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Ankari

Hero Breaker
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Just started making my author site. Fortunately, I have a unique name so nabbing the domain was easy. Please share any tips anyone may have to making a killer author site.

Rudimentary site can be found at www.kassanwarrad.com
 

skip.knox

toujours gai, archie
Moderator
For a killer website, first decide who you want to kill.

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Tongue is only partially in-cheek there. It really is important to decide what function or role the website will play in your overall marketing. Certainly it's a place to announce new books and provide links to buying current books. It can be a place for news about appearances and events. It can also be a kind of world reference, a place to read more about the world(s) of your books.

But you should be clear about the role. It should be obvious from the start. Those who write multiple books a year will probably want to focus on releases--wip, cover reveal, sales, actual release, maybe reviews. I get a book written only sporadically, so it would be a mistake to make that the focus. Instead, I treat altearth.net as a kind of resource for further reading.

I can tell you this much: keeping a website (blog, etc) at all up-to-date gets burdensome over time. You can probably get away with simply showing your publications, making links to purchase, and an About Me page, and call it a day.
 
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