Websites For Authors – How Much Does An Author Website Cost?
We have no set prices. The cost of your site depends on its size and complexity. We quote individually, based on your brief.
Below is a rough guide to our prices.
Author Websites – From £750
The entry point for all our website design services is a simple author website suitable for a newly published author. A website is likely to be your most important book marketing tool. If you have a limited budget, you must prioritise your website over all other marketing tools. It’s a central location on the web where people can find you and where you can say exactly what you want to say about yourself and your books.
For authors with many published books, we recommend a book catalogue feature where your book covers are displayed in a grid and clicking on a cover leads to the book page with more details and buy links.
Complete Author Website Management Service
We can set up your site so you can edit the content yourself.
But if you have limited technical skills or are simply time-poor, you can use our website content management service where we look after your site and its content for you. We aim to be your personal webmaster, allowing you to concentrate on your writing.
Author Website Marketing Enhancements
Once your website is up and running, you must consider how you will promote it and attract more visitors. The recommended author website marketing tools are:
– Blogging (to encourage more visitors from Google and to provide ongoing articles of interest to your target audience)
– Mailing list creation (encourage visitors to your website to sign up for your mailing list so you can send out regular newsletters containing details of new books, articles of interest, special offers and ‘freebies’ – see below).
– Freebies in return for email addresses (freebies, such as a free book or chapter, are a good way of encouraging visitors to sign up for your mailing list)
These marketing tools can be included in your website design package or can be added at a later date.
The best ‘free’ marketing is to use Social Media to promote our work, such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. We can advise on the best social media sites for authors.
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.
If you require a website that you can edit yourself, you should add £95 to the cost (to include full documenation, training videos and ongoing content editing email support).
If you are interested in any of our services, please complete our Free Quote Form form so we can confirm the cost of your site or call 07550017717.
1. Basic Author Website Design Service (WordPress Website)
- Well-designed WordPress author website.
- Up to 7 pages (e.g. home, about, book, reviews events, media, contact).
- Fully responsive (viewable on all screen sizes).
- Standard Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) measures
- Buy links to online retailers
- Suitable for a newly published author (one or two books)
2. Website Design including Integrated Blog
- All option 1 features
- Integrated blog
- Optional blog search facility
- Optional subscriber blog notifications
- Book catalogue (if you have published few books)
- Suitable for an established author with a small back catalogue of published books (three to ten books books)
3. Website, Blog and Mailing List Set Up
- All option 1 & 2 features
- Set up of Mailing List Management account.
- Creation of Subcribers List
- Set up of Newsletter template.
- Optional Newsletter posting service also available.
- Websites that include a non-standard page design or use of graphics (provided by your graphic designer) may also come under this price band.
4. Website, Blog, Mailing List & Givaway Feature
- All option 1, 2 and 3 features
- Set up automation which sends visitors a free give when they sign up for your mailing list.
- Includes set up of BookFunnel account to facilitate sending your free gift in a variety of formats
- Suitable for an established author with a large back catalogue of published books (10 plus books)
Your yearly ongoing costs
Hosting & Support
All our author websites include software updates, technical support, and advice for the first year.
From year two, hosting and support renewals start at £150 per year, depending on your website’s size and complexity.
Domain Name Renewal
Your domain name must be renewed annually, typically costing £20–£30 per year.
Website Updates
You may wish to add new books, reviews, blog posts, news, or event information from time to time.
Most authors use our content update service, for which we recommend allowing a budget of around £60 per year, depending on the amount of work required.
Alternatively, you can choose a self-editable website (an extra design charge of £95) and manage updates yourself if you are comfortable doing so. We do not recommned self-editable websites for those with limited technical skills. Most of our authors use our content update service.
Premium Plugins
If you opt for premium (non-standard) plugins, there may be additional annual subscriptions to pay for. For example, our ultra-reliable contact form plugin is £15 per year.
Optional Extras
In addition to our basic website design and marketing enhancements packages (blogs and mailing list set-up), we also offer a variety of optional extras. Here are a few.
3-D book graphics
Book catalogues
Image sliders
Image carousels
Image galleries
Video
Audio
Full-screen banner images
Contact forms
Ebook cover design
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.