Author Websites that Sell Books!

Yes, you need to have a website as an author. This is a major part of being have to market, sell, promote, and scale yojur book and business. Here's some things to keep in mind when setting up or re-setting up your site coming from a Christian publishing company for indie authors.

1. Purchase your domain name from a place like GoDaddy. Owning your domain will make scaling or transitioning your website as you grow easier. This way any print material you release now accurate and consistent for forever.

2. Don't go with the cheap website hosting site. Iknow! I get it. You're not rich. Paying more tha$10 a month isn't something you want to do for real. Let me tell you why you need to anyway. And which hosting platform you need to get.

• Email capture through leads. You may not have learned to market your book. Where ever you go to learn marketing, they will ALL tell you to capture emails. You need to platform that will do this for you.

• Print on Demand direct sales from your website. This is the secret sauce for selling books. Cut out the middle man! It doesn' matter what you use to get your book online, you're making pennies per book. A print on demand API connected to your website will make you more money without having to bulk purchase, store, and ship yourself. Hosting sites like Wix are made to do this for you! For example .you can make $10 cash on a $15 childfren's book directly through your site.

This is just a little about setting up your author site to really make money. I recommend Wix above all other hosting sites because it easily integrates with platforms like Mailchimp (email capture) and Lulu Direct (print of demand). I hope this helps!