Even if I read a really good book, I will most likely not
go on the author website.
Not exact matches
When he was the CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, they
went gangbusters
on building
websites for every book and
author, only to find that nobody ever visited all these thousands of pages.
I've launched the project
on the Kickstarter
website, a site which helps
authors, movie makers, artists, and other creative folks find funding for their projects, and I would love you to
go there, watch my short video, read about the project, and hopefully be inspired to throw a few bucks our way.
She is also an
author and a blogger at the www.milkmeg.com which of course we are
going to link too
on our
website.
See the post from the Official
Website for Breaking the Vicious Cycle and Specific Carbohydrate Diet, NUTS — BLANCHED OR UNBLANCHED: Elaine Gottschall,
author of Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet: «For lots of information
on nuts and the very beneficial effects of almonds see
Going Nuts!
One
website stated that the
author had a severe case of candida and did the Coconut Detox and experienced «the most horrible healing crisis to date, I experienced vomiting, diarrhea, racing heart, shivering, severe bouts of pain, massive insomnia and severe anxiety» and
went on further to say «I imagine a heroin withdrawal to be like this».
You can join the discussion using her
website's Book Club Guide page and subscribe by email to keep up with the latest
goings -
on with the
author.
Author Sue has also created a fantastic
website, www.roadschooldiary.co.uk, with information
on where to
go, what to do with kids there, how to develop their learning, and tips & advice from a pro-road-schooler - well worth a visit when you plan your own trip.
When I
go to the trouble of visiting somebody's
website (especially if it takes a long time to load) and there's nothing but the same stuff that's
on his Amazon
author page, I'm definitely turned off.
But the ability to market your book, and market it digitally, is necessary territory... even if you
go through a conventional publisher (who is unlikely to set up your
author website, ghost - blog
on your behalf in perpetuity or manage your social media accounts).
But the ability to market your book, and market it digitally, is necessary territory... even if you
go through a conventional publisher (who is unlikely to set up your
author website, ghost - blog
on your behalf in perpetuity or manage your
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.
While current
authors will continue to see the current version of the
website (if they are logged - in), new clients who start publishing with us in August will see the all new Outskirts Press
website, which will look like this
on their desktops when it
goes live:
The best advice I can give
on creating
author websites is to network, network, network from the get -
go.
Author photos
go on the back of your book's cover next to the About the
Author section, as well as
on your
website, social media profiles, and media kit.
Now that you've read this article, you'll have a lot of new information
on how to
go about creating and promoting an
author website which has traction and can secure your future success as a writer.
Read books about writing and books in your chosen genre,
go to writing classes, attend writers» workshops, look for writing tips
on authors»
websites, etc..
In my research of the program, I read numerous posts
on various
websites from
authors saying they were
going to take the «wait and see approach» to joining the KDP Select Program.
Go through your
author website to make sure all your links are live, your graphics have correctly coded alt - tags, and your title tags and metadata descriptions
on each page are optimized for relevant keywords.
If you are an
author and your book is
going to be temporarily free
on the Amazon, Kobo, and / or Barnes and Noble
websites, use this book submission form to get in touch; we will help you spread the word!
If they do not opt out, the review is published
on their
website and also
goes out to the various outlets, such as Ingram and other services that work with indie
authors.
I'm
going to publish a link for this
author on a
website that Firebrand built for her.
He runs the
website Selfpublisherbibel.de, which I've often mentioned
on this blog as the
go - to -
website for German self - published
authors.
If you are an
author with a mailing list or in the process of setting one up, it is a good idea to have a privacy policy listed
on your
website that details what you're
going to do with the personal information you collect.
Once you've decided
on the best font to suit your
author website, you must consider how you are
going to style it.
When you integrate your social networks into your
author website, you make it easier for those readers to stay in touch and plugged into the
goings -
on of your writing career.
I've heard other
authors mention that not only were they «
going wide», that is, selling
on platforms other than Amazon, they were also selling from their own
websites.
