Web Design for Authors
A stunning web design is easy with DesignHoot for Authors. We have three options (Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced) to fit your stage of the author journey and budget. And beyond a great looking site, DesignHoot for Authors offers powerful out-of-the-box tools to drive engagement with your readers. We focus on integrating with tools that matter most to indie authors, like BookFunnel, leading email list providers, and platforms to sell books direct to readers.
No matter what option you select, your dream website is made easy with DesignHoot for Authors. Even better, if you start with either a Beginner or Intermediate site option you can upgrade to the next level site when you’re ready and only pay the difference between the two design options as an upgrade price. Read more about each website option below.
Author Web Design Options
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced
Beginner Author Website
A DesignHoot Beginner Author Website is perfect for those just starting out on their author journey. This offers emerging and new authors a low-cost one-page website to get readers onto your mailing list and promote your first book (or two, or three).
What’s included:
- One page website
- Custom author branding
- 1 to 3 books (cover, blurb, links to retailers)
- Brief About the Author section
- Basic newsletter signup and mailing list integration*
- Integration with BookFunnel*
*Requires plans with 3rd party platforms.
Complete our design information form and we will promptly reply with a price and design timeline.
Intermediate Author Website
A DesignHoot Intermediate Author Website offers authors who have a growing list of books to promote a more content rich experience and engagement with your readers across your book series (or multiple series).
What’s included:
- Multi-page website
- Custom author branding
- Base Pages: Home page, About the Author page, Main Books page, Newsletter page, Contact page, and Individual Book Pages
- Newsletter signup forms and mailing list integration*
- Integration with BookFunnel*
- Can include an author blog, author news, and author events pages
*Requires plans with 3rd party platforms.
Complete our design information form and we will promptly reply with a price and design timeline.
Advanced Author Website
A DesignHoot Advanced Author Website takes the intermediate site and integrates the ability for you to sell books directly to your readers. Whether you want your own online bookshop or integrate a Merchant of Record, the DesignHoot Advanced Author Website has you covered.
What’s included:
- Multi-page custom author branding
- Integrate direct sales to your readers
- Base Pages: Home page, About the Author page, Main Books page, Newsletter page, Contact page, Bookshop page, and Individual Book Pages
- Newsletter signup forms and mailing list integration*
- Integration with BookFunnel*
- Can include an author blog, author news, and author events pages
*Requires plans with 3rd party platforms.
Complete our design information form and we will promptly reply with a price and design timeline.
Web Design with Authors in Mind
Intuitive Editor
BookFunnel Integration
Built-in Marketing
Responsive Pages
Sell Books Direct
Update with Intuitive Visual Editor
Our intuitive editor puts website updates in your hands. Change colors, fonts, images, layouts, and content with confidence. Click into text on your website and just start typing! It’s easy to edit the content on your website because everything is done on the front-end. If you can use a document editor, you can use our website editor. Click or drag, drop, and done.
Free licensed access to the Intuitive Editor is included for web design clients when you select any DesignHoot hosting plan.
BookFunnel Integration
BookFunnel has become an essential tool for indie authors. DesignHoot for Authors is experienced with integrating BookFunnel across websites from first-time authors to best-selling authors, and every author in-between.
Grow and Engage your Audience
Every DesignHoot website comes with feature-rich online marketing and optimization tools. Easily collect information from site visitors with our customizable contact forms. Grow your email list with customizable email optin modules that integrate with all the leading email marketing platforms. Even conduct A/B split tests and review built-in conversion analytics.
Responsive Design Layouts
Your website will look great no matter the device with responsive design layouts built into every website. While responsive sites are in the DNA of our designs, we test to ensure that your website looks great across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. And if you make updates to your website you have full control to quickly check responsiveness across platforms and easily make adjustments if needed.
Sell Books Direct to Your Readers
DesignHoot for Authors can integrate a book shop with your website using leading sales platforms popular with indie authors, such as: WooCommerce, Shopify, Gumroad, Payhip, Thrivecart, Lemon Squeezy, and Fourthwall. And if you have a BookFunnel account, we can setup the complete integration between the sales platform and BookFunnel e-book delivery.
Accessible Designs that Benefit All Users
At DesignHoot we follow design best practices to ensure every website we design, whether a Quick Site or Custom website, are accessible to all users. We follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) as the international standard for web accessibility. If you purchase a DesignHoot website you are assured it meets the latest WCAG standards.
Author Website Example
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