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Book Page Scanner: Send readers to a page you trust.
The page for your book on your own website is the one listing you fully control. It can also be the one that nags at you, because you cannot tell whether a curious reader finds everything they came for. With Book Page Scanner, you look at your page the way a new reader does, and you send people there without crossing your fingers.
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Paste one link and leave knowing what your page needs next.
What changes when your page is ready.
You stop holding your breath every time someone clicks your link. Here is what you get in return.
Readers find a way to buy
You picture the reader who wants the audiobook, and you make sure they never have to hunt for it. No one leaves your page wondering where to get your book.
Your whole story gets room
A retail listing cuts your story short, but your own website has room for all of it. You get to tell your book the way you always meant to.
The right edition is easy to find
Librarians, booksellers, and readers can find the exact edition they are looking for, and you feel like the professional you are.
Readers who finish have somewhere to go
Readers who reach the last page often want more, and a map, a character guide, or a worksheet gives them a next step. Map Maker and Character Compendium can help you make the first two. You keep the connection instead of watching it fade.
Everything people say about your book lives in one place
Interviews and reviews scattered across the web are hard for a visitor to find. You gather them together, so a curious reader sees how much goodwill your book has earned.
Book clubs and teachers can say yes
Group leaders can pick up your book without having to ask you for anything. Discussion Guide Builder and Lesson Planner can help you create a guide or a lesson plan to offer them.
The moments your page matters most.
Pick the moment that fits where your book is now.
The weeks before launch
Build the page while preorders open, so it is one less task in launch week. Reviews and interviews will come later, so give yourself permission to leave them for the months after release.
When your publisher controls the retail listing
You may not be able to change your Amazon page, but your website’s book page is yours. You can act today on the one page you fully control.
Before you send people to the page
Before a newsletter, an ad, a speaking event, or a podcast interview sends people your way, you want to know the page is ready for them. Visitors who arrive curious should find what they came for.
When you refresh an older book
A page built before launch may never have gained the reviews, interviews, and extras that came later. Give each older book the fresh start it deserves, one page at a time.
What an author found.
A member’s comment on the tool’s July 2025 announcement.
“Great tool. … Not all of the recommended improvements are applicable to me, but I got some helpful suggestions.”
Bring the link to one book’s page.
You bring
The web address of the page for one book on your own website. The page needs to be live and public, not a draft or a page behind a login.
Your work stays private. Author Media does not store, track, or view what you post. The AI services use business APIs with privacy set to the maximum.
You get
A review of your page, a rough score, and a list of improvements to consider.
The scanner works from the text and links it can read on the page, and it reviews one book’s page at a time. It can miss a cover image, a buy button that routes through a link service, or a section that loads after the page opens. Check anything it reports as missing against your page before you change anything.
Before you scan
Is this for my Amazon page or my author website?
It is for your author website, the one page you fully control. Paste the link to the page for one book on your own site. For your Amazon listing, use Amazon Page Optimizer, which reviews that page and rewrites the description.
What if it flags something that is already on my page?
That is frustrating, and it can happen. The scanner works from the text and links it can read, so it can miss a cover image, retailer links behind a link service such as GeniusLink, or content that loads after the page opens. Treat each flagged item as a question to check on your page, not a verdict.
What if the results do not match my page at all?
Seeing someone else’s page described is unsettling, but it is a known hiccup. If the results look like someone else’s page, run it again. Some websites also block automated visitors, so make sure the link opens the live, public page for that book.
Do I need every suggestion it gives me?
No, and you do not have to do everything. Some ideas will not fit your book, and you know your readers best. Add what serves them and skip the rest.
Can I scan a page before my book comes out?
Yes, and getting ahead of launch week feels good. The page needs to be live and public first. Reviews and interviews come later, so keep them as a plan for the months after launch.
How should I read the score?
Treat it as a quick read on how far along your page is, not a grade on your book. A number can make progress feel real, but it can shift between runs, so do not chase it. Your list of next steps matters more than the number.
Who is Book Page Scanner for?
It is for anyone who has wondered whether their book’s page is good enough. That means authors with a live, public page for a book on their own website, whether they publish independently or with a publisher, write fiction or nonfiction, and are launching soon or years past it. An author with no website page yet has nothing to scan.
Will these changes increase my sales?
No tool can promise that, and you deserve an honest answer. Which changes help depends on your book, your readers, and how people reach the page.
Is my work private?
Yes. Author Media does not store, track, or view anything you post to this tool. The tools reach each AI through its business API with privacy set to the maximum, so the AI companies do not train on your words.
How much does it cost?
Book Page Scanner is included with any Novel Marketing Patreon membership of $10 per month or more. That membership also unlocks more than 80 other author tools in the Patron Toolbox. AI tool use draws from your membership’s credit balance, and the amount used varies with the request.
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