Amazon Read Sample

Enhanced Amazon Search Inside the Book functionality is available to authors self-publishing with Outskirts Press to increase their self-published book's sales potential.

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Give readers a chance to look inside your book before they buy.

Amazon Read Sample gives shoppers a preview of your book directly from its Amazon sales page, helping them experience your writing, explore the content, and make a more informed purchase decision.

Book Preview

Let readers look inside

Amazon Search

Content can support discovery

Reader Confidence

Sample before purchasing

Professional Setup

We prepare your submission

Amazon Listing

Preview from your book page

Outskirts Press prepares and submits your book for Amazon Read Sample, formerly known as Look Inside and Search Inside the Book.

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AMAZON BOOK PREVIEW

Let Amazon Shoppers Preview Your Book Before They Buy

Online shoppers cannot pick up your book and flip through its pages, but Amazon Read Sample gives them the next best thing: an opportunity to experience part of your book before deciding to buy.

HELP READERS EXPLORE YOUR BOOK

Bring the Bookstore Browsing Experience Online

Read Sample, formerly known as Look Inside and Search Inside the Book, allows shoppers to preview available pages directly from your Amazon book listing.

Preview Your Book

Give shoppers an opportunity to sample your writing and content.

Explore Before Buying

Help readers decide whether your book is right for them.

Search Inside

Amazon can make words and phrases within participating books searchable.

Build Confidence

Let interested shoppers experience the book before making their decision.

Amazon Read Sample button on an Outskirts Press book listing

MORE THAN A PREVIEW

Your Book's Content Can Help Readers Find It

Read Sample does more than let readers browse available pages. Amazon can use words and phrases within participating books when returning relevant book search results, creating another way your book's content can contribute to discovery.

WE HANDLE THE SUBMISSION

Add Read Sample Without Handling the Technical Details

Outskirts Press prepares the appropriate book files and submits them to Amazon for participation in Read Sample. Once Amazon processes the submission, eligible shoppers can access the preview from your book's Amazon listing.

1. Order

Add Amazon Read Sample to your book.

2. We Prepare

We prepare your book for Amazon's preview program.

3. We Submit

Your files are submitted to Amazon for processing.

AN AUTHOR'S PERSPECTIVE

"Selling books online is very different compared to face-to-face or in a bookstore. Outskirts Press makes it easy for potential buyers to peruse the inside of the book at leisure before they buy it. Of course this means a greater likelihood of sales for me."

Lynne Burke, Outskirts Press author

SEE IT IN ACTION

Give Readers a Look Inside Your Book

Example of Amazon Read Sample for an Outskirts Press book

Let Readers Experience Your Book Before They Buy

Add Amazon Read Sample and give shoppers another way to explore your book directly from its Amazon sales page.

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