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Of all the supplemental marketing tools available to authors, a professionally designed and information-packed website is one of the most valuable.
The publicity team at Phenix & Phenix strongly recommends that all authors have a website up and running months before their official book release and the start of their publicity campaign. Building and maintaining a brand online can gain you early followers, and ensure that readers, the media, bookstore buyers and book reviewers can quickly find more information about you and your book as needed.
BookPros works with web design specialists to provide comprehensive websites that include every aspect a new or established author needs for a complete online presence. Each website mirrors the design of the book and contains seven unique pages: home page with embedded blog, about the author/about the book, book excerpt, purchase page with shopping cart, media, events and contact information.
The purchase page is an important and exciting aspect of the website, as it allows every author to sell books directly, without any hassle. Our websites are designed to be compatible with our third-party warehouse in Austin. Once your books arrive from the printer and are available in the warehouse, they can be ordered online from your site and shipped directly from the warehouse. There is no need for you to do any shipping or handling yourself—just sit back and collect the sales.
Check out some of our current author websites:
http://www.michaeljaco.com/
http://www.authorjohnwalker.com/
http://www.mjchildrensbooks.com/
Interested in working with us? Please fill out our free book analysis form. Once we receive the form, a staff member will get in touch with you to discuss the next steps in the process.
Web designers incorporate a book's cover art into the theme of the website to create an effective marketing tool.
The design of this site is in keeping with the design of the book itself, and its simplicity helps focus attention on the author's message.
Links to purchase the book through online retailers such as Amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.com make this website an effective sales tool for the author.
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