diff --git a/components/IscnRegisterForm.vue b/components/IscnRegisterForm.vue
index dbab3546..cdc986a3 100644
--- a/components/IscnRegisterForm.vue
+++ b/components/IscnRegisterForm.vue
@@ -1043,12 +1043,13 @@ export default class IscnRegisterForm extends Vue {
       numbersProtocolAssetId: [...this.numbersProtocolAssetIds.values()],
       fileSHA256: this.fileRecords.map((file) => file.fileSHA256),
       author: this.author.name,
+      authorDescription: this.author.authorDescription,
       authorNames: this.authorNames,
+      authorDescriptions: this.authorDescriptions,
       authorUrls: this.authorUrls,
       authorWallets: this.authorWalletAddresses,
       likerIds: this.likerIds,
       likerIdsAddresses: this.likerIdsAddresses,
-      authorDescriptions: this.authorDescriptions,
       contentFingerprints: this.contentFingerprintLinks,
       inLanguage: this.language,
       thumbnailUrl: this.thumbnailUrl,
@@ -1157,7 +1158,7 @@ export default class IscnRegisterForm extends Vue {
       this.name = this.epubMetadata.title || ''
       this.description = this.extractText(this.epubMetadata.description)
       this.author.name = this.epubMetadata.author || ''
-      this.author.authorDescription = 'Author'
+      this.author.authorDescription = ''
       this.tags = this.epubMetadata.tags || []
       this.thumbnailUrl = this.formatArweave(
         this.epubMetadata.thumbnailArweaveId,
@@ -1191,7 +1192,7 @@ export default class IscnRegisterForm extends Vue {
       wallet: [{ content: address, id: 1, type: 'like', isOpenOptions: false }],
       url: [],
       likerId: userData?.user || '',
-      authorDescription: userData?.description || 'Publisher',
+      authorDescription: userData?.description || '',
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/utils/cosmos/iscn/iscn.type.ts b/utils/cosmos/iscn/iscn.type.ts
index cbeb32db..798c9e3d 100644
--- a/utils/cosmos/iscn/iscn.type.ts
+++ b/utils/cosmos/iscn/iscn.type.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface ISCNRegisterPayload {
   type: string;
   publisher?: string,
   author: string;
+  authorDescription?: string;
   authorNames: string[];
   authorUrls: string[][];
   authorWallets: any[][];
diff --git a/utils/cosmos/iscn/sign.ts b/utils/cosmos/iscn/sign.ts
index 1c81a027..39464112 100644
--- a/utils/cosmos/iscn/sign.ts
+++ b/utils/cosmos/iscn/sign.ts
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ export function formatISCNTxPayload(payload: ISCNRegisterPayload): ISCNSignPaylo
     arweaveId,
     fileSHA256,
     author,
+    authorDescription,
     authorNames,
+    authorDescriptions,
     authorUrls,
     authorWallets,
     likerIds,
     likerIdsAddresses,
-    authorDescriptions,
     numbersProtocolAssetId,
     contentFingerprints: contentFingerprintsInput = [],
     stakeholders: stakeholdersInput = [],
@@ -135,10 +136,15 @@ export function formatISCNTxPayload(payload: ISCNRegisterPayload): ISCNSignPaylo
     }
   }
 
+  const authorEntity = (author && authorDescription) ? {
+    name: author,
+    description: authorDescription,
+  } : author
+
   return {
     ...data,
     publisher: publisherInput,
-    author,
+    author: authorEntity,
     keywords: tagsString.split(','),
     usageInfo: license,
     contentFingerprints: [...new Set(contentFingerprints)],