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.

You will also need Social Media Pages set up such as FaceBook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. We can advise on what you need to do.

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 £85 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.

Your Yearly Ongoing Costs

WordPress websites need to be looked after. All our web design packages for authors include website software updates and full technical support for one year. We are also here to give tips and advice on managing your website. If asked, we can also provide a full website design and content management service.

Renewal fees (from year 2 onwards for website hosting and ongoing technical support for your website) start at £135 per year.

You will also need to pay for the renewal of your domain name each year. This will vary depending on the name but usually between £18 and £30 per year.

Content updates – from time to time you will need to update your website with details of a new book, reviews, blog posts news, events and so on. If you plan to use our paid-for update service, you should allow a budget of say £60 per year for such updates depending on how often you update your site and exactly what needs doing. If you prefer, you can opt for a self-editable website and do any updates yourself. You do need to be technically able for this option. Most of our authors use our content update service.

If you opt for any premium plugins , there may be additional subcriptions to pay each year. 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.