Preparing your metadata in advance

Metadata is often described as information about information. …You and I know it as the title of your book, the price, description, categories, etcetera. …Everything that describes your book. It's actually very similar to SEO, or …Search Engine Optimization for websites. Some of this information you'll see in a …book description on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. …Other times, it'll be behind the scenes, so to speak. …You really won't notice it. Things like DRM or territory selling rights.…

Whether the customer sees the information, or it's invisible to them, …it's still metadata and it's very important to your book, and its ability …to be sold. With Metadata there's several best practices. …First I recommend that you research and prepare ahead of time. …Don't just pull up the sales page on Amazon to enter your books information, …and make it up as you go. You really want to be consistent across …all the different stores with that information. …So, that means that you research it, you write it down and your are consistent.…