You need a website that gets noticed, works hard, and turns your marketing efforts into momentum. These designer-made templates give you a strategic infrastructure so you can launch quickly and confidently. And then, get right back to your writing.
SELL more BOOKS.
GROW your AUDIENCE.
BUILD your PLATFORM.
stop putting off your website
Pretty gets them in the door. Built-in strategy turns them into readers.
Newsletter sign-ups integrated into the experience. Dedicated book pages to increase organic SEO. Intentional placement of book purchase buttons. Opportunities to diversify your revenue streams. These author website templates are purposefully designed to convert visitors into readers.
They’re platform-building powerhouses.
Author websites that aren’t just pretty.
aimee kinssies
Emily has brought my brand to life! Simply put, she has a unique way of hearing her clients and bringing what's in their head to life, only better.
ashley erin
I went from a DIY mess to a polished and cohesive design that I absolutely love (and get compliments on all the time)!
heather farr
Even a year later, I am still consistently getting compliments on the branding and the website and ranking on the first page of Google for my market.
jayde j. smith
After finishing my new website, I booked my best year ever. I filled my calendar with ideal clients!
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It’s more than a website template
A step-by-step guide for how to set your author website up for success, including tutorials.
Author Website Guide
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Grow your email list by creating a freebie from this list of ideas of quality reader magnets.
Proven Reader Magnets
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Use the code to get your first 30 days free when you purchase your Showit plan.
Showit Discount
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A collection of designer-curated fonts and color palettes so you can design your brand.
Visual Brand Guide
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Resources to Get Your
Author Platform Up and Running
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A sophisticated, editorial Showit template for novelists worthy of the stories you're putting into the world.
beatrice hartwell template
A bright and welcoming Showit template to celebrate your books, in a way that feels authentic and uplifting.
birdie mcbraeden template
A refined, warm template that gives your words the space they deserve and the confidence to share them.
azalea alcott template
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Designer & Book Lover
Here to Help More Great Books Find Readers
A voracious reader since my first Nancy Drew in second grade and a graphic and web designer for over 10 years, I love having a small part in helping the author behind the book find success. Authors are underserved entrepreneurs. I can’t bear to see any more incredibly storytellers with dismal websites.
The website templates I design are made to bridge the gap between your literary worlds and the world of your business. My aim is for these author website templates that turn your online presence into an income by prioritizing gorgeous layouts with conversion-focused strategy.
When your readers are clamoring to share their love for your books and characters, give them original and aesthetic products to shop.
Merch Creation
Get professional, quality graphics that are unique to your latest book and audience. Together we’ll develop a scroll-stopping visual marketing campaign.
Marketing Campaign Graphics
Your words, your vision, and my design skills. Together we design a book cover that you and your readers love. Pricing is based on project and scope.
Book Cover Design
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frequently asked questions
A Showit author website template is a pre-designed website that gives you the structure, layouts, and design of a professionally created author website without having to build everything from scratch. My author templates are designed specifically for authors and include pages for showcasing your books, sharing your story, promoting events, growing your email list, blogging, and more.
What is a Showit author website template?
Yes. Showit is an excellent choice for authors who want a highly customizable, visually sophisticated website without needing to code. Its drag-and-drop editor gives you control over your site's design, while WordPress powers the blog functionality. Showit also includes tools for managing page-level SEO, so your website can be optimized for search.
Is Showit a good website builder for author websites?
If you're serious about building a long-term author career, having your own website gives you a central, professional home that you control. Social media can help readers discover you, but your website can bring everything together: your books, biography, newsletter, events, press, blog, contact information, and links to purchase your books. It's the place you can send readers no matter where they first discover you.
Do authors need a website?
A professional author website should make it easy for readers to discover your books, learn about you, connect with you, and stay up to date. Depending on your career, useful pages can include Home, About, Books, individual Book pages, Events, Contact, Press, Media Kit, Newsletter, Blog, and more. These author templates include 15+ thoughtfully designed pages so you don't have to figure out what your author website needs from scratch.
What pages should an author website have?
Yes. Your author website can become the home base for your book marketing. Instead of sending readers from Instagram to one link, podcast listeners to another, and event attendees somewhere else, your website gives all of your marketing efforts somewhere to land. You can showcase your books, collect email subscribers, share events and press, publish blog content, and give readers an easy next step.
Can an author website help with book marketing?
Absolutely. These author website templates are designed to grow with your author career. You can showcase your current books, add new titles as they're released, and create individual book pages with your cover, description, reviews, purchase links, and other information. Whether you're launching your debut or building a growing backlist, your website can evolve with you.
Can I add multiple books to an author website template?
Yes. Showit websites can have WordPress-powered blogs. Showit lets you design your blog's appearance using its visual editor, while WordPress handles your actual blog posts. That means you can have a beautifully designed author website and a full blogging platform working together. And, there are video tutorials to walk you through how to do all of it!
Can I blog on a Showit author website?
Yes. Showit gives you the tools you need to set up the foundational SEO elements of your website, including page titles, meta descriptions, URLs, indexing settings, headings, and image alt text. Your results will ultimately depend on your content, keyword strategy, links, and other SEO factors, but you can absolutely build an SEO-friendly author website on Showit.
Is Showit good for SEO?
Absolutely! These author website templates are a starting point, an infrastructure you can make your own. You can customize the colors, fonts, photos, copy, buttons, links, layouts, and more to make the site feel like your own author brand. You can also add, remove, duplicate, and rearrange sections as your website evolves.
Can I customize a Showit template?
Nope! You don't need to know how to code to customize these author website templates. Showit's visual, drag-and-drop editor lets you change your text, images, colors, fonts, layouts, and more without writing code. The whole point of starting with a template is that the design work has already been done—you get to make it yours. If you do want to add code to connect a newsletter or quiz, there's a video tutorial for that!
Do I need to know how to code to use a Showit template?
Yes! You can use your existing domain with Showit. You don't have to buy a brand-new domain just because you're moving to Showit. Your domain can remain registered with your current provider; you'll simply connect it to your Showit site by updating your DNS settings. And Showit makes it so easy to connect your domain to your new website!
