Author Central Profile Developed

Phew.  That took some mindjuice...

When I originally posted my book on Kindle, I waited to work out the kinks before developing the hardcopy version on CreateSpace, another Amazon publisher.  Once I had completed that, it asked me if I wanted to develop a Kindle page.  Well, no, I already have one.  I simply declined that option.

Once CreateSpace approved my book (i.e. not porn), they started posting the hardcopy version of my book in a separate doo-dad from the Kindle version.  Considering it is difficult to explain, here is a screenshot of what it looks like:

I have to get these two listings together.  So, in the Community section of kdp, I found people mentioned the need for an author page on Author Central.  When you create an Author Central page, the commentor indicated it would essentially meld the two together.

First off, go to authorcentral.amazon.com.  Once there, you need to set up a new account.  Everything should be fairly easy from there.  The only reason I write this post is that I had difficulty bringing in my twitter account and my blog accounts.  I believe the main difficulty with the twitter account was the kinks in the author central site itself.  I mean, what is so difficult about "@FromTheProposal".  It should have simply accepted it, but no.  I had to do it a couple of times.  So, if you have this issue, I am just sayin': don't give up.  Simply keep inputting it until it accepts it.

If you also have a blog, you need to figure out the RSS url, not the blog's URL.  For this, simply visit your blog's help section.  I use Blogger and it was very simple.  The trick was simply visiting "Blogger Help" and then inputting my inquiry, "RSS URL".  From years of trying to figure out Excel, I have learned to simply give up and search the help section.  It always works out that way.

Anywho, here's to hoping that the two listings will meld within the next 24 hours!

Camille

P.S. - Make sure you double-check your author central.  I just did and they had the second listing!

UPDATE: Here is my profile: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008QXS2EY  They still haven't melded the two texts together.  Shit.