In the survey taken in January, 2013, 6.6 percent of readers named Amazon as the source of discovery; 5 percent named Goodreads; 4 percent
named author websites, and only 0.8 percent named Google.
I realize that
naming your author website and then snagging the right domain name isn't always as simple as just purchasing the URL for your name, though.
Not exact matches
Others, including Eric Reyes and Whitney Walker,
authors of The Perfect Baby
Name and its accompanying website www.theperfectbabyname.com, take their services one step further and can be retained as baby - name consultants for a
Name and its accompanying
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name consultants for a
name consultants for a fee.
Farm It Out Fortunately for parents who are grappling to choose the perfect
name, Satran and other
authors offer comprehensive books and interactive
websites that can make the
name - selection process easier.
My
name is Mike Geary and I'm the owner and
author of TruthAboutAbs.com and several other popular fitness and health
websites.
Scotland About Blog This is the Official
Website of Joanne Rowling, who writes under the pen
names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, film and television producer, screenwriter and philanthropist, best known as the
author of the Harry Potter fantasy series.
Mr. Wade is also an
author, dating expert, and the Founder of SeekingMillionaire.com the largest millionaire matchmaking site, WhatsYourPrice.com the first
name your price dating
website, and MissTravel.com the first travel dating
website where beautiful people fly free.
Charlotte Hilton Andersen is the
author of the book The Great Fitness Experiment: One Year of Trying Everything and runs the popular health and fitness
website of the same
name, where she tries out a new workout every month, specializing...
You won't build an effective
author brand if your Facebook page is «HorrorWriter666» and your
website is
named «myadventuresinwriting.com.»
Don't let the
name fool you, this is more than just some video training, The
Author Academy has everything you need to succeed as an author, from professional book covers, a stock photo database, website templates, interior book layout templates to just name
Author Academy has everything you need to succeed as an
author, from professional book covers, a stock photo database, website templates, interior book layout templates to just name
author, from professional book covers, a stock photo database,
website templates, interior book layout templates to just
name a few.
Authors need to use email addresses that match the domain
name of their
website.
Hackers have been injecting links to external
websites in the book's title or in the field reserved for the
name of the
author, or in both.
Just as you would sign up for a social media platform like Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, you have to set up your blog, which includes your domain
name and hosting platform for your
author website.
I have a question about
author websites (with a domain in the
author's
name) versus having a book landing page on a site that is the
author's site but is not in the
author's
name.
Ideally, you should
name your
website with your
author name (so it's easy to find).
On the title page and copyright notice, the
names of the publisher and
authors should become clickable links pointing to the relevant parties»
websites.
At last, Santiago received an email from an Amazon employee
named Harm J., who said, «We can not post your Customer Review for (book title deleted by Santiago) by (
author name deleted by Santiago) to the Amazon
website because your account activity indicates that you know the
author.»
It's something that more and more experts are now suggesting — that we have an
author named website — a place where our growing fanbase and readership can find us, and our books, and it's still okay to hold a blog covering our writing journey.
Book Country, the Penguin
name and logo, and other
names, trademarks and logos appearing on the
Website, are trademarks owned by Book Country LLC,
Author Solutions or other third parties.
However, just as we want an
author website with our
name, and not just a
website with our book or series title, we want a tagline that applies in all situations.
Many thanks to the Edition Guard blog, which
named us one of 17 Great Indie
Author Websites to follow.
If Harlequin removes its
name from Horizons, stops promoting Horizons on its
website and its rejection letters, and stops suggesting that Horizons
authors have a shot at becoming Harlequin
authors, then will you acknowledge it?
You maintain full control of your
author website and domain
name.
Claim your URL, post a bit of information that directs readers to the
websites where you are most active, and ensure that this essential piece of your
author platform belongs to you — and not someone else who happens to have the same
name.
And congrats on your recent news: being
named one of 17 Great Indie
Author Websites to follow.
Users can hide behind their screen
names, which of course leads to fake accounts, trolls, and now
websites that «out»
authors and reviewers!
For example, right now I help
authors pick book
names, choose an url for their
website, and get them started toward building an
author platform and marketing their books.
Enter your book information such as title, subtitle (optional),
author name,
website URL and any other text for the cover.
Domain
name: Getting an official domain
name is your first step and a crucial one when setting up your
author website.
Self Hosted
Website: Leading on from purchasing your own distinct professional author domain name, is having your website
Website: Leading on from purchasing your own distinct professional
author domain
name, is having your
website website hosted.
Some fora allow you to add a link after your
name which can go back to your
website or even the amazon store listing for your book or
author central page.
Generally, yes, you should list all your books on your Amazon
author page, at your
website, etc., unless you are writing under different
names.
You need a
website that you control, that has your
author name as your domain
name, and that you use to host your blog.
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Name For Your Author Website from Writer's Relief: One of the first — and most important — things to do when creating your author website is to choose a domain name (also called a U
Name For Your
Author Website from Writer's Relief: One of the first — and most important — things to do when creating your author website is to choose a domain name (also called a
Author Website from Writer's Relief: One of the first — and most important — things to do when creating your author website is to choose a domain name (also called
Website from Writer's Relief: One of the first — and most important — things to do when creating your
author website is to choose a domain name (also called a
author website is to choose a domain name (also called
website is to choose a domain
name (also called a U
name (also called a URL).
Claim your domain
name for your
author website.
Have them write down the
name of the book, the release date and a link to the
author's
website in a Word doc, so that you can easily turn it into a blog post.
I avoided to publish the
names of those who paid for my book marketing services, because you can see these
authors by yourself, browsing the categories of this
website, above all book reviews, books added to an Italian library and press releases.
For my
author website and blog, Majanka Verstraete (which is weird to say because it's my
name), I wanted to design a different front page than the rest of the pages.
BookLogix will work with
author to obtain correct
website domains in book title and also in
author's
name as needed.
If you have your own
author site and your own point of sale (POS), would - be customers should be able to find your work either by searching for your
name, which will lead to your
website, which should have links to the POS for each of your works, or by searching for titles directly, which should lead to the POS for that work, which should also include a link back to your
author site.
The
website StopTheGRBullies.com lists updates with Goodreads users by
name as well as screen shots of some of the comments that have been made about
authors personally, and not just about their books.
We can not post your Customer Review for (book title deleted) by (
author name deleted) to the Amazon
website because your account activity indicates that you know the
author.
And then, at some point I'll have to re-design my
author website, still under my
name, but with a branding that allows for more than thrillers.
I saw on your
website that you are accepting submissions, and feel that this novel is similar to < Insert a Title or
Author Name that relates to this agent or publisher >.
To be Googleable, our
name has to be unique enough for us to grab the digital real estate for it (
website domain
name and social media accounts), but adding books or
author to the end are valid ways to make it unique.
«I wrote The Freak Factor and
named my
website that because I learned from an early age that I was not normal,» Dave Rendall,
author and speaker, explains.
And last but not least, I recommend you reduce your
website header with the large cover, down to a normal
website header size and put more emphasis on your
author name.
What I mean is, I don't even realise the books I'm looking at are self - published until I visit the
author's
website or scroll down on Amazon to see the publisher's
name.
The cost of domain
names,
website design, and hosting are now affordable for any
author and there is no reason why they should not have their own sites.
After getting web - hosting and a domain
name, you need to think about
author website templates.