1. Open "My Info" on the left side of the navigation bar.
2. Click "New User."
3. Fill in the requested information for your user profile. Be certain to include your email address. AuthorConnect respects your privacy and protects the confidentiality of your information (see "Your Privacy").
4. Click "Submit."
5. You will see the AuthorConnect "Terms of Use." If you agree, click "AGREE."
6. You will see a registration page. Select a user name, password, password hint question and answer. Click "Submit."
7. You will see a Verification page that requires information from your email. Go to your email, open the message from AuthorConnect and write down your verification code. Do not delete the email message. You can return to it at any time to find your user name and password. In the email message, click on "Member Verification page" to return directly to AuthorConnect's verification page. Insert the verification code to complete your free registration. Click "Submit."

INSERTING ENTRIES
Now that you are registered, you can insert an entry in any AuthorConnect databank and return later at any time to quickly log in and edit your entry. The process for inserting entries is the same for all AuthorConnect databanks. To see all the databanks at one time, open SiteSight™ at the top of the page.

For example, to insert an entry for a long written work such as a book, do the following:

1. Log in if you are not already logged in.
2. Open "My Info" on the left side of the navigation bar. Click on "registries" since this is where long written works are located.
3. After "Long Written Works," click on "Add new entry."
4. You will see an entry page where you can fill in requested information.
5. Type in the title and the author's name (your name appears as the default, but you can change this).
6. Type in a brief description (under 20 words). This description will appear in the search results to help searchers decide which entries they want to open.
7. Select the type of long written work (such as "book").
8. Insert up to 10 key words. Searchers will use these words to find your entry. If any one of the key words you select matches one of the key words selected by a searcher, your entry will be found.
9. Select the language of your book, any limitations on who you want to be able to see your entry, and any special format if one applies to your book. If none applies, ignore the special format selection.
10. You can now insert your entry by clicking "submit Quick entry," or you can click "continue to full entry" to add more information to your entry.
11. If you continue to a full entry, fill in as much of the requested information as you desire. The following fields allow up to 200 words free: (1) author's biography, (2) full description of the book and (3) synopsis. A free excerpt field allows 1500 words. Additional words can be purchased inexpensively if needed for any of these fields.
12. You may log in and return to your entry at any time to change or delete it. No other AuthorConnect user can change or delete your entry.