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As an author website designer, I often have conversations with authors who are still making up their minds as to how much they’re ready to invest in a professional author presence online.  There are folks doing similar work at various price points — a simple search for “author website designer” will bring you to manyRead more

I love working on websites for authors of historical biographies and historical nonfiction.  Not only do I get to learn about interesting historical figures and events, but I also get to bring them to life for website visitors.  And that is really the crux of what makes an author website successful: identifying the best wayRead more

As an author website designer I often work with clients who are facing one of two scenarios in their career: They’ve written books, maybe even a series, across multiple genres.  Perhaps they have books for children, and also adults.  Or, maybe they’ve written romantic fiction and also thrillers. Being an author is one part ofRead more

When I start working with authors they often have many pieces of collateral needed for their website ready-to-go; things like book blurbs, social media links, purchase links, etc… but one area I find many authors haven’t considered is photography. Often they have a standard author headshot — one that shows their head and torso, butRead more

If you’re an author who is already attending book club meetings (virtually, of course) about your book, have you made sure you tell people about that on your author website? Book clubs can be a great way to connect with your fans, old and new alike. Often a book club rotates which member gets toRead more

Most often when working with my author web design clients their books are being sold via online retailers like Amazon, B&N, or iBooks. Occasionally authors have their own solutions, especially self-published authors, like Bookbaby, Blurb, or Lulu. In either case, it’s simple to support this from the perspective of building the website because we canRead more

There are a special breed of authors who are also illustrators. They create things like graphic novels, or children’s and YA fiction, and the beautiful thing about designing their author-illustrator websites is that there is so much visual material to work with! One of the challenges of designing websites for authors of novels or non-fictionRead more

Many authors wear multiple hats.  Maybe you’re an author and an illustrator, or an author and a speaker, or an author of multiple genres, or an author and an educator.  It’s increasingly common that your author website needs to appeal to multiple audiences, but I know that some authors are confused about whether they canRead more

As someone who has built websites professionally for many years now, there are a handful of things I look for in any template or theme I might use to create a website regardless of what kind of site it is, and the platform on which it was built: How long has it been around?  ARead more

Sometimes an author is successful enough that they don’t have to worry much about people finding them in search results and discovering their work, but more often than not, authors, especially new authors, are fighting to be seen, heard, and discovered in a sea of other authors and books. Much of your new audience willRead more