Create Your Perfect Author Website with HostingAuthors.com for Free

Just take a look at some of our live examples and see for yourself! You can do this with no website creation experience, but we can also do it for you.

Inform your prospect readers about your book with a detailed teaser as well as book video if you have one. See an example.

Establish social proof by proudly displaying your positive reviews and endorsements. See an example.

Prompt prospective readers to download/purchase your book by linking to popular retailers. See an example.

Let your readers know who you are. Display your photo and your author bio. See an example.

Answer the most commonly asked questions by your readers and provide even more teasers for your book. See an example.

Link to your press release, press kit, and display all links to your book in the media - text, audio, or video. See an example.

If you don't have a press release to link, we can write one for you and distribute it (at a discount) through PRWeb.

Each book page has a spam-free contact form to make it easy for the media and readers to contact you. See an example.

Paid packages allow for multiple book websites, and includes a main author website with links to the individual book sites. See an example.

Your author page will be linked to your social media accounts as well as Goodreads author profile, if you have one. The goal is maximum exposure.

Accent your book and/or author website with custom colors that perfectly match your book. You can also use one of our many color themes created by our web artists.

With any of our plans, you can always forward your domain to your hostingauthors.com book/author URL. With domain forwarding, the URL will switch over to display "hostingauthors.com." This is a secure domain which signals trust and security.

With any of our paid options, you can have your domain names attached to your book and/or author websites. This means that when someone enters your domain, it will continue to show in the browser's address bar. Many authors prefer this as it is more personalized and professional. You do need to purchase and register your own domain with the registrar of your choice... we do not provide domain names.

Here is an example book website using a custom domain: https://www.bobennett.com

This is the number of people, besides the account owner, who can have administrative access the book website(s) under the account. This is ideal for virtual assistants or webmasters who keep your websites up to date for you, or for your family member or friend who helps you with your "computer stuff."

If you have more than one book, or you simply want your own author page, HostingAuthors.com has the solution for you. Matching the same style as your book websites, the author page is the "hub" for your of your books. It is a great website to direct readers, especially if you plan on writing additional books in the future. See an example.

You can activate the mailing list feature for each of your books, or if you are using an author website, you can have one master mailing list for all of your books. HostingAuthors.com simply collects and verifies the addresses through an industry-compliant double-opt-in procedure. You can then download your list to use in your favorite mailing software. We also provide you with an "unsubscribe" link to include in your mailings that will remove readers from your list who no longer wish to be on the list.

We log "hits" to your pages (minus the annoying bots and search engines that don't count), the number of readers who subscribe to your mailing list, and the number of people who use the contact form. We present this in a visually simple and pleasing way! (Note: ignore the labels - these don't apply to hosting.)

If you have a paid account, you can replace the HostingAuthors.com logo with your own on your book and author website. If you don't have the capabilities to create this image from your book, we can do it for you.

Media links show up in the "Media" section of your website. If you are good at promoting, you may require lots of links!

To gather posted reviews, visit sites like Amazon, Goodreads, and Barnes and Noble, where people are most likely to leave reviews. Then, add the best of the best to your website. You can also add book endorsements here has well. You might know this guy...

This is the number of book websites you can manage under a single account. For packages that include multiple websites, the author can easily switch between accounts using a single login for all sites.

Readers ask questions about your book and about you, the author. Answer them using a "FAQ" section on your website if you think other readers might have the same questions and can benefit from the answers.

The "instant interview" is an automated interview for authors to discuss their books. The audio interview is conducted by a real person; it's just pre-recorded questions. You can then use this audio file on your book website in the "media" section as well as download the file and use it wherever you wish.

Have your own author blog attached to your author page. The author blog allows you the option to create an audio podcast complete with a valid RSS feed to submit to iTunes, Google, and more. We make it incredibly simple.

As of now, you are most likely referring readers to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or some other third-party website that is selling your book and keeping anywhere from 30% to 95% of selling price. How would you like to keep 100% of the selling price? You can do this with your own bookstore. You do need to have your merchant account either through AuthorizeNet or have a PayPal business account. With your own bookstore, you can sell your ebooks, audiobooks, and even your print books! With print books, you are responsible for order fulfillment (i.e., you ship the books to the customers from your location) but for the ebooks and audiobooks, we take care of order fulfillment and even handle any technical issues that the readers may have regarding their order. The Established Author plan is limited to 100 sales per month, and there is no limit for the Prolific Author plan.