Most author websites are an afterthought: a bio and a few covers above a contact form. Readers land there from your back matter or a search for your name. They want the reading order and the next book, plus a reason to join your newsletter. If they can’t find it in seconds, they head back to Amazon and you’ve lost them.
Every series, in reading order.
Series pages show the reading order. Book pages carry the blurb and buy buttons for every store. Your reader magnet sits front and centre, and a press page handles interviews and festivals. We built all of this first for our founder, the crime author Jack Cartwright.
You can add new releases yourself on every site we build, and each one is optimised from day one.
Everything your author website needs.
Series and book pages
Blurbs and covers in reading order, with buy links for every retailer and format.
Reader magnet and newsletter
A landing page for your free book, linked up to your email provider.
Sell direct
Sell ebooks and signed paperbacks, or bundles, from your own site if you’d like to.
About and press
Your story and author photos, with a media kit ready for interviews, podcasts and festivals.
Found in Google
Pages built so a reader searching your name or series lands on your site instead of a reseller’s.
Easy to update
Add new releases, preorders and news yourself, with help when you need it.
From blank page to live site.
Discover
We learn your books and readers, and what the site has to do.
Design
A design that suits your covers and your genre.
Build
We build the series and book pages, then the reader magnet with its newsletter sign-up.
Launch
We launch it optimised for your next release and show you how to update it.
Websites for authors, answered.
Do self-published authors need a website?
Most do, because it’s the one place you control. Our guides to whether you need a website and what an author website should include cover the essentials.
Can I sell books direct from my website?
Yes. Plenty of authors sell ebooks, signed paperbacks and bundles direct, next to their retailer links. Our guide on how to sell books direct sets out the options and what to check first.
How do I grow my mailing list from my website?
Put a reader magnet on its own focused landing page, then link to it from your back matter. See our guide to the reader magnet landing page.
Will readers find my website in Google?
Yes, if it’s built properly. They should find it when they search for your name or series. Our guide to author website SEO explains how.
Where are you right now?
Four quick questions, and we’ll show you where we’d start. Your answers come straight to us with your message, so you won’t have to explain it twice.
Let’s talk. Pick a time that suits you.
A 30-minute introduction call on Microsoft Teams, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Your answers come with the booking, so we’ll be ready for you.
Prefer to talk it through? Make an appointment for a 30-minute call on Microsoft Teams, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
What we’d do for you
See it in action
A closer look at the work behind each part of your plan.
Every light, pointed at your books.
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