But if an
author like Stephen King acknowledges there «could be» mistakes in his books by having a page
on his
website to REPORT them, then what's so wrong about independent
authors having a book that they can IMPROVE and make BETTER as time
goes by?
Open Book Audio is a fine example, they do accept content from indie
authors but their
website looks like it was made in 1992 and they don't have any apps to listen to the books while
on the
go.
We will start with Day 1, July 31,
on Monday July 31 and building a Media Kit, Day 2 we dive into your Amazon sales page, Day 3 is Social Media Day,
on Day 4 we are
going to make a simple Book Trailer Video and Day 5 we learn about
Author Websites and Blogs.
Once I get more comfortable making videos, I'm
going to post an article called «How to make an
author website on WordPress in under one hour» and get a video of me making one from scratch.
Plus after you are no longer a debut
author, they feature your next releases
on their
website and in their enewsletter that
goes to 12,000 + members.
Self - hosting an
author website can be a great challenge for many
authors, that's why most people decide to start their careers easily and they
go ahead and create a site
on wordpress.com
Self - hosting an
author website can be a great challenge for many
authors, that's why most people decide to start their careers easily and they
go ahead and create a site
on wordpress.com If you are thinking about launching an
author...
Kindle for the Web also allows
Authors and Bloggers to embed samples of Kindle books
on their
websites, as shown above (
go ahead and try it out, it works pretty good; click the full - screen icon
on the top center of the widget).
If you own an Amazon Kindle and you'd love nothing better than to be able to read the entire Harry Potter collection while
on the
go, you're probably painfully aware that Harry Potter's
author, J.K. Rowling, has been holding out
on releasing her books in electronic format
on websites like Amazon or Barnes & Noble, choosing instead to release them via her own
website, Pottermore.
I'm
going to lean
on Mr. Patel's wisdom once more and offer an abridged list of his points for making a
website (or an
author blog):
While the two perspectives seem to be in contrast, they agree
on one point: whether you think
author websites are must - haves or time - sucks, if you're
going to have one, you better do it well.
According to an article
on the Dear
Author website, NYT best - selling New Adult author, Tammara Webber, eBook did not go live on B&N store regardless of the fact that it had been available at other reta
Author website, NYT best - selling New Adult
author, Tammara Webber, eBook did not go live on B&N store regardless of the fact that it had been available at other reta
author, Tammara Webber, eBook did not
go live
on B&N store regardless of the fact that it had been available at other retailers.
Every big name
author who writes bestselling books has a
website / blog where people can
go when they search for that
author on Google.
Question: What's the first page you
go to
on a new
author's website: About The Author, Book List, Contact Page, or
author's
website: About The
Author, Book List, Contact Page, or
Author, Book List, Contact Page, or Blog?
What I'm not
going to cover is how to literally
go about building a
website (there are other, better resources out there
on that), but rather what
authors should think about as they build one.
Blogging is a way to keep your
author website fresh, to engage your readers, and to update friends and fans about the
goings -
on of your life.
Not 15 minutes of fame, but 45 minutes for me today, as my recent interview with the
author and entrepreneur Joanna Penn
goes live
on her fabulous Creative Penn
website.
-LCB- April 2016 UPDATE: This list has now been updated and enhanced, so
go check out Top 50
Websites for Indie
Authors on the blog. -RCB-
Many
authors go directly to a book fair's
website and see the cost to have their own booth and it is extremely cost - prohibitive, not to mention it will not bring the return
on investment that a new
author is looking for.
Even if an
author has a great
website, it doesn't hurt to have a commitment to continuous improvement in the URL department, because what
goes on with the web is so very dynamic at any given point in time.
Do you have any «
go - to» articles
on building an
Author Website?
If you want more information
on what
goes into building a professional
author website, contact Author
author website, contact
Author Author Media.
I should be able to type in your
author name
on Google and have a place to
go (your
website).