Author Websites

Why have an author website?

With an author website, you can promote your books and author brand exactly how you want, working to establish your authority and credibility as an author among the crowd. Author websites give you as an author a dedicated platform to connect with your readers and showcase your work in real time, while even giving you the option to market and self-sell your books directly to readers.

Self-published authors in particular benefit significantly from having an author website. As a self-published author, you have to work harder for your book to be recognised, so having an author website is a powerful marketing tool to have under your belt. You can use it to not only showcase your books, but to also keep you in the minds’ your readership through blogging, newsletter subscriptions, and more. A dedicated author website also lets you view your analytics and website traffic and help inform your marketing efforts.

What Green Hill can do for you

Having a professionally designed author website will elevate the perceived quality of your work and your author brand, and Green Hill can offer just that. Green Hill Publishing can host, design, build, and maintain your author website at a competitive rate exclusively using the WordPress platform, a fully scalable web solution that gives its users the power to build websites that are fit for purpose no matter what your requirements. 

With WordPress, you will have control over functions and costs. Our developers and designers will build an author website that can scale or change direction (with further development) in any way you want.

Professional Author Website

What is included in the Professional Author Website Package?

  • Website construction with 4 pages or sections on landing page:
    1. Blog page (up to 3 initial blog posts included)
    2. Books
    3. About the author
    4. Contact form
  • Website design based on book design for author brand consistency
  • Header and footer design for optimum navigation
  • Unique URL chosen by you and hosted by Green Hill (registered for 1 year)
  • Sales link to retailer of choice for book purchases
  • Social media links
  • Responsive design for desktop, laptop, table, and mobile
  • Training document so you can confidently navigate your website
  • On-going yearly support included in monthly website hosting fee

Who is the Professional Author Website Package for?

The Professional Author Website Package is our basic WordPress Website development offering for authors wanting to establish their credibility as a professional author.

This package is most suited to authors who are looking for a basic platform they have creative control over their author platform to promote their books and blog, presenting as a professional author to their readers and thus helping to solidify the authority of their author brand. 

    Ready to get your author website started?

    Additional items for the Professional Author Website Package

    All additional items are costed at an hourly rate of $110 GST inc. Talk to your website project manager if you’re interested in any of these extra services and they will draw-up a quote prior to any extra work being commenced.

    Flipbook

    An interractive way to showcase a sample of your book’s interior. Great for those with highly-designed books or interesting visuals, such as:

    • Childrens books
    • Cookbooks
    • Business books
    • Photography books

    Social Media Integration

    A step-up from our standard social media buttons, social media integration allows you to show a live feed of one of your social media accounts on your website. This is an effective way of linking your author platforms together without the hassle of uploading content twice.

    Booking Calendar

    A helpful way to let your clients book in events direclty through your author website. Useful for authors who offer services like workshops and school events.

    Additional page or section

    Have an idea for a specialised page in your website or section within your landing page that we don’t have listed in our offerings? Maybe you want to add an extra page that is listed on the Deluxe Author Website Package. It may still be possible to get us to build it on your website as an additional item.

    Deluxe Author Website

    What is included in the Deluxe Author Website Package?

    • Website construction with 10 pages or sections on landing page:
      1. Blog pages (up to 3 initial blog posts included)
      2. Books
      3. eCommerce pages
      4. Product pages (up to 3 included)
      5. Media kit
      6. About the author
      7. Image gallery (up to 10 images included)
      8. Video gallery (up to 5 video links included)
      9. Contact form
      10. Subscription newsletter set-up
    • Website design based on book design for author brand consistency
    • Header and footer design for optimum navigation
    • Unique URL chosen by you hosted by Green Hill (registered for 1 year)
    • Search engine optimisation (SEO)
    • Basic user analytics
    • Social media links
    • Flipbook of one book
    • Automated newsletter updates for blog post as they publish
    • WooCommerce selling functionality through Stripe integration
    • Responsive design for desktop, laptop, table, and mobile
    • One-on-one training session and training document so you can confidently navigate your website
    • On-going yearly support included in monthly website hosting fee

    Who is the Deluxe Author Website Package for?

    The Deluxe Author Website Package is our value-packed WordPress Website development offering for authors who are looking to enhance their marketing efforts and get the most from their book sales. 

    This package is most suited to authors wanting to cut out the retailer and self-sell their books and reap the benefit. Authors interested in this package would also be looking to have full creative control over their author brand and open up more avenues of interraction with their readership, helping to create a loyal following.

    Ready to get your author website started?

    Additional items for the Deluxe Author Website Package

    All additional items are costed at an hourly rate of $110 GST inc. Talk to your website project manager if you’re interested in any of these extra services and they will draw-up a quote prior to any extra work being commenced.

    Additional Flipbook

    While there is a flipbook included in our Deluxe Author Website package, authors who have more than one book may want to show-off the interiors of each of their books. 

    Social Media Integration

    A step-up from our standard social media buttons, social media integration allows you to show a live feed of one of your social media accounts on your website. This is an effective way of linking your author platforms together without the hassle of uploading content twice.

    Booking Calendar

    A helpful way to let your clients book in events direclty through your author website. Useful for authors who offer services like workshops and school events.

    Additional page or section

    Have an idea for a specialised page in your website or section within your landing page that we don’t have listed in our offerings? It may still be possible to get us to build it on your website as an additional item.