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Amazon Book Series Page: A Guide to Unifying Your Book Series
For authors who write a series of books, one of the most powerful marketing tools on Amazon is the Amazon Book Series Page. This is a dedicated, automatically generated landing page on the Amazon store that gathers all the books in your series into one convenient, easy-to-shop location.
Creating a series page is a crucial step for any series author. It enhances the reader experience, encourages binge-reading, and can significantly increase your overall sales by making it effortless for a reader to buy the next book. This guide will walk you through what a series page is, its benefits, and how to set one up through your K-DP dashboard.
Key Takeaways & Summary
- A Central Hub for Your Series: An Amazon Book Series Page is a single, dedicated page on the Amazon store that displays all the books in your series in the correct order.
- Improves Reader Experience: It makes it incredibly easy for readers who have finished one book to find and purchase the next book in the series.
- Created and Managed Through KDP: You create and manage your series page directly from your KDP Bookshelf.
- It’s a “Bundle,” Not a Single File: A series page is a “metadata bundle.” You are not creating a new book file; you are simply telling Amazon to group your existing, separately published books together.
The Powerful Benefits of Having a Series Page
A dedicated series page is more than just a convenience; it’s a powerful sales and marketing tool.
Increases “Sell-Through”: This is the most important benefit. By displaying all the books in order, you make it frictionless for a reader who loved Book 1 to immediately buy Book 2, and then Book 3. This dramatically increases the “sell-through” rate of your entire series.
Enhances Discoverability: The series page itself can appear in Amazon’s search results, providing another way for new readers to discover your work.
Looks Professional: A dedicated series page signals to readers that you are a serious, professional author who has created a complete world for them to dive into.
“Read the Whole Series” Call to Action: The series page includes a prominent “Read the whole series” or “Buy all X books” button, encouraging readers to purchase multiple books at once. This is a key strategy discussed by professional author organizations like the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi).
How to Create Your Amazon Book Series Page on KDP
Creating a series page is a simple process that you manage directly from your KDP Bookshelf.
Go to Your KDP Bookshelf: Log in to your account at kdp.amazon.com. Your books must already be published or in pre-order.
Select a Book in the Series: Find one of the books that you want to include in the series. Click the ellipsis button (“…”) next to it and select “Manage series.”
Create a New Series: You will be taken to the series management page. Click the “Create series” button.
Enter Your Series Details:
Series Name: Enter the main title for your series (e.g., “The Dragon’s Legacy”).
Main Content: You will choose whether your series is “Ordered” (must be read in a specific order) or “Unordered” (can be read in any order). For most fiction series, you will choose “Ordered.”
Add Your Books: You will then see a list of all your published books. Simply select the books that belong in this series and arrange them in the correct numerical order (Book 1, Book 2, etc.).
Submit for Review: Once you have added all the books and confirmed their order, you submit the series. Amazon will review the information, and within 72 hours, your new, beautiful Amazon Book Series Page will be live.
Our Amazon KDP publishing services include setting up your series page as a key part of a professional launch strategy.
Best Practices for Your Series Page
Keep Your Branding Consistent: For the best effect, all the book covers in your series should have a consistent design and branding. This makes the series page look cohesive and professional. Our book cover design services specialize in creating branded series covers.
Link to Your Series Page: Once your series page is live, use that link in your marketing! It’s the perfect link to share on social media or in the back of your books to direct readers to your entire catalog.
Update it with New Releases: As you publish new books in the series, remember to go back to the “Manage series” page to add them.
Short FAQ
Q: Does it cost anything to create a series page?
A: No, it is a completely free feature available to all authors who publish on KDP.
Q: Can I create a series page for books in KDP Select (Kindle Unlimited)?
A: Yes, absolutely. Creating a series page is highly recommended for KU authors, as it encourages subscribers to binge-read your entire series, which dramatically increases your page-read earnings.
Q: What if I have a main series and a spin-off series?
A: You can create separate series pages for each. You can also create a “related series” link between them. For example, your “Dragon’s Legacy” series page can have a link to your “Dragon’s Legacy: The Prequels” series page.
