An author website gives your fans a place to return to any time they want the latest news about you and your writing.
An author website gives you a means to connect with readers and potential readers, a way to display your skills and work (maybe you offer excerpts free or teasers for a new book), and a central location for your brand.
If you would like to see the full report, it's available on
the authors website Giving Evidence and the Institute for Outdoor Learning's website.
Not exact matches
As fans and critics wait to see what Rob Bell does next after leaving Mars Hill Bible Church last October in the wake of all the hubbub over Love Wins, his
website gives a fresh glimpse of what the pastor and
author is up to now: offering fellow pastors (and others) the chance to pay $ 500 to pick his brain.
Author Christopher Sansom is reported on the Electoral Commission
website as having
given # 200,000 to Better Together (though The Scotsman has previously put the figure at # 294,000).
But
given that there are over a billion sites on the Internet, this means tens of millions of
websites could be breached every year, said Joe DeBlasio, one of Snoeren's Ph.D. students and the paper's first
author.
With a re-launch of the
website on the horizon, readers will soon be treated to up to seven posts a day from a variety of
authors,
giving you ever - changing guidance and inspiration for your fitness goals.
As the primary
author and research lead on the Ketogenic Diet for Health
website, I had shied away from
giving dietary advice, preferring to share only my interpretations of the scientific literature.
If you may use details from this
website, permission is required from the
author with full credit
given to Huesofme and clear direction to original content.
And it's on the reading list of Gerald (Sylvester Stallone), the editor of a Huffington Post-style
website who dispatches his green reporter / lackey Roger (Kevin Connolly) to get the skinny on «Reach Me's» Salinger - like
author, Teddy Raymond, who's never
given an interview or made a public appearance.
But don't confuse
giving your employees content
authoring tools, capturing and storing thousands of user - generated documents and videos, and then making them all available through some cool
website, with content curation.
Rob Eagar solved this problem by
giving Wanda an «extreme makeover» through revamping her
author brand and transforming her
website.
Or, as ResultSource explains it on its
website, ``... having a Bestseller (sic) initiates incredible growth — exponentially increasing the demand for your thought leadership, skyrocketing your speaking itinerary and value,
giving you a national (even global) spotlight, and solidifying your
author brand as the foremost leader in your niche.»
Midwest Book Review (http://www.midwestbookreview.com) states on its
website that it «
gives priority consideration to small publishers, self - published
authors... whenever possible.»
Not only does DIY lower your overhead as an indie
author, but it also
gives you control, and control of your
website is important.
But unlike a flat, unchanging paper business card, your
author website shouldn't be a static «poster» site, existing just to
give... Continue Reading
While it's sometimes tempting to link to your
author website, if potential buyers have to hunt around to figure out how to buy your book, they're likely to
give up.
The Discount Book Man runs their own book promotion
website, which, along with their email subscribers, Facebook page and Twitter account
gives authors excellent exposure for their Kindle book, whether it's free, or on discount, or even full priced.
Just to recap, Part 1 focused on everything that I thought was absolutely essential to be on an
author's
website — the kind of stuff readers are going to be looking for and the kind of stuff that will
give you the best chance of promoting your books to potential readers.
The best advice I can
give on creating
author websites is to network, network, network from the get - go.
It allows you to «share» the audience of a more popular site, generate links and references back to your
author website (which helps your search engine rankings), and often
gives a you a big boost in traffic for a few days after the post goes live (the better you've done at optimizing your
website above, the more of these new visitors you'll retain).
A
website gives authors credibility and acts as their home on the web, directing information - seekers to where they can buy the book, connect with the
author on social media, or book the
author for a speaking engagement.
There is a lot of info on
author websites and blogs in my book I have blogged about that in the past and may do so again, but in the meantime if you have my book,
give those sections a look.
Not only will this help break up your webpage and make it more readable, it will
give your
author website a distinctly unique look compared to other single - page
websites.
Things to Think About • Should you be
giving advice to
authors on YOUR
author website?
That is why I think
websites like Wattpad are so important for struggling writers to find their voices amongst the deafening noise of major publishers and literary agents who are so focussed on risk aversion and unwilling to
give talented independent
authors a chance.
For example, I am participating in a
website, www.womensliterarycafe.com, which
gives authors the chance to share their Facebook Fan Pages with their niche audience and writing colleagues.
Self - published
authors continue to abuse the entire concept of a legitimate review system by trading them with fellow
authors, buying them from other
websites or
giving free books away in exchange for a review.
The
website is beautiful, and nowadays it's almost a
given that most
authors have one.
Whether you create your own
author website or we create one for you, we want to
give you the best possible tools to build an effective online
author platform and get your writing out there for the world... Continue Reading
Last week, I
gave an interview to Inkspokes, a
website dedicated to independent
authors and their readers.
I think it can be intimidating to try to tackle a professional blog /
website without much graphic design experience (I know for me it was terrifying to try using WordPress) but there are some great templates out there like Weebly - what I use - that are user - friendly but still
give the
author an ability to create a visually - striking, evocative site.
Author websites, supporters say,
give readers what they want.
Furthermore, the book is discoverable by any one with any device with a browser, and the booksite serves as
website,
giving the
author or publisher full access to the very latest html and css (and javascript) for design, analytics, and accessibility.
Your book
author website is your home base for all your book activities regardless of whether your publisher also
gives you a page on the publisher's
website.
I've been exclusive with Amazon for years because the other options really didn't promote my books as well as Amazon — and didn't seem to
give indie
authors a fighting chance on their
websites.
While you definitely want to promote your writing on your
author website, you can also
give visitors a glimpse into your personality through a short bio, personal photos, or blog posts!
One
author gives each visitor to her
website a free ebook about the topic of her book.
In support of
authors we work with, if we lend or
give a book to someone, we insist they post a review on the
author's
website, Amazon.com, or even on their Facebook page.
Whether you create your own
author website or we create one for you, we want to
give you the best tools possible to build an effective online
author... Continue Reading
There are
websites and
author pages that will
give small presses a yeah or a nay.
This
website really promotes an
author's works and
gives them a wider exposure.
It is important to note that the majority of Amazon users said they rely on ratings and reviews of books on Amazon's
website, which speaks to the current firestorm of anger from
authors and publishers over the so - called corruption in Amazon reviews,
given that reviews apparently do matter a great deal to consumers.
The royalty program for the Direct to
Author program is fairly solid,
giving more than most other
websites distributing ebooks.
It will be interesting to see how other publishing companies
gives incentives to their
authors to sell eBooks directly on their own
websites.
We were thrilled and honored to be
given an award by the Association of Independent
Authors for the «Best
Websites for Independent
Authors».
This
gives reviewers enough time and you as the
author - publisher can add the reviews to the book layout, while the reviewer can add their writing to your book retail
websites or
author pages, and write an article about your book to their blog or
website.
In almost every
author conference, at least half the presenters
give out their
website info or email address.
But knowing about this discount may
give you confidence to send customers to your
author webpage instead of to Amazon or Barnes & Noble's
website (where your customers may or may not receive a discount at all).
Once you secure an Amazon
author page, Amazon will
give you a unique URL for it so that you can share this URL on your
author website, blog, and social media sites to encourage readers to learn more about your books.