Author Spotlight is a page dedicated to sharing more about you and your books. It’s the perfect way to organize your books and conveniently allows your readers to find everything you’ve published in one place.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Promote Your Projects

Your Author Spotlight is listed under Promote Your Projects. If you have already created a Spotlight, you should see information about Unpublishing or Revising your page.


However, if you haven’t created a Spotlight before, you will see this:


Click Add an Author Page to get started creating your Spotlight!


Note: If you don't have a project in General Access, but rather in Private and/or Select Access, you will not be able to create an Author Spotlight. Place your project in General Access if you wish to create an Author Spotlight.

Creating Your Author Spotlight Page

During the creation process of your Spotlight, you will need to fill out three sections. 


Add Spotlight Page Details


Display Name For Spotlight Title

The first thing you’ll need to do is name your Spotlight. We suggest using your author name or, if you’re a publisher, that name. This does not have to match your account information; use a pen name or company name if you’d like.


Spotlight URL

The spotlight link will act as a Vanity URL, which is a clear, descriptive, and customized link that you will be able to share as part of your author brand with any marketing strategies you may pursue.


Author Description

The description should give us a brief overview of you, your work, and anything we should know about you. The description section is text only; no HTML or hyperlinks.


Spotlight Meta Description

You'll be able to add a meta description, which is a brief summary of the webpage shown below the link when it is pulled up in results from online search engines, like Google. We recommend keeping the description between 50–160 characters to prevent anything from being cut off.


Upload an Image

Finally, upload a graphic! You can use a headshot or a logo for your publishing company. This image will appear in a circle to the left of your Spotlight Name and Description, so be sure to use something that will fit well.


Select A Default View For Your Projects


You can select how your projects will be organized on your Author Spotlight page. You have the option to sort them by date published and price. 

Author Spotlights In Action

Once you’ve added all your information and clicked Save & Publish, you’ll see the details you entered, along with some additional options.




You can Unpublish, Revise, or Copy the link. Unpublished Spotlights can be viewed, edited, and re-published.


Here’s a Spotlight, made just for this example: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/paulhobday5b2bce8d