Writerly Author Website Template
A fast, plugin-free author website you own outright. Forty-five pages, from book pages with every format and buy link to preorder and launch pages, reader team signups, bonus content, a media kit and a shop, with two home page designs, light and dark mode, and a simple dashboard for adding books, posts and events without touching code.
- Readers decide on your book page, so every book gets a page with a tab for each format, its ISBN, page count or narrator, and every place to buy it.
- No plugins to update, nothing to hack, and pages that load almost instantly.
- Add a new book, event or blog post from a simple dashboard. No code.
- Preorder and launch pages, a free-book page, bonus content, and alpha, beta, ARC and street team signups are ready on day one.
- You own the code, the domain and every account. No platform can lock you out.
Preview Writerly
Choose a page, then scroll it. This is the template exactly as it ships, with its sample author.
Inside the template
- Home, in two designs: Editorial and Classic
- The Books, a page for every book with format tabs, and a printable reading-order list
- New release launch, sale, Coming Soon, free book and Subscribe pages
- About, Contact, Events with add-to-calendar, Reviews and Services
- Preorder, Bonus Content, and Alpha Reader, Beta Reader, ARC Reader and Street Team signups
- Blog with categories, plus Medium, Substack and Podcast pages
- Press, Media Kit, Portfolio and three gallery layouts
- Shop with buy-direct checkout you can switch on, and Shop My Favorites
- Terms, Privacy, Cookies, EULA, Data Deletion, Security and a 404 page
About Writerly Author Website Template
Writerly is the author website I wish I could have bought for my own pen names: quiet, editorial, and built around the one page that sells books, the book page. Each book gets a tab for every format, with its own price, ISBN or ASIN, page count, narrator and audiobook length, cover credit and buy links.
Everything is edited from a simple dashboard, so adding a book, an event or a post takes minutes. Choose the Editorial home page or the Classic one with its big photo-filled numbers, and switch any time.
Forms are built in and ready to connect to the email service you already use. Buy buttons go to your retailers, and you can switch on direct sales whenever you are ready.
Good to know: the demo photos and covers are for previewing only. Use your own images on your site. Your license covers one website.
- In the boxThe complete template as an instant download
- Made inWebsite templates
- Price$1,200, 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.
