How To Guide: Drafting Your Metadata

Unlock the hidden algorithms behind Amazon KDP and IngramSpark. This step-by-step master guide demystifies the confusing world of book metadata. Learn exactly how to choose high-converting keywords, select categories that get your book on bestseller lists, write an optimized subtitle, and structure your backend files so eager readers can actually find your book.

What’s Included:

• Sell-Sheet Essentials: Strategic guidelines to structure your core commercial metadata—from ISBNs and trim sizes to target age demographics and launch dates.

• BISAC & Thema Code Demystified: Step-by-step instructions for selecting primary and secondary subject codes to maximize discoverability in global databases.

• Full ONIX Standards Guide: Deep dive into logistical metadata, including exact spine width calculations, bulk carton quantities, unit weights, and international sales rights.

• 5 Critical Metadata Blind Spots: Common mistakes indie authors make that cause retail catalogs or library systems to reject or bury titles.

• Platform Mapping Strategy: A guide to translating your raw metadata directly into Amazon KDP and IngramSpark’s hidden algorithmic fields.

• Fillable Book Metadata Worksheet: A master workspace template to organize your contributor bios, SEO descriptions, keywords, and global pricing tiers.

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