An author website has three jobs: tell visitors who you are, show each book with a description and buying links, and give readers a reason to join your email list. We plan every page around those jobs rather than filling the site with clutter.
Your site is designed to match your covers and genre, built to load quickly on phones, and set up so you can add a new book, event or blog post yourself without calling a developer.
Read the full overview on our Author Website Design services page.
Nothing moves to the next stage without your approval, and the work remains yours.
Home, about and contact pages
A page for each book with buying links
Email signup integration
Mobile and speed optimisation
On-page SEO setup
Domain, hosting and analytics setup
A short guide to updating the site
We talk about your books, readers and goals, and agree the pages and features your site needs.
Our designers create a home page concept that matches your covers, genre and author brand.
We build the full site, add your content and books, and refine it with your feedback.
We connect your domain, test every page on phones and desktop, and show you how to update it.
Here is what you gain when your book is handled by a specialist marketing team at Potter Publishers, working alongside editors, designers and publishing specialists under one roof.
LIVE CHATWe start with your goals, your genre and your budget, then focus on the channels where your readers actually discover books.
Retailer listings, author pages and early reviews are prepared before spending on advertising, so every dollar works harder.
Campaigns are tracked and reviewed, so you can see what is working and adjust instead of repeating what is not.
Good marketing continues after release, with promotions, seasonal campaigns and series planning that keep your book visible.
We edit and proofread in Australian English by default for Australian authors (colour, organise, travelled), and can switch to US or UK spelling if your book targets those readers.
In Australia, ISBNs are issued by Thorpe-Bowker. We help you buy and register them in your own name or your imprint's, so you are the publisher of record.
Australian legal deposit generally requires published books to be deposited with the National Library of Australia and the relevant state library. We include this in your publishing checklist. For Tasmania authors, the state library is Libraries Tasmania.
Quotes for Australian authors are confirmed in writing, including the currency, before any work begins. The main price factors are:
We are a full-service publishing team for independent authors in Australia and the United States. Writers, editors, designers and marketers work together on your book, so every stage connects and nothing is lost between suppliers.
Tell us about your manuscript and we will send a written plan and quote within 48 hours.
Ready to talk about your book? Contact us or request a quote above.
A custom home page, author bio, a page for each book with buying links, email signup integration, on-page SEO, mobile optimisation, launch support and a guide to updating your site.
Yes. A website is the one place online you fully control. Social platforms change their rules and reach, while your site and email list stay yours.
Yes. Our listed address is Level 4 Part, 116 Bathurst Street, Hobart TAS 7000, and we also work with authors by video call, phone and email, scheduled in AEST/AEDT (Tasmanian time).
We edit and proofread in Australian English by default for Australian authors (colour, organise, travelled), and can switch to US or UK spelling if your book targets those readers.
