For a number of years now Amazon has been making series pages for Kindle ebooks. One of their bots would identify all of the books in a particular series, and then list them all on the same page so that a reader could buy all of the books at once, paying retail.
I can’t find my first post on the topic, but I always thought this idea was a good one because it aligned with how I buy ebooks (when I find a new favorite author, I buy their backlist).
And now Amazon has given authors the option of creating series pages on their own. A couple days ago they published an announcement in the KDP support forums:
You can now publish and update eBook and Paperback series detail pages automatically through KDP. With the launch of series in KDP, you can:
- Create a new series: For any titles in your KDP account, create an ordered or unordered series to help readers on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de find all the books in your series on a single page. Learn more.
- View and organize your series: Navigate from a series title on your Bookshelf to view and manage books in your series. Review series details and titles to ensure the information is up-to-date for readers. Learn more.
- Edit an existing series to control how it appears to readers: Adjust description. In addition, add, remove, re-order or change whether your titles are main or related content. Learn more.
If you already had an eBook series detail page available on Amazon.com, we’ve added that series in your KDP account. You can view existing series in your account by visiting your KDP Bookshelf and checking the box on the bookshelf for “View titles in series”. If you don’t see your series in your account, you can create a new series by following the steps here.
Not all features are available in every marketplace. Series that contain paperback and pre-order books are available on Amazon.com, but not Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de. We’re working to add more series features in the future. For more information on KDP series, click here.
Does anyone know how long this feature has been available?
The code in the related help page suggests Amazon launched it at least a few months ago, but I don’t know exactly when it launched,
You just finished reading Build and Manage Series Pages in the Kindle Store which was published on The Digital Reader.