Metadata
$24per book
- 7 KDP keyword strings
- 10 category recommendations
- 3 blurb variants
- Title / subtitle guidance
Publishing Suite · Keywords · categories · blurb
The commercial layer most self-published books get wrong
Keyword research, category placement, back-cover copy and launch metadata. A brilliant book with the wrong seven keywords stays invisible.
- ~$24Per book
- 7Keyword slots
- 5Blurb variants
- Amazon KDP
- IngramSpark
- Apple Books
- Kobo
Keywords · autocomplete rank
cozy fantasy harbour town#1
found family fantasy#3
slow burn magic romance#4
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In short
AuthorsPack Publishing Suite generates the commercial metadata a book needs to be found: seven optimised Amazon KDP keyword strings, category placements chosen for realistic ranking potential, back-cover blurb copy, an A+ content outline and full launch metadata. It costs around $24 per book and targets the discoverability layer rather than the manuscript itself.
Specification checked againstRetailer limits · EPUB 3 · KDP · IngramSpark trimsLast updated October 2026 · How we verify
Publishing Suite standards
The rules this department works to
Taken from the house specification every AuthorsPack department shares. Each rule says whether it is enforced by code, bounded for the model, or left to your decision.
Retailer limitsModel
Store metadata
Descriptions, subtitles and keywords are written to each retailer's field limits, with keywords ranked by real Amazon autocomplete position.
EPUB 3Code
Ebook packaging
EPUB 3 package with a navigation document, ordered spine, uncompressed mimetype and modified-date metadata, ready for store upload.
KDP · IngramSpark trimsCode
Print geometry
Six trade trims from 5×8 to 8.5×11 with gutter and margins set per trim. IngramSpark files receive 0.125" bleed automatically.
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What you get
Built for the part that actually matters
01
Seven slots, used properly
KDP gives you seven keyword fields. Most authors waste them on single words they'll never rank for. Each slot is built as a phrase chosen for reachable demand.
02
Category placement strategy
Categories are picked for the intersection of relevance and realistic bestseller-rank reachability, including the less obvious sub-categories where a debut can actually chart.
03
Blurb copy that converts
Five back-cover variants built on the hook-stakes-promise structure genre readers respond to, plus a short-form version for retail listings.
04
Full launch metadata
Title and subtitle construction, series naming, A+ content outline, comparable-title positioning and ad-copy angles in one package.
How it works
4 steps, start to finish
- 1Analyse the book
Genre, tone, tropes, comparable titles and audience are read from the manuscript itself.
- 2Generate metadata
Keywords, categories, blurb variants and positioning produced as an editable set.
- 3Refine
Regenerate any element, adjust for tone, tighten to KDP character limits.
- 4Publish
Copy the finished metadata straight into your KDP or IngramSpark listing.
Who it’s for
- Authors with a finished book and no sales
- First-time publishers facing the KDP metadata form
- Writers whose blurb was written by the author, which readers can always tell
- Anyone running ads against weak listing copy
Your manuscript stays yours.Used only to produce your book. Never used as training data.
Pricing
Pay per book, not per month
Every job shows an exact estimate before it runs, and is charged only when the work completes.
Launch kit
$59per book
- Everything in Metadata
- 5 blurb variants + short form
- A+ content outline
- Comparable-title positioning
- Ad copy angles
- 30 days of regeneration
Backlist
$219up to 6 books
- Everything in Launch kit
- Series-level positioning
- Cross-sell copy between titles
- Unified keyword strategy
Prices are indicative for a 60,000-word manuscript. Longer books scale by word count, and the estimate always appears before you commit.
Questions
Answered plainly
Not covered here? Start with one chapter — the estimate shows before anything is charged.
Still deciding?
Every rule we work to is published, with who enforces it — code, model or you.
Amazon's search is the primary discovery surface for books, and your seven keyword fields are the main lever you control over which searches surface your title. A well-written book with keywords nobody searches for is effectively invisible, which is why this is often the highest-leverage $24 in a self-publishing budget.
Charged on completion · Files stay yours
Ready to run the Publishing Suite?
Upload a manuscript and see the estimate. Nothing is charged until the work completes.