Plan Your Book Metadata
Metadata is a techy sounding word for information that describes data. In this case the info that is being described is the contents of a book or publication. It help to market your book to potential readers through the searches people make on the Internet. If your book’s title (metadata) has any of the searchers’ keywords, terms or phrases in it your book’s title can pop up as one the choices that get suggested. Your book cover and description gets exposure, and that may lead to a book sale. Whatever words a publisher chooses to describe their book with becomes part of its searchable metadata. Moreover, publisher are required to enter their book’s metadata during the upload to distributors like IngramSpark, etc. The metadata information goes with the book and is listed on the book’s sales page on the online retailers’ websites that carry that book. These are retailers range from Target, Barn & Noble, Apple Books, to Amazon and so on. This same book my also be carried by other local bookstores and listed on their websites too. Consider how one day your book could potentially be ordered libraries where metadata plays an important role in librarians finding your book in their databases. With clear metadata your book can more easily be searched for, found, borrowed, bought and shared around the world.
Metadata is the one thing all self-publishing companies or providers need from the author
Metadata is a must have to reach your self-publishing goal. That is because it is the one thing all self-publishing companies or providers need. Especially those offering book distribution services : distribution or aggregation. To upload your book files to a platform for distribution you must first provide your title’s metadata. The list below is often overlooked publishing tools that will reduce the stress associated with a self-publishing project. Learning the information covered here is recommended for authors looking to take their already written manuscript through the stages of self-publishing.
Knowing this list of metadata terms will help you to publish efficiently and with less stress. Beginners and even the seasoned authors, must be aware of how to utilize metadata.
Wherever you are currently in the publishing process, you can learn about metadata easily. Then incorporate it into your self-publishing process. I know it’s not as glamourous as actually writing the novel. But when you practice the basics, you can get more sales from people looking for a book like yours.
I have prepared this list so you can click the links to the information with some text to read and quick videos to view. You might find them to be helpful.
