Amazon Author Page Updates

February 13, 2023 / Business of Writing, Uncategorized / 18 COMMENTS


by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Amazon has made its first updates to their author pages for quite a while. Fortunately, unlike many changes, they don’t mean too much work on our part.

What they’ve gotten rid of:

They’ve tidied up the pages a bit.  We no longer have the ability to link to our blog feeds, nor any photos or videos. I don’t think it’s as visually appealing, but it does make our books the most important things on the page.

What they’ve added:

Your most popular book is listed right at the top. This can be handy for new releases.

Book recommendations: yours and other authors.  I got into my Author Central account prepared to write, but there was absolutely no writing or reviewing involved. There was a note at the top of the page notifying me about the feature:

 

You simply click on the link. It opens this screen:

 

Following that, it gives you the chance to recommend other books (maximum of 3). Again, no reviewing is needed, or even possible. They give you prompts like “if you like my books, you might like,” “a book I couldn’t put down was,” and “a book that left an impression on me was.”

Even better, Amazon says they might email your followers with your picks:

It looks to me like the page is being optimized with the idea that we will try to get as many Amazon followers as possible (by posting our author link on social media, etc.)

What do you think of the changes? Have you updated your Author Central account lately?

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  1. This is good to know, Elizabeth. Your page looks great, and it's nice to know that there isn't too much to do on the author's end. I sometimes think it's a full-time job keeping up with what social media sites are doing!

  2. I didn't even know they changed it until I read this. I am really bad at my writing "job".

  3. Hi Elizabeth – it's great you keep everyone up-to-date with changes – I'd miss the blog link – but I guess once you're past that mode in your life (ie if you reasonably successful) it's not something you'd need … also presumably your website would have that link if you kept it up. What I like here – is how everyone appreciates each other – as we all learn the ropes. I know i"m not publishing – but am always interested – cheers and thanks for the info – Hilary

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