An author website that actually attracts readers

A page built for readers to find you

Your author website is built into Cabins Press: bio, books, and links, live on your own custom domain rather than a generic subdomain. It's meant to go up in minutes rather than needing a web designer or a separate site builder.

A custom domain matters for how a reader finds and remembers you. A site living at your own name, rather than tacked onto someone else's platform address, is the one a reader can find again months later, put on a bookmark, or hand to a friend without a string of extra characters attached.

The bio, the books, and the links are the three things nearly every reader who lands on an author's site is actually looking for: who wrote this, what else have they written, and where can I go next. Having all three set up and live in minutes means that answer is ready the first time a reader arrives, not weeks later once a site finally gets built.

A store on the same site

The same website carries your store, so a reader who lands on your site can buy directly there instead of clicking away to a different page to complete a purchase. Pre-release support means you can open the store before your book is actually out, instead of waiting until publication day to give readers a way to buy.

A reader who has just read your bio and looked through your books does not have to leave that page to become a buyer. The site, the books, and the way to buy them sit together, which is the difference between a site that only introduces you and a site that can also close the sale.

Set up for Goodreads

Cabins Press provides the data you need to set up your Goodreads author and book pages, so you have what those pages ask for without hunting the details down yourself from your own records. Goodreads is often where a reader checks before buying, so having your author and book pages set up properly matters as much as the site itself.

Rather than treating your own site and your Goodreads presence as two separate projects, the data that fills out your Goodreads pages comes from the same details already sitting behind your author website, so setting one up helps you set up the other.

A blog and the numbers behind it

A built-in blog lives on the same site, so you can post updates without adding a separate blogging tool or a separate login to manage. Built-in site metrics show how the site and its pages are doing, so you can see whether a post or a page is bringing readers in without connecting a separate analytics tool and learning how to read it.

A blog post about a new release, a cover reveal, or an event can sit right next to the books and the store on the same domain, so a reader who arrives from a search or a link finds the whole picture, the writing, the backlist, and a way to buy, in one place rather than being routed between a blog on one address and a storefront on another.

Taken together, the website, the store, the blog, and the metrics behind them all live under the one domain and the one account, so the parts of an author's online presence that usually live on three or four different services live on one instead.

• Bio, books, and links on your own custom domain
• A store built into the same site, with pre-release support
• The data needed to set up your Goodreads author and book pages
• A built-in blog
• Built-in site metrics

Frequently asked questions

Can I use my own domain?

Yes. Your author website supports a custom domain instead of a generic subdomain.

Can I sell books from my website?

Yes. The same website carries a store, with pre-release support so you can open it before your book is actually out.

Does it help with Goodreads?

Cabins Press gives you the data needed to set up your Goodreads author and book pages, so you are not tracking those details down on your own.

Do I need a separate blog or analytics tool?

No. The site includes a built-in blog and built-in site metrics, so posting updates and seeing how your pages are doing do not require separate tools.