- Book Metadata is mega important
to the success of your book.
But it's easy to skip
because it can seem complicated
or you might believe that a great book
is all you need to succeed.
If either of those describe you
and your feelings about book metadata,
this video is absolutely
positively for you.
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Hey there I'm Julie, the book Broad from Book Launchers.
We're your professional self publishing team
helping you write publish and promote
a nonfiction book
that grows your brand,
builds your business,
and makes you money.
Our superpower is caring
more about you and your book
than any other company
as we support you to succeed
and the best part you keep all rights
and royalties and have
full control over your book.
Metadata is super cool,
not learning about it makes you a fool.
It just means you took the time
to get some important details in line.
(laughs)
Like your title, subtitle, BISAC codes,
and price, oh,
and getting your ISBN is also super nice.
Metadata helps your book be found
by your readers online
and all around.
Yeah.
(laughs)
Okay, don't call me DJ Jazzy Joel.
(laughs)
And I will not be coming at you from any studio
in Los Angeles, California.
In case you need it in plain speak
your metadata is just data and details
that are used to describe and categorize your book.
This is all about discoverability,
getting your book found by readers,
bookstores, wholesalers,
online stores and so on.
Metadata includes title,
subtitle, price,
page count, trim size, ISBN,
author name, genre
keywords, categories,
format of the book, other special details like
who wrote the foreword,
your book description
and reviews of your book.
It's also worth considering things like
if your book takes place in a certain time period
like we have a memoir set in World War II
or we have another book that's about a serial killer
in a certain decade known in a certain area.
Those are all details
that should be in your metadata.
Metadata is not fancy or overly complicated,
but it is important so you wanna spend time on it.
We've got other videos to help you
with some of these pieces.
We have videos on BISAC codes,
keywords, author bio
and book description.
Check those out, I'll link to them
in the description below.
But this stuff is really important because
it will be used by librarians
and bookstores to figure out where to categorize your book
and who the audience is.
But a lot of this goes into your book sales page
when it populates on Amazon
and Barnes and Noble and Nook and Kindle.
So spending time on it matters
because readers will also be using this data
to determine if your book is for them.
One big mistake besides not spending time
to consider what makes the most sense
for your book in the first place
is not updating your metadata from time to time.
It's not set it and forget it my friends.
As you learn more
about who is loving on you
and loving on your book
you need to do some updates.
Also as certain keywords or phrases may become more popular
or you just discover something that makes more sense
to use for your book,
you need to get back in there
and update it
so you can enjoy some improved discoverability.
Maintaining fresh, relevant metadata
is one of those things you can do over time
to keep your book in front of new potential readers.
Metadata can be fun
better than hitting the streets for a run,
set your book up to sell more copies,
so your bank account is not so floppy.
(laughs)
I promise, I am so done.
(laughs)
Honestly, I'm scared to ask for comments on this video,
but if you comment the day a video is released,
you'll be entered to win
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and turn those notifications on.
I promise, I'm not usually trying to rhyme rap it out.
(laughs)
I was just trying hard
to make a mega boring subject not so boring,
but there's actually a lot more for you to learn
to be a mega metadata star.
So, I'm gonna link you to a playlist on metadata.
You'll find that gem right here.
I promise no rapping or rhyming in those videos.
And if you're good to go on all things metadata,
then this newest video right here
might be exactly what you need to see.
Either way, I'm so pumped
you stuck to the end of this one,
and would love to keep hanging out with you some more.
So go ahead, click on one of those videos
and I'll see you soon.
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