Books & publishing is section 18 of your ZOMZEY profile. Authors use it to show their books and the work they are open to. Bookshops use it to show what they sell and how brands, authors and publishers can work with them. This guide takes you through it in the order it appears.

Switch it on

Open your profile editor and scroll to section 18. Turn the switch on, then choose Authors or Booksellers. The fields for your side appear below. Nothing in this section shows on your public profile until you press Save Profile.

Authors

Add your books one at a time. The first one is your featured book and gets the larger spot on your profile, so put your current or best known title first. Each book takes a title, ISBN, genre, publication date, a cover image link and a link to where it can be bought. Press Add another book for the rest. A cover image gives your profile an identity in search results, so add one wherever you can.

Below the books, tell people whether you are available for in person events, online only or both, how far you will travel, and who your publisher and agent are if you have them.

Booksellers

Choose the kind of bookshop you are, add your website, the areas you serve and your opening hours, and say whether you have event space, run evening events and welcome author appearances. Then add your online shop links one by one, your own shop, your Bookshop.org page, marketplace listings and ticket pages, with Add another link.

What you can offer

This is the part brands, authors and publishers read first. Tick everything you are open to. For bookshops the list runs from stocking and featured placement to shop window advertising, in-store screens, till promotions, bag inserts, staff picks, pop-up space and loyalty offers, and your choices also appear in the revenue opportunities section of your Hub profile. For authors it covers signings, talks and festivals, workshops, school and library visits, book clubs, podcasts, co-promotion with bookshops, signed and bulk copies and brand partnerships.

If you offer something that is not on the list, type it under What else do you offer? and press Add another for each extra one.

Genres and specialisms

Type a genre or specialism in your own words and press Enter or a comma to add it. Add as many as apply. The faint suggestions underneath are the most searched genres; click one to add it. Specialisms such as signed first editions, cosy crime or local authors help the right people find you.

Profiles added from public listings

Some author and bookshop profiles are added to ZOMZEY from public information so members can find them straight away. If one of them is yours, open it and follow the Is this your profile? Manage it on ZOMZEY link at the foot of the Books & publishing card. You confirm by email, create a free account and the profile moves to you with everything intact, ready to edit.

Save

Press Save Profile at the bottom of the page. The Books & publishing card saves with the rest of your profile and appears on your public page straight away.