author website template
birdie Mcbraeden
$727
You can spot a writer who loves what they do right away. The Birdie McBraeden Template was created to match that joyful energy. A bright and welcoming Showit author website template that gives you a space to celebrate your books, share your voice, and invite readers into your world in a way that feels authentic and uplifting.
Includes 15+ pages
Built by a web designer
completely customizable
Drag & Drop platform
No coding required!
responsive mobile design
designed to converT
amazing showit support team
syncs with wordpress blogs
built in seo tools
building a website
an author platform.
You’re building
Polished enough to make you look established and flexible enough to make it completely yours. Azalea Alcott Author Template gives you a beautiful, strategic foundation that can grow with you, from your first book to your fiftieth.
And because it's already designed for you as an author, you don't have to spend your precious writing time staring at a blank screen wondering where to begin.
No coding. No starting from scratch. No sacrificing your weekend to learn web design. Instead, you’ll have a page-by-page tutorial video from me, the designer, walking you through the template. Plus, you’ll have access to a video tutorial library so you’ll know how to make edits and updates as your career grows.
structure, strategy, and design included
pages this template includes:
Your purchase of the Birdie McBraeden Author template includes all of the pages below as well as the Single Page version of the template! Customize and fine-tune them to meet any need your website might have. Plus, you can duplicate sections (and entire pages) to add as many pages to your website as you need! This Showit website template is made to support your growth.
This template has it all
No Need To Worry About What Comes Next.
All Template Purchases Include:
pre-launch Guide
A guide to walk you through a successful website launch with a focus on growth!
Showit tutorial library
Video and written tutorials gathered together to help you customize with confidence.
seo checklist
A checklist of best practices to set up SEO on your new Showit website.
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How It Works
Your new author website, and it’s simpler than you think.
Choose Your Author Website Template
Peruse our purposefully built author website templates and chose the one that feels the most like the author brand you’re building. (Psst: Sign up to get the discount code before purchasing.)
Install Your Showit Template
Follow the instructions sent to your email upon purchasing. These will walk you through how to install your new author website template. (Psst: Use this link to save a little money and get 30 free days of Showit.)
Follow Your Video Tutorial
Your website template purchase comes with an in-depth, page-by-page tutorial video. This tutorial (as well as those in the tutorial library) help you learn how to edit and customize your new website.
Customize Your Site
Showit makes customizing your new website so easy! Drag and drop your brand colors and fonts, your images, your book purchase links and more. The author website template structures the design, and you make it unique.
Launch with Confidence
The SEO Guide and Pre-Launch Checklist included in your template purchase give your site a strong foundation. Then, Showit walks you through connecting your domain so you can launch and celebrate!
Turn Your Marketing Into Momentum
These author website templates are structurally designed to support your marketing goals. Now your author website can get to work building your audience, your platform, and your career.
showit makes it simple
Why Showit Is The Best Platform For Your Author Website
So Easy To Customize
I've worked on websites on every major platform, and none make websites as easy to change and modify as Showit. You can drag and drop photos, text, and videos wherever you want on your website - no guides, no restrictions, no headaches.
Designed With SEO In Mind
The key to traffic is to be easily found by readers and robots. I’ve taken care of great design and Showit has made great SEO possible. Everything you need to be found by Google and other search engines.
Attention To Mobile Design
Unlike other website platforms, Showit allows you to design your mobile site independently of your desktop design. That means the author template you purchased looks incredible no matter what tech readers are using.
Birdie McBraeden Author Template Is For You If:
You're writing, building a readership, and you’re ready for your online presence to grow with you.
You have books to share, stories to tell, and a personality you want your website to capture.
You’re showing up on social media and want a beautiful home base where readers can discover more of your work.
You want to make it easy for readers to explore your books, join your email list, and stay connected.
Your author brand has a distinct personality, and you want a website that feels authentic, polished, and completely you.
You’re building a growing career and want a website that can grow, evolve, and cheer you on along the way.
You're writing, building a readership, and you’re ready for your online presence to grow with you.
You have books to share, stories to tell, and a personality you want your website to capture.
You’re showing up on social media and want a beautiful home base where readers can discover more of your work.
You want to make it easy for readers to explore your books, join your email list, and stay connected.
Your author brand has a distinct personality, and you want a website that feels authentic, polished, and completely you.
You’re building a growing career and want a website that can grow, evolve, and cheer you on along the way.
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Is Showit a good website builder for author websites?
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.
Do authors need a website?
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.
What pages should an author website have?
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.
Can an author website help with book marketing?
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.
Do you offer refunds if I change my mind later?
Because this is a digital product, I do not offer any refunds or exchanges.
You can read the full Refund and Purchasing Policy here. By purchasing a website template you agree to the terms and conditions of this website and sale.
Can I add multiple books to an author website template?
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 blog on a Showit author website?
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!
Is Showit good for SEO?
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.
Can I customize a Showit template?
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.
Do I need to know how to code to use 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!
Can I use my own domain with Showit?
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!
Can I use my own domain with Showit?
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!
What is included with the birdie mcbraeden Showit template?
The Birdie McBraeden Author Website Template includes 15+ professionally designed pages created specifically with authors in mind, including Home, About, Books, Book Info, Events, Contact, Resources, Press, Media Kit, Coming Soon, and Blog. You'll also receive the Single Page version, pre-launch guide, tutorial library, and SEO checklist.
What happens after I buy the birdie mcbraeden template?
Once you purchase Birdie McBraeden you'll receive everything you need to get started right away. You'll install the template in your Showit account using the included Share Key, then customize the design with your own photos, book covers, copy, colors, fonts, and links. You'll also have access to the included tutorials, pre-launch guide, and SEO checklist to help you get your website ready to launch.
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