Author Website · for published authors
Build a home for your books.
A professional author website built around your books, your name and the audience you want to grow.
Why it matters
Retailer pages sell books. A website builds the author.
Amazon is useful for buying and social platforms are useful for reach, but neither belongs to you and both change their rules. An author website is the one place that does: a searchable author identity, a central destination for every book, and the foundation for a mailing list.
It is a long-term asset, not a sales machine. It will not fix a cover or a blurb, but it gives every other piece of marketing somewhere to point.
Example of our work
The Unread series website.
This is the author website we built for our own book series, The Unread Trilogy by Ashton Thomas. It shows the approach we take for authors: a site that feels like the books, not a template.
“No one told it to erase them.”
- Atmospheric home page that sets the tone of the genre
- Individual book page with formats (paperback, hardback, eBook)
- Series page showing reading order across three books
- Extract page so readers can sample the writing
- Reader list sign-up with clear consent and multiple languages
- Author page, themes page and a privacy policy
What readers can do there
Find you, and stay in touch.
- Find all your books in one place
- Buy through the retailer they prefer
- Read genuine reviews
- Join your mailing list
- Follow a series in order
- Contact you, or find press information
What is included
Everything in the Author Website plan.
- Professionally designed, Quill & Reed-built author website
- Author homepage
- Author / about page
- Individual book page(s)
- Series structure where relevant
- Retailer purchase links
- Review and testimonial display (genuine reviews only)
- Newsletter / mailing-list integration
- Contact page
- Media / press area where relevant
- SEO foundations
- Search and AI discoverability foundations
- Mobile optimisation
- Analytics setup
- Domain setup assistance
- Reasonable ongoing website updates during the 12-month term
- New book information added during the term, where reasonable
Search and discoverability
Built to be understood.
SEO foundations include clean URLs, page titles and descriptions, a sitemap, structured data for you and your books where appropriate, mobile optimisation and indexable content. Pages are also structured so AI search tools can understand who you are and what you have written.
We do not guarantee rankings or AI citations.
Newsletter integration
A list you own.
Mailing-list sign-up is built into the site and connected to an email service in your name, with consent handled properly. The list belongs to you, not to Quill & Reed.
Ownership and control
Yours, according to the agreed setup.
You keep control of your domain, mailing list, book data and audience infrastructure. The underlying hosting and software belong to their providers, and we will explain exactly how your site is set up before it is built. The plan is not designed to trap you after 12 months.
Process
How it works.
- 01Tell us about you and your books
- 02We agree the pages, structure and domain setup
- 03We design and build; you review and approve
- 04The site goes live, connected to your mailing list and analytics
- 05Reasonable updates and new book information through the term
Not included
So there are no surprises.
- Professional book editing
- New book illustration
- Unlimited bespoke development
- Paid advertising
- Full social-media management
- Domain registration fees
- Guaranteed Google rankings
- Guaranteed book sales
If you want ongoing marketing content as well, that is what Author Growth adds.
Author Website questions
How much is the Author Website plan?
£99 a month on a 12-month agreement: £1,188 in total. VAT treatment and billing structure are being confirmed before checkout.
Is my domain registration included?
Domain setup assistance is included. Domain registration fees are not, and the domain is registered in your name.
I already have a website. Can you rebuild it?
Yes, where that is the right move. If your current site works well, we will say so.
Will a website make my book sell?
Not by itself. A website gives you an owned home, a search presence and a mailing-list foundation. Whether a book sells also depends on cover, positioning, reviews, price and the market.
Do you guarantee Google rankings?
No. We build the site so search engines and AI systems can understand it clearly. Nobody can honestly guarantee rankings.
What happens after 12 months?
Before the term ends we will explain the ongoing options. Your domain, content, mailing list and book data remain yours; the plan is not designed to lock you in.
Do I need Author Growth as well?
Not necessarily. If you already market the book yourself and mainly need a proper home online, the Author Website plan is enough.