Book Marketing – Open Heart Designs

BISAC Subject Codes

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 13:00:24 +0000

When it comes to self publishing, properly categorizing your book is critical when it comes making sure your reader can find it. To assign specific subject codes to your book you'll use the BISAC (Book Industry Standards and Communications) subject codes. These are codes that the whole book industry, from bookstores to libraries, use to understand where your book fits on their shelves so that…

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10 Tips to Get Your Book Discovered Online

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:41:24 +0000

Keywords are one very important component of metadata that will help your book be successfully found by your audience. Use these helpful tips to carefully research and select your keywords. Pro Tip: If you run out of ideas for keywords, take a look at your reviews! Your readers may use some great words to describe your book. While it does take some careful research to find great…

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Metadata – The Key to your Book’s Online Discoverability

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 23:02:08 +0000

Do you find yourself wondering how people will find your book after it is available for sale? A large and critical part of the answer is metadata. Understanding metadata and applying it properly is extremely important in the discoverability of your book. What is metadata anyway?! It's kind of a mysterious and strange, "techy" sounding word that seems like it might be hard to apply. In short…

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