How to create an Amazon author page

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What is an Amazon author page, and who can create one?

The Authors and Contributors page says an Author Page does not come standard with KDP. You register for an Author Central account. On that page, Amazon displays bibliographies, biographies, and author profile photos. The book needs to be published before you can create the Author Page. The same page does not list a fee for the page itself.[525]

• A book still in draft is not enough. The help page requires it to be published.
• What an account screen shows before publication is not stated on this public page.

• Can you publish under a pen name?

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How do you sign up and claim a book?

The Author Central help page, checked on 18 October 2026, starts on the KDP Marketing page. In the Author Central section, choose the marketplace, then click Manage author page. You are redirected to Author Central. Click Join for free and sign up with the KDP account. Search one book by ISBN, ASIN, or author name, click the book, and click Yes, join as your author name. The advertising help page describes adding a book later: sign in to Author Central with the KDP credentials, open the Books tab, click Add a Book, search by title, ISBN, ASIN, or author name, click the cover, and click Add this book.[526][541]

• The first claim is part of joining. Later books use Add a Book.
• The public pages do not state a separate fee for claiming a book.

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What can the page show, and which marketplaces does Author Central support?

Author Central says you can add books and add a biography in different languages. It also lists a sales-rank check, customer reviews, a follower count, Editorial Reviews for the US only, and BookScan sales information for the US only. A Follow button on the author page or the book detail page lets a customer follow you. Followers are notified of a release or a pre-order on the website if the book is eligible, they allow marketing emails from Amazon, and they have not already ordered the new book. Amazon will also consider an email when you submit at least three new book recommendations, for your own books or for books by other authors. Marketplaces you set up from the dropdown are Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.co.jp, and Amazon.com.br. Author Pages are also available on Amazon.in, Amazon.it, Amazon.es, Amazon.com.au, Amazon.ca, and Amazon.com.mx. Those pages are created if you have books available there. The information displayed is collected from the US marketplace and cannot currently be edited. Photo dimensions, file types, and a biography character limit are not stated on this page.[526]

• Editorial Reviews and BookScan are named for the US only.
• The six extra marketplaces are not described as editable.

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Where are editorial reviews and A+ Content managed?

Editorial reviews are added in Author Central, and that feature is US only. A+ Content is a different block. It appears under From the Publisher on the detail page, and you create it from the KDP Marketing page in A+ Content Manager: open Marketing, scroll to A+ Content, choose a marketplace, and click Manage A+ Content. It can be added to Live titles and pre-orders, not before the book is published. You can apply only ASINs from your KDP account. Customer reviews are not allowed in A+ Content. A maximum of four quotes or endorsements is allowed, from well-known publications or public figures. The overview page says each quote needs the source, and the publication title if you cite a publication. The guidelines page says each quote needs the author, and the publication title if you cite a publication. Both pages point editorial reviews to Author Central. From kdp.amazon.com, A+ Content can be published on Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, Amazon.com.au, Amazon.com.br, Amazon.com.mx, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.es, Amazon.fr, Amazon.in, Amazon.it, and Amazon.nl. From kdp.amazon.co.jp it can be published on Amazon.co.jp. It has to be created in each marketplace. The pages checked do not describe a section named From the author.[526][527][528][529]

• Editorial reviews: Author Central, and the US only.
• A+ Content: KDP, under From the Publisher, for a Live title or a pre-order.

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How long does a claim or an update take?

The Author Central help page does not state how long a claim, a biography, or a photo takes to appear on the author page. The advertising help page states a narrower clock. If you are claiming a new pen name, Amazon notifies you after it verifies that you are the rights holder, and once that is verified it may take up to 48 hours for the new claim to be reflected in the Amazon Ads account. That sentence is about the ads account, not the author page. Format linking is also separate. If the metadata matches completely, detail pages should link automatically a week after each edition is live, and the linking process usually takes up to 1 week. Claiming the books through the Author Page can make linking automatic when the details match, including author name and title. The fields that must match are title, subtitle, author, contributor, series, language, edition, volume, and, for paperback and hardcover, interior type. Linking on that page is for ebook, paperback, and hardcover published through KDP under the same account. For A+ Content, compliant content appears within eight business days. If changes are needed, KDP sends an email with instructions. During high volume, the review timeline may be extended. No number of extra days is stated.[526][527][528][538][541]

• 48 hours is the ads-account note for a new pen name. It is not an author-page update time.
• Up to 1 week is the usual format-linking time, not a biography clock.
• Eight business days is the A+ Content window, and high volume may extend it.

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What do BookBub and Goodreads say about an author profile?

These are separate programs. This page does not rank them. BookBub's claim article, updated on May 30, 2025, says you claim a profile through the Partner Dashboard. Only authors with ebooks on Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Google, or Kobo in the US can claim a profile. If the manage-profile link is missing, open My Account and set the partner type to Author. BookBub manually reviews each claim, and it may take up to 7 days. If you have not heard back after one week, the article says to contact BookBub. The Goodreads Author Program page says the program is free for any author anywhere with an internet connection, and that the book must be published or soon to be published and already in the Goodreads database. On the desktop site, sign in, search for a book by ISBN, ASIN, or title (the page says to start with your most popular book), click the author name, scroll to the bottom, and click "Is this you? Let us know!" Goodreads says it emails you when you are approved, within 2 business days. After that you can update a profile picture, write a biography, and fix book listings. An author website and an email list are a separate setup, on their own answer.[530][531]

• BookBub limits the claim to the US ebook retailers it names. Goodreads asks for a book already in its database.
• Neither page is an Amazon Author Central rule.

• Author website and email list
• Book marketing and promotion

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