A Quick Lesson About Publishers, Imprints, CreateSpace, and Bowker explains how to deal with imprint names
Playtime with Amazon’s Search Engine and Selling Prompts
Playtime with Amazon’s Search Engine and Selling Prompts by Jason Matthews explains how employing keywords, individual words or short phrases that can be part of your title, subtitle, categories, and more can help readers find your book.
Ascent of the Metadata
Ascent of the Metadata describes how metadata has become more prevalent and a subject of discussion as digitization continues
How Searchable are Your Book’s Title and Subtitle?
How Searchable are Your Book’s Title and Subtitle? by K.M. Weiland discusses the search implications of keyword use in metadata and book titles and subtitles
Self-Publishing Basics: Introduction to Metadata
Self-Publishing Basics: Introduction to Metadata for beginning book publishers along with a 5-step process for dealing with your book’s metadata
Discoverability: Key to the e-Bookstore
Discoverability: Key to the e-Bookstore describes how searching an e-retailer is constructing a virtual bookstore shelf
Video: Bowker Publisher Setup and ISBN
Video: Bowker Publisher Setup and ISBN that shows in brief the account setup and ISBN purchase at myidentifiers.com
Metadata for Self-Publishers, Part 1
Metadata for Self-Publishers, Part 1: The concept of metadata, how metadata uses keywords and information about the book to make it discoverable to searchers
How to Set Up Your Book on Bowkerlink for Books in Print
How to Set Up Your Book on Bowkerlink for Books in Print and the importance of metadata to make your book discoverable by search engines
5 Minutes to Google (Profile) Fame
5 Minutes to Google (Profile) Fame. Why to have a Google profile, how to set one up, and what they may mean in the digital future. Includes screenshots and examples.