each label to know why this label is appropriate for this book. These labels must be approved by Amazon.

Step 10: Check the privacy settings that were used in each of the elements of your profile. You can choose different settings for different types of information.

BONUS STEP: Make sure you or your publisher have applied the "Look Inside" feature to work. This feature is not automatic. You want to attract potential buyers to see inside the book as they were in a bookstore.