Free Authors Tools: Blurb Preview & Yasiv | Nicholas C. Rossis

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Nicholas Rossis is sharing some excellent info about two handy author tools he gained insight about using italics and bolding our blurbs when entering them onto Amazon, and a site where we can check what other books Amazon links our books to. I highly recommend to bookmark this very interesting article for future reference when you will be venturing to publish another book.

 Free Author Tools

“I have two useful (and free) author tools to share with you today, courtesy of authors John Logsdon and MM Jaye respectively.

Amazon blurb preview

Author tools: Amazon blurb preview | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

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I’ve often shared on this blog my support of Amazon. Despite its occasional missteps, the company has leveled the playing field for Indie authors and is busy changing the publishing industry on a daily basis. It is consistently client-centric in its approach and has invested heavily in making the shopping experience as pleasant and flawless as possible.

 

Which is why I can’t fathom why it’s so hard for it to build a proper, user-friendly blurb builder.

 

In effect, there are two separate ways of posting your blurb: the first is to do it through your book details on KDP. This has the  benefit of allowing you to use some basic . . .” Continue Reading 

 

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