- Did you know, if you're
using Amazon Author Central,

multiple pen names is
more possible than ever?

But, how do you add the pen names

to the new Amazon Author
Central dashboard?

And is there a limit?
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Well first, how do you add the pen names

to Amazon Author Central?

Let's just get that one out the way.

First of all, you've
got to set up an account

through Amazon Author Central.

You go over to author.amazon.com.

I did a full, comprehensive overview

of Amazon Author Central
on all the features.

I've got a link inside
the description down below

and I'll also remind you at
the very end of this video

where you can find that.

Now click the "Books" tab

in the Amazon Author Central dashboard.

At the top of the page
you'll see a message,

click "add it now."

Enter the title, IBSN, or
author name of the book

you've written, with the
pen name you want to add

and click "Add this book."

You will see the author
name is my pen name,

so in this instance,

you can see, I'm not Charles Dickens,

so I'm clearly not gonna select this,

but in the event that it was,
I would select that name,

and I would go ahead and click "Continue."

I didn't, since I'm not Charles Dickens,

I'm not gonna add this to my profile.

So, once they've verified this,

you'll find your profile in the dropdown,

in the top right-hand corner

of your Amazon Author Central profile.

So when you get into there,

you'll click it and it'll be there.

It's pretty neat, you
actually have a few bubbles,

and okay so the
million-dollar question is,

"How many pen names can
you have in one account?"

Well, it's changed more recently,

in fact, actually in their
words, I reached out to them,

"Amazon Author Central allows you

"to create up to 3 Author Pages

"but manage up to 7
within a single account.

"If you already have three Author Pages,

"and you want to add more pen names,

"please reopen this case with
the pen names you want to add,

"and we'll gladly add
them on your behalf."

Previously, Author Central
just said 3, that's it!

If you wanted additional names,

you had to open up additional
Amazon Author Central accounts

that became a pain in the rear end.

Not to be confused, all right,

you don't open up multiple
Kindle Direct Publishing accounts

in order to get numerous pen names,

you can put all the pen names you want to

into a single KDP account.

You don't want to have
multiple accounts on KDP.

You can have multiple accounts

over on Amazon Author Central,

there hasn't been any
issues that I've seen

so far with this,

but I'd say 7 pen names
on a single account

is gonna probably be more than enough.

Reach out to Amazon Author Central,

if you have any other details,

scroll down to the bottom of the dashboard

and 紫鸟浏览器 多店铺 click "Contact Us,"

and they'll help you out
within about 24 to 72 hours.

By the way, I did a full deep
dive of Amazon Author Central

and some really neat features

beyond just adding multiple pen names,

I talk a little bit more
about editorial reviews,

and how you can actually see where

your books are being bought
in the United States.

Take a look at it over inside this video,

and in the side of this video YouTube says

"You're going to probably like it better."

I think you should go
over to this one instead,

but choose your adventure, your choice.