Amazon Hack: Get Your Book into the Hands of an International Audience

Getting an International Audience

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The international book buying market is really

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Getting an International Audience

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If you are not taking advantage of this yet,

here is a quick guide into gaining more foreign

sales.

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Amazon Author Central: Key to International Book Market

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Amazon Author Central Pages should bring you

more visibility and more exposure in a variety of

markets.

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If you are not familiar with AAC, go here first to go

through the sign-up process, claim your books and add

content to your page:

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Amazon Author Central: Key to International Book Market

https://authorcentral.amazon.com/

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Each country that Amazon has a footprint in will have an AAC page you’ll need to gain

access to.

Links to some of these pages are at the end of this presentation for your convenience

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Let’s look at France as an example and walk through it, since the European process is

different than the U.S.

Your user name and password are universal

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Once you log in, it will take you here, confirming your navigation

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You’ll then be asked to accept the Author Central Terms of Service Agreement

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Then you are required to accept the Author Central Terms of Service Agreement

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There is one more screen for approval of terms, and then you will be brought to the identity confirmation

page:

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Unlike the U.S. system, you must confirm your books. Click the orange button, do NOT leave “all

formats.” Instead choose English only.

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Once you claim all of your books, you will be taken to an email confirmation page:

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At this point, you have to check your email (and your Spam/Junk folder). Amazon will not let you in until

you confirm your email address. The email will look like this:

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After confirming your email, you’re set! Remember, if your books aren’t translated, be sure to choose

the English version, otherwise the system will never find it:

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Look at the box that says “Suche” in front of it. That’s where you will identify the edition you want

to pull. It should always say English.

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Keep your U.S. Amazon Author Central profile up the entire time

With pages in another language, you can use your U.S. page as a guide, as they

are set up identically

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Don’t worry about creating a page for every country just yet.

Amazon isn’t everywhere Some countries do not

have Author Central areas set up yet

Complete what you can now, and check back later for updates

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Here are links to some countries you can start with:France: https://authorcentral.amazon.fr/gp/landing/278-9618540-8642433?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

Germany: https://authorcentral.amazon.de/

Japan: https://authorcentral.amazon.co.jp/

United Kingdom: https://authorcentral.amazon.co.uk/

Amazon’s International stores: https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=487250

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Amazon Hack: Get Your Book into the Hands of an International

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For more on getting your book an international audience, visit Author

Marketing Experts, Inc., at http://www.amarketingexpert.com/

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