Summa Nonfiction Author Website Template
A confident, results-driven website for nonfiction authors, coaches and speakers, that you own outright. Forty-five pages, from a book page with a tab for every format to reader teams, a free-chapter funnel, a shop, a media kit and legal pages, in light and dark mode, all edited from a simple dashboard without touching code.
- Built for authors who sell a framework: proof sits high on the page, with featured-in logos, results stats, reviews and a free-chapter signup that leads to the book.
- Every book gets a page with a tab for each format, its ISBN or ASIN, page count and publisher, and every place to buy it, plus a series reading order.
- A strong, disciplined look: a bold serif for headlines, a deep blue and gold palette, a switch between light and dark mode, and a hero ready for your own photo.
- Change any word or picture, add books, posts and events, and publish from a simple dashboard. Updates go live in seconds. No code.
- No plugins to update and nothing to hack. You own the code, the domain and every account.
Preview Summa Nonfiction
Choose a page, then scroll it. This is the template exactly as it ships, with its sample author.
Inside the template
- Home, About, Contact and Services
- The Books, a page for every book with format tabs, a series page and a book list with reading ticks
- New release launch with a countdown, a preorder page, an offer page, Coming Soon, Free Chapter and Subscribe
- Bonus Content, and signup pages for Alpha Readers, Beta Readers, ARC Readers and a Street Team
- Blog, plus Medium, Substack and Podcast pages, and Events
- Press, Media Kit, Portfolio, Reviews, Shop My Favorites and three gallery layouts
- Shop, Cart, Checkout and My Account, built and ready to connect to a payment provider
- Terms, Privacy, Cookies, EULA, Data Deletion, Security, Social and a 404 page
About Summa Nonfiction Author Website Template
Summa is for the author whose books are proof of a method: the business writer, the coach, the speaker whose readers become clients. It is direct and disciplined, with a bold serif for headlines, a deep blue and gold palette, and proof (featured-in outlets, results, reviews) high on every page.
Every word and picture is edited from a simple dashboard. Adding a book, a blog post or an event takes minutes, and your changes go live in seconds.
The forms and the shop are fully designed and built, but not connected. Forms check what visitors type and say plainly that nothing was sent until you connect them, and the shop takes no payments until you connect a payment provider. Connecting the forms to your email service is an add-on below, and I can quote for switching on real payments.
Good to know: the sample author, books, ISBNs, prices, quotes and statistics are placeholders, and the template ships without photographs. Use your own images and details on your site. Your license covers one website.
- In the boxThe complete template as an instant download
- Made inWebsite templates
- Price$990, paid once
Want help with it?
The template has everything you need to do it yourself. If you’d rather hand some of it over, add it to your cart with the template, or come back for it later.
- $500
Setup service
I put your template online for you, in your own GitHub, hosting and dashboard accounts, on your own domain, with your first three books entered. Done within a week of your intake form.
Ask a question about it → - $150 per service
Connect your forms
Newsletter, contact, freebie and reader team forms connected to the tools you use: MailerLite, Kit, Mailchimp, Airtable and more. Choose how many services to connect.
Ask a question about it → - from $500
Move your old site
Your books, posts and pages brought over from WordPress, Squarespace or Wix into your new dashboard. The cart takes the starting price. If your job needs more, I’ll quote the difference before I start.
Ask a question about it → - from $600
Book launch microsite
A one-book launch page with preorder links, an excerpt, ARC signup and a countdown to release day. The cart takes the starting price. If your job needs more, I’ll quote the difference before I start.
Ask a question about it → - $49 / month
Care plan: Essentials
Updates, security and uptime monitoring. Billed monthly; cancel any time.
Ask a question about it → - $129 / month
Care plan: Growth
Everything in Essentials, plus an hour of edits and new book pages each month. Billed monthly; cancel any time.
Ask a question about it → - $249 / month
Care plan: Launch partner
Everything in Growth, plus a launch microsite every year. Billed monthly; cancel any time.
Ask a question about it → - from $2,500
Fully custom design
Your own design from scratch, built around your books, brand and readers. The cart takes the starting price. If your job needs more, I’ll quote the difference before I start.
Ask a question about it →
Made by a writer.Bought once.Used the same day.Billed monthly.
You do not need another course about content. You need the page in front of you to stop being blank, and you need it to look like someone with taste made it.
Everything in the shop comes from the same desk: built for my own books, clients, and newsletters first, then cleaned up and put on the shelf.
How it works
Three steps, in this order, and then you are back at your desk.
- № 1
Pay once at checkout
Card or Apple Pay. Your account is made for you from the email you pay with.
- № 2
Get the link by email
Your download arrives as soon as the payment clears, and it stays in your account.
- № 3
Put it online
Follow the setup guide to launch it on your own domain and add your books from the dashboard. Or add the setup service and I’ll do it with you.
Questions, answered
What do I need to use this?
Free accounts with GitHub, Vercel and Sanity (the illustrated setup guide walks you through each one) and a domain name. No coding. Or add the setup service and I’ll do it all for you.
How do I get my files?
A download link is emailed to you right after checkout, and your files stay in your account.
Is this a subscription?
No. You pay once and the files are yours.
Something went wrong with my download.
Write to me with your order email and it gets sorted by a person.
