Amazon lets you add pictures and extra text to your book’s page, in a section called A+ Content. It gives a reader who scrolls down one more reason to choose your book.

This week, build one simple layout with two parts, a picture banner and a short note about you, and submit it for approval.

What KDP’s help pages say

KDP’s A+ Content page and its Create A+ Content page (both checked 24 October 2026) say:

  • A+ Content sits under the “From the Publisher” section of your book’s page. Most readers need to scroll to see it.
  • You can add it to live books and pre-orders, and one project can cover your ebook and paperback together.
  • You start from the KDP Marketing page, in the A+ Content section.
  • Content that follows the rules appears on your page within eight business days. Amazon says this can take longer at busy times.
  • It shows only in the Amazon store where you publish it. For other stores, you copy it and submit it there too.

The A+ Content Examples page (checked 24 October 2026) says there are 17 building blocks, called modules, and you can use up to five on one page. Two good ones are plenty to start.

What gets A+ Content rejected

The A+ Content Guidelines (checked 24 October 2026) list the common reasons. Leave these out:

  • Prices, discounts, or words like “free” and “bonus”, and lines such as “buy now”.
  • Customer reviews, or quotes from private people. Quotes may come only from well-known publications or public figures, four at most, with the source named.
  • Time words such as “now”, “new” or “latest”, and references to holidays.
  • Web links, email addresses, phone numbers, or QR codes.
  • Comparisons with other authors’ books. A comparison chart may only show books from your own KDP account.

So write it to stay true for years. A line like “Perfect for Christmas” is exactly what gets sent back.

Five steps for this week

  1. Open the A+ Content Manager. In KDP, go to Marketing, scroll to A+ Content, choose Amazon.com, and click Manage A+ Content. Then click Start creating A+ content and name the project.
  2. Add a picture banner. Choose the Standard Image & Text Overlay module. The examples page says the smallest image accepted is 970 x 300 pixels and suggests 1940 x 600. Use a scene that fits your book, with no words on the picture itself.
  3. Add a short note about you. Choose the Standard Single Image & Sidebar module. Use your author photo and three or four plain lines about what you write and who will enjoy it. Use only photos you have the rights to.
  4. Apply both formats. Click Next: Apply ASINs and add your ebook and paperback. You can only add books from your own KDP account.
  5. Preview and submit. Look at the preview on desktop and on mobile, and check that any small text is easy to read on a phone. Then click Submit for approval. If Amazon asks for changes, it sends you an email.

If you have not set up your Author Page yet, do that first. Our 17 October post on the Author Page and the Follow button walks through it, and the same photo works for both.

A small example

This one is made up. Margaret has one cozy mystery set in a seaside bakery, in ebook and paperback. On Saturday morning she picks a wide photo of a harbour at dawn that she bought with a commercial licence, sized at 1940 x 600 pixels. She types one line in the overlay box: “A small seaside town, a missing recipe, and a baker who notices everything.” Under it she adds her author photo and four lines about why she writes cozy mysteries. She leaves out the price and the word “new”, applies both formats, checks the phone preview, and submits. She writes “check A+ in eight business days” on her calendar.

Two plain, honest A+ modules that follow the rules will do more for your book page than five that get sent back.