Books guide

Build a simple author website readers can use

Set up a clean author website with the five pages readers look for, your own domain, a sign-up form and the UK privacy basics in place.

Estimated time: 3–5 hoursUpdated: 1 October 2026

Use this guide if you have a book out or coming soon and want one place to send readers, bookshops and event organisers. Have your author photo, a short bio, cover images and book descriptions ready.

Step by step

  1. Plan the five essential pages

    Most author sites only need Home, Books, About, Events or News, and Contact. Write the home page first: one sentence on what you write, your latest book with its cover and buy links, and a sign-up box for your mailing list. If you have time for nothing else, a single page with these elements is better than no site.

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