Adding Editorial Reviews to Your Amazon Listings

Author Central lets you, the author, show off professional praise for your books to Amazon customers.

Hi All.

If you’re a published author who hasn’t set up an account on Amazon Author Central, it’s time to do just that. Their dashboard, among other things, lets you check out information like your books’ sales rankings and customer reviews. What you may not know is that you can also add editorial reviews of your books that Amazon customers will see, just above the “Product details” section, when they’re deciding on whether or not to purchase your published masterpiece.

By “editorial reviews,” I’m not talking about those written by run-of-the-mill readers, like the customer reviews you see on Amazon or Apple. I’m talking about the ones written by professional writers or reviewers, public figures, or anyone else of notable public influence (including bloggers). Editorial reviews lend credibility to your book, so you definitely want to show them off to prospective buyers on Amazon.

Here’s how you do it: