Author Lona Renee Fraser discovered that the contributor choices on CreateSpace map into Amazon.com differently than she expected when she published Habakkuk’s Hope. She shared the mapping information from CreateSpace. This handy tool will help you chose the right contributor on CreateSpace for your books.
Here is the list of the different contributors you can select on CreateSpace and how it will map into Amazon.com:
Abridged by—Maps to Editor
Adapted by—Maps to Adapter
Afterword by—Maps to Afterword
Appendix by—Maps to Contributor
As told by—Maps to Narrator
Assisted by—Maps to Assistant
Associate Editor—Maps to Editor
Authored by—Maps to Author
Authored with—Maps to Contributor
Books and Lyrics by—Maps to Author
Commentaries by—Maps to Commentary
Compiled by—Maps to Compiler
Conductor—Maps to Conductor
Continued by—Maps to Author
Contributions by—Maps to Contributor
Consultant Editor—Maps to Editor
Cover design or artwork by—Maps to Cover Design
Created by—Maps to Creator
Designed by—Maps to Designer
Director—Maps to Director
Dramatized by—Maps to Author
Drawings by—Maps to Illustrator
Edited and translated by—Maps to Translator
Edited by—Maps to Editor
Editor in Chief—Maps to Editor
Editorial Board Member—Maps to Editor
Editorial Coordination by—Maps to Editor
Epilogue—Maps to Epilogue
Footnotes by—Maps to Editor
Foreword by—Maps to Foreword
Founded by—Maps to Author
From an idea by—Maps to Creator
General Editor—Maps to Editor
Illustrated by—Maps to Illustrator
Index by—Maps to Contributor
Interviewee—Maps to Author
Interviewer—Maps to Author
Introduction and Notes by—Maps to Introduction
Introduction by—Maps to Introduction
Literary Editor—Maps to Editor
Managing Editor—Maps to Editor
Maps by—Maps to Cartographer
Memoir by—Maps to Author
Notes by—Maps to Editor
Original Author—Maps to Creator
Other—Maps to Contributor
Other Adaptation by—Maps to Adapter
Other Compilation by—Maps to Compiler
Other Direction by—Maps to Director
Other Primary Creator—Maps to Author
Photographs by—Maps to Photographer
Preface by—Maps to Preface
Preliminary Work by—Maps to Author
Prepared for Publication by—Maps to Author
Producer—Maps to Producer
Prologue by—Maps to Contributor
Retold by—Maps to Adapter
Revised by—Maps to Editor
Screenplay by—Maps to Author
Selected by—Maps to Compiler
Series edited by—Maps to Series Editor
Summary by—Maps to Contributor
Supplement by—Maps to Contributor
Text by—Maps to Author
Translated by—Maps to Translator
Translation with Commentary by—Maps to Translator
Volume Editor—Maps to Editor
