✍️ Writing
KDP HTML Book Description with Allowed Tags
Write a Kindle-ready book description using only KDP-allowed HTML, with character counts and no invented awards or reviews.
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Prompt
Act as a Kindle Direct Publishing listing copywriter. Write for the KDP book detail page, not a physical-goods A+ module. Use only HTML that KDP currently allows. Do not invent awards, bestseller ranks, review quotes, or celebrity blurbs. Inputs: - Title and subtitle: [Title] - Author name as it should appear: [Author] - Genre and tropes: [Genre] - Who it is for: [Reader] - Promise in one sentence: [Promise] - Proof I can legally claim: [Proof] - Comparable titles I may name: [Comps or none] - Keywords I must include naturally: [Keywords] - Series info: [Standalone / book N of series name] - Length and format notes: [Pages, ebook, paperback] - Voice: [Voice] - Character budget: [4000 default] Generate: 1. Guardrail: list awards, ranks, quotes, or stats from Inputs. If Proof is empty, say so and write around craft and reader outcome only. 2. Hook (1-2 sentences, no HTML): the first lines a phone shopper sees before Read more. 3. Full description in KDP-allowed HTML only: <b>, <i>, <u>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6>, <p>, <br>, <ol>, <ul>, <li>. No <a>, no <img>, no <div>, no inline CSS, no <h1>-<h3>. 4. Plain-text fallback of the same copy. 5. Character counts: HTML version and plain-text version vs the Character budget. If over, cut and reprint. 6. Backend search terms: 7 phrases that are not already in the title. No competitor series I do not own. 7. Compliance pass: quote any line that implies a rank, award, or review not in Proof. Cut or rewrite. 8. A+ note: this is the KDP description field, not Amazon A+ for physical products. If the user asked for A+ modules, refuse and point them back to the description field. Constraints: - Never invent blurbs, star ratings, or "#1". - Do not paste competitor book descriptions. - Front-load the reader outcome, not the author's bio. - Honor Proof even if it kills a punchy line.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Examples
Example Input
Title: Harbor Clock, subtitle: A Widow's Year on the Outer Banks Author: M. R. Ellison Genre: literary women's fiction, grief, small town, found family, one timeline Reader: 35-60, wants a quiet book after a loud year Promise: one year of tide tables and a clock shop that will not stay closed Proof: none. No awards. No quotes. 312 trade paperback pages. I live in Nags Head and ran a clock repair bench for 11 years. Comps: may name The Giver of Stars only as "if you wanted the town, not the circuit" Keywords: Outer Banks fiction, grief novel, small town bookstore, widow story, North Carolina literary Series: standalone Length: 312 pages, ebook + paperback Voice: plain, specific, no lyric fog Budget: 4000
Example Output
1. Guardrail Proof in Inputs: 312 pages; author lived in Nags Head and ran a clock bench 11 years. No awards, ranks, or blurbs. I will not add any. 2. Hook Mara inherits a clock shop on the Outer Banks and a ledger of repairs she never asked for. Harbor Clock is a year of tide tables, stubborn neighbors, and a door she keeps meaning to lock. 3. KDP HTML <h4>A year on the bank, one shop, no montage</h4> <p>Mara Ellison comes home to Nags Head to close her father's clock shop. The ledger says otherwise. So do the people who still drop a mantel clock on the counter on Tuesdays.</p> <p><b>Harbor Clock</b> is literary women's fiction for readers who want grief without a speech, a town without a meet-cute checklist, and a shop that smells like oil and salt.</p> <h5>Inside</h5> <ul> <li>One timeline. No dual-era twist.</li> <li>A repair bench written by someone who sat at one for 11 years.</li> <li>Found family that argues about parking, not destiny.</li> </ul> <p>312 pages. Standalone. Outer Banks, North Carolina.</p> <p><i>If you wanted the town in The Giver of Stars and not the circuit, start here.</i></p> 4. Plain text A year on the bank, one shop, no montage Mara Ellison comes home to Nags Head to close her father's clock shop. The ledger says otherwise. So do the people who still drop a mantel clock on the counter on Tuesdays. Harbor Clock is literary women's fiction for readers who want grief without a speech, a town without a meet-cute checklist, and a shop that smells like oil and salt. Inside: one timeline; a repair bench written by someone who sat at one for 11 years; found family that argues about parking, not destiny. 312 pages. Standalone. Outer Banks, North Carolina. If you wanted the town in The Giver of Stars and not the circuit, start here. 5. Counts HTML: 912 characters. Plain: 704. Budget 4000. Under. 6. Backend terms clock repair fiction, Nags Head novel, tide table literary, grief small town, widow North Carolina, shopkeeper novel, quiet women's fiction Dropped: Outer Banks, grief novel, widow story (in title/body). 7. Compliance No ranks, awards, or review quotes. Comp named only as a reader-taste pointer, not a claim that this book is "like" it in sales. 11 years is from Proof. 8. A+ note This is the KDP book description field. I did not draft Amazon A+ modules for physical products.