The Guide - Section 7

Your Personal Web Page

1. You can create a web page for yourself of the form - http://AuthorsRegister.com/YourName using your own name. Sign in and click on 'Edit my web presence'. You will see two buttons - 'Change Public Handle?' and 'Edit Your Profile?'.

2. Changing your public handle changes the name of your web page. For example, if I want to be listed under the pen name of AlgernonSnooks instead of DavidCaldo, that is what I would set as my Public Handle.

3. Editing your profile is where you set up the content of your web page. You can upload a picture of you or your book, add links to where you book is on sale (e.g. Amazon), describe your background, your books, and so on.

4. There are extensive Help buttons on the site to help you with these functions.

5. You may then publish or hide your web page by clicking on the button 'Show' or 'Hide'. The message beside the button will display your current status. Normally you want it to show, but you might want to hide it while it is still in preparation. To see what it looks like to others, click on the link just above the button while you web page is noted as 'Online'.

6. Finally you will want to click 'Save' and then 'Quit'. Voila, your web page is available for everyone to see.

7. If you already have your own web site, we recommend that you include a link to it in your AuthorsRegister page, and similarly a link to your AuthorsRegister page from your website. This will strengthen the presence of your web site in the search engines.