Author Website

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.

Hostinger has become one of the most aggressively marketed budget hosting and website building services — with low first-year pricing, an AI website builder, and WordPress one-click installation. For indie authors watching costs, it deserves a serious look. For authors building a long-term professional web presence, the limitations deserve equal attention.

Explore how Shopify empowers indie authors to sell books, merchandise, and more through a professional storefront. Learn about features, costs, and how ScribeCount data can enhance your Shopify strategy.

WooCommerce is how WordPress authors run a direct sales store — automated ebook delivery, Lulu Direct and BookVault print fulfillment, bundle products, discount codes, and a checkout experience that captures the customer email address no retail platform will ever share. This guide covers the full setup from installation to first sale.

Most author websites are invisible to Google and to the AI tools readers increasingly use to discover books. This guide covers keyword strategy for authors, on-page SEO for book and series pages, Google Search Console setup, and how generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity decide which authors to mention — and what you can do to be one of them.

Every book you sell directly to a reader earns two to three times what the same sale earns through Amazon, Kobo, or Apple Books. Direct sales also give you the reader's email address — something no retail platform will ever share. This guide covers the full direct sales setup: choosing your platform, configuring delivery, handling EU VAT, and measuring your results.

The ultimate* indie author website checklist—everything you need to create a sales-driven, reader-friendly website. Direct sales, mailing list tools, ScribeCount integrations, and more.

Most author newsletters fail not because authors have nothing to say, but because they default to formats that treat subscribers as a sales audience rather than a reader community. This guide covers what actually makes readers open and engage with author newsletters — and how to build a newsletter that drives book sales by being genuinely worth reading.

BookFunnel handles the technical complexity of reader magnet delivery — device-specific file formatting, side-loading assistance, and email platform integration. This guide focuses specifically on the website side: how to embed BookFunnel into your author website effectively, connect it to your email list, use it for ARC distribution, and track downloads as conversion events in ScribeCount.