Crafting the perfect erotica description on KDP is super important.
After someone finds your book through the search results and clicks through, the next thing they look at is your book description.
As a result, it is imperative that your book description compels the person to smash that buy button.
In fact, the description is one of the three fundamentals you need to master to effectively sell erotica.
So this post will be dedicated to helping you craft the perfect description to accomplish that.
Don’t be boring
The best advice I have for writing a description is not to be boring.
When I see a lot of new authors write descriptions, they craft it like they are writing the nutrition information for a box of cereal.
It goes something like this:
This is a 5,000 word story about a sexy secretary who has to do things above and beyond the call of duty after an all nighter at the office with her boss.
A description like this is just listing the various elements of the story WITHOUT adding an element of mystery.
Also, never reference how long your story is. Customers can see how many pages it is in the Amazon generate product info section of the page. It just makes the description sound SUPER boring.
What you want to do is add an element of mystery by giving a brief glimpse of the plot.
A better description would be something like:
Helen’s whole world is turned upside down after a late nighter with Bob at the office. Things seemed normal at first, but she soon finds that her boss has a much darker side that she has never seen before.
A secret technique to use…
Also, I want to share with you a new technique I’ve been using to write descriptions for my books.
I’ve have noticed that the books with the new description technique have been selling slightly better than my other ones.
And best of all? This super secret technique is so easy to implement.
The description is super important because it’s what potential customers typically read BEFORE they hit that buy button.
So if your description is on point, it’ll help boost your sales.
Anyways, a while ago I was browsing Litrotica (it’s basically a free site for erotica). And I noticed that all of the descriptions for their stories are all one sentence.
You have things like:
“Christie finds out her new boss is A LOT more demanding than he seems.”
“Detention with Mrs. Johnson gets naughty and when she intends to discipline the students.”
I’m actually a big fan of this. Why?
Because it’s short and sweet and adds a lot of mystery. You don’t need super big and elaborate descriptions to sell books.
The description should be used to arose curiosity – not give a play by play of the plot (or worse…giving the big plot away).
So for my last few books, I’ve started off with a description like that…like what you would find on Litrotica.
But after that first sentence, I’ll expand a little bit and write the usual small blurb that I use.
The perfect erotica description – Final Thoughts
Overall, the description is an important sales mechanism.
It needs to be mysterious, hook readers in, and get them to want to buy the book.
Hopefully this guide gives you some helpful tips for your next book!