How Much Does an Author Website Cost?
Every website is quoted individually according to its size and complexity. The prices below are a guide.
Author Websites – From £800
A simple, professional website gives readers a central place to discover you, explore your books and find out where to buy them.
For authors with several books, we recommend a book catalogue: a grid of covers linking to individual pages with details and buy links.
Marketing Enhancements
Build your audience with:
- A blog – for news and articles related to your work.
- A mailing list – keep readers informed about new books, news and offers.
- A free book or sample chapter – encourage newsletter sign-ups.
These features can be included in your initial design or added later. We can also advise on using social media to promote your books and website.
Author Website Management
Edit your website yourself, or let us handle content updates for you—leaving you more time to write.
Sample Price Guides (2026)
We have set out sample author web design packages below. Your project may not fit neatly into one of our packages, so we always provide a quote based on your needs. Also check out the list of Optional Extras below the packages to see ways of enhancing how your website works.
If you want a website that you can edit yourself, add £100 to the cost (to include full documentation, training videos and ongoing content editing email support).
If you are interested in any of our services, please complete our Free Quote Form so we can confirm the cost of your site or call 07550017717.
Author Website Stardard Package £800
Suitable for a newly published author featuring one or two books:
✓ 5/6 pages
(eg: Home, About, Book 1, Book 2, News, Contact)
✓ Fully responsive, personalised design
✓ Social media integration (links to your social media pages)
✓ Buy links to online retailers
✓ Integrated SEO (standard search engine optimisation measures)
✓ Privacy notice
✓ Cookies notice
✓ Cookies pop-up consent
Price includes hosting and technical support for one year
Full content management service available.
Large Author Website £900 +
All standard package features but featuring 3-6 books
✓ 12 pages (including a page for each book)
(eg: Home, About, Books, News, Contact)
Price includes hosting and technical support for one year
Author Website with Book Catalogues £1000 +
Suitable for an author with a large back catalogue of books and/or one who regularly publishes new books
All standard package features but featuring many books. Final cost will depend on the number of books you wish to feature.
Price includes hosting and technical support for one year
Author Website - Advanced Marketing Package £1200 +
This package is for authors who want to boost their marketing effors using newsletter marketing. The package includes all of the Stardard Package features plus:
✓ MailerLite set up (to manage your mailing list subcribers)
✓ MailerLite form integration (add a mailing list sign up form to your website)
✓ Optional automation (send your sign up a free gift)
✓ Optional BookFunnel set up (send your free gift in a variety of formats)
✓ Sign up form 'landing page' (a dedicated form page for use on your social media accounts)
Price includes hosting and technical support for one year
Optional Extras
Alongside our website design and marketing enhancement packages, we offer a range of optional extras (prices on request). Here are some examples.
✓ Full content management service
✓ Blogs
✓ 3-D book graphics
✓ Domain name registration
✓ Image sliders
✓ Image carousels
✓ Image galleries
✓ Video
✓ Audio
✓ Full-screen banner images
✓ Contact forms
✓ Statistics
✓ Simple graphic creation
✓ Simple image manipulation
✓ Copywriting
✓ Advanced SEO using Yoast plugin
✓ Bespoke customisation of mobile app
If you have seen a feature on another site, send us the link and we will see if we can do something similar for you.
Author Website Yearly Renewal Fees
Hosting and support: from £150 per year (from year 2 onwards - included in design fee for year 1).