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Update Your Book Details
Your book details, also called metadata, are the different book attributes you enter when setting up your book title. This information is used to create your book and your book’s detail page. Certain book details can be updated after publication to fix errors. Learn which attributes you can change and how to do it.
Note: If your book status is “In Review” or “Publishing”, you won’t be able to update your book until it is “Live” on Amazon.
After publishing your book, certain features are locked. These features can’t be updated unless you publish the book as a new title from your KDP Bookshelf.
Note:
Examples of updates that can be made: book description, keywords, categories, territories, and price.
To update book details like description, keywords, categories, territories, or price:
Once your book is updated, we'll review it again to ensure it meets ourcontent guidelines.Learn more abouttimelines for updating published books.
For updates to your book's tites, subtitle, author, or ISBN, you will need to create a new edition. VisitBook Titles & Editionsto learn more.
Note: If your book status is “In Review” or “Publishing”, you won’t be able to update your book until it is “Live” on Amazon.
What book details can be changed after publishing
After publishing your book, certain features are locked. These features can’t be updated unless you publish the book as a new title from your KDP Bookshelf.
Book Details | Kindle eBook | Paperback and hardcover |
---|---|---|
Language | ✗ | ✗ |
Book Title | ✗ | ✗ |
Subtitle | ✗ | ✗ |
Edition Number | ✗ | ✗ |
Primary Author | ✗ | ✗ |
Contributors | ✔ | ✔ |
Description | ✔ | ✔ |
Publishing Rights | ✔ | ✔ |
Keywords | ✔ | ✔ |
Categories | ✔ | ✔ |
Low-content Checkbox | Not available for eBooks | ✗ |
Reading age | ✔ | ✔ |
Digital Rights Management | ✗ | Not available for print books |
ISBN choice | Not required for eBooks* | ✗ |
Imprint | Not required for eBooks* | ✗ |
Ink and Paper Type | Not available for eBooks | ✗ |
Trim Size | Not available for eBooks | ✗ |
Territories | ✔ | ✔ |
Pricing | ✔ | ✔ |
Royalty Rate | ✔ | ✗ |
Expanded Distribution | ⁃ | ✔ |
- ✔: Book details that can be updated after publishing. Follow the instructions below toupdate your book details.
- ✗: Book details that are locked after you publish your book. To update these details, create a new edition of your book.Learn more about creating a new edition.
Note:
- *Adding the ISBN and Imprint to eBooks is optional. However, if you include them in your eBook’s set up, you won’t be able to complete updates after publishing or deleting the title.
- Book details can be updated for pre-order titles until the submission deadline. Visit our help page onpre-ordersfor more information.
Update your book details
Examples of updates that can be made: book description, keywords, categories, territories, and price.
To update book details like description, keywords, categories, territories, or price:
- Go to yourKDP Bookshelf.
- Next to the book you want to update, click the ellipsis button ( "…" ).
- ChooseEdit details.
- Edit your book details.
- ClickSave and Continue.Repeat this step on theContentpage.
- At the bottom of thePricingpage, clickPublish.
Once your book is updated, we'll review it again to ensure it meets ourcontent guidelines.Learn more abouttimelines for updating published books.
For updates to your book's tites, subtitle, author, or ISBN, you will need to create a new edition. VisitBook Titles & Editionsto learn more.