How to Feature Your Book on Your LinkedIn Profile

If you use the professional networking site LinkedIn, there’s an easy way to get your book and cover featured on your profile by using the “Reading List by Amazon” application. Here’s what it looks like on my profile:

Notice the "See this book on Amazon" link that links directly to my book's sales page on Amazon.com!

To install this app on your own profile, just follow these steps:

1.  Click the “More” button on the top menu of your LinkedIn profile, then choose “Get more applications.”

2.  Click on the “Reading List by Amazon” application and install it on your profile.

3.  Make sure the “Display on Profile” and “Display on Home Page” buttons are checked.

4.  Open the application, go to the “Your Reading List” tab, and use the search box to find your book on Amazon.

5.  When your book appears in the search results, click the yellow “Select” button, and it will appear on your reading list.

6.  On the next screen, check “I read it” and “I recommend this book” and then write a comment. If there’s a Kindle version, also check the “I’m reading this book on my Amazon Kindle” box. Click the save button when you’re finished.

You can add additional books to your reading list, but the book you entered most recently will show up at the top when this app is displayed on your profile. You can also edit or delete entries to your reading list.

Comments

[Margaret Agard]

Perfect! I just did it and it worked wonderfully. One thing I know about marketing (especially on the Internet) is to just do it all. You never know what will lead to the big break or the small sale. This took all of 3 minutes.

[Dana Lynn Smith]

Wonderful - thanks for sharing, Margaret.

[PCH_Travel]

Great idea, and so easy. It's hard to keep up with all the opportunities out there so thanks for sharing.

[TPC Online Marketing]

If you don't have your book on Amazon, a great way to feature your book is simply to go to the "publications" tab under edit profile and create a direct link to your book's landing page.

[Dana Lynn Smith]

Thanks for the great tip about the publications area on LinkedIn. I will write a separate blog post about that.

[Lisa Angle]

This is a good idea. I use Reading List on LinkedIn and make sure I update it with good books I'm reading because it shows I'm actually reading and into books, and my name then appears in the update LinkedIn sends out - got to keep putting it out there.

[Dana Lynn Smith]

Thanks for sharing Lisa - great point about sharing with others what you are reading.

[dee bright]

I'm techie challenged and just did it!

In the comments section I wrote:" Just one reader review:" then posted a delightful review.

I agree with Lisa--gotta just keep trying new things. Thanks so much for your EASY to follow suggestion! Now I need to figure out how to link my Linked In page to my website...

[Dana Lynn Smith]

Dee, what a great idea to add a reader review!

You can link to your website from the Website area on your LinkedIn profile. Be sure to change the generic "website" title to the actual name of your site.

Dana

[Janis Johnson]

Great idea about adding my book to my LinkedIn profile but I don't see a publications tab under "edit profile." May have missed it, but can you explain further? Thanks!

[Dana Lynn Smith]

Hi Janis, there are two ways to feature books on your LinkedIn profile. This article explains how to use the Reading List by Amazon application. I have another article that shows how to add your books the "Publications" section of LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/dSAvdq

[Amanda]

Savvy Book Marketer is my absolute favorite place to find out all these great tips! Thank you Dana for all your help!

[Dana Lynn Smith]

Thanks Amanda!

[Sheri Fink]

Thanks, Dana! You always have the best tips!

[MarionAuthor]

Wow, that was easy. Great way to connect with readers. Thanks for the tip!

[Dana Lynn Smith]

Thanks Marion - glad you enjoyed the tip!