Creating Your Author Website: A Step-by-Step Guide
Build a professional online presence with an author website that showcases your books, bio, and contact details, helping you grow your fanbase.
Your Author Website's Essential Pages: What to Build and What to Write
Published on June 19, 2026 by Randall Wood
Most author websites have the right pages but the wrong content on them. This guide covers every essential page — Home, About, Books, Series, Newsletter, Contact, and Press/Media Kit — with specific guidance on what to write and why each element matters for readers, search engines, and the professionals who'll look you up.
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Author Visual Brand Identity
Published on June 19, 2026 by Randall Wood
Your author brand is the visual system that makes a reader recognize your work at a glance — on your website, in your email newsletter, on Instagram, in your book covers. Developing it deliberately, rather than letting it accumulate accidentally, is one of the most impactful investments in your long-term author platform.
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Domain Names and Professional Email for Authors
Published on June 19, 2026 by Randall Wood
Your domain name is your permanent address on the internet — it appears in your email, your website URL, your universal book links, and anywhere you direct readers. Getting it right from the start takes 20 minutes. Getting it wrong means years of brand inconsistency or starting over. This guide covers everything.
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The Purpose of an Author Website
Published on June 19, 2026 by Randall Wood
Social media platforms change their algorithms, reduce organic reach, and occasionally disappear entirely. Amazon controls your product page and can change the rules. Your author website is the one place on the internet that belongs completely to you — and for that reason alone, it is the most important piece of infrastructure you can build for your publishing career.
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The Anatomy of an Author Website
Published on June 19, 2026 by Randall Wood
Most author website problems are structural, not cosmetic. The right pages are missing, email capture is buried, buy buttons go only to Amazon. This overview covers every component of an effective author website and how each connects to the rest — the blueprint before you build.
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Website Hosting Services
Published on June 19, 2026 by Randall Wood
Hosting is invisible when it works and catastrophic when it doesn't. Bad hosting makes your site slow, and a slow site loses readers before they read a word and ranks lower in Google. This guide covers what hosting actually is, what to look for, and the specific providers worth your money.
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Wix for Indie Authors
Published on June 19, 2026 by Randall Wood
Wix is the most beginner-friendly major website builder available, and that has genuine value for authors who want to get online quickly without a technical learning curve. It also has real limitations around SEO depth and direct sales capability that matter for authors planning a serious long-term author business.
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Squarespace for Indie Authors
Published on June 19, 2026 by Randall Wood
Squarespace produces the most visually polished author websites of any platform at this price point, with zero technical overhead. Its limitations in SEO depth, plugin extensibility, and direct sales sophistication are real but not dealbreakers for the author whose primary website goal is a professional, beautiful brand presence with email capture.
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Weebly for Indie Authors
Published on June 19, 2026 by Randall Wood
Weebly was once a straightforward recommendation for authors who wanted the simplest possible website builder. Since Square's acquisition and the company's strategic pivot toward Square Online, Weebly has received minimal development investment and has fallen behind Wix and Squarespace on features, performance, and support. This is the honest current assessment.
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