Author Website Design · from £397
Sells books too.
A mobile-responsive site that showcases your books, captures reader emails, and tells your story — built to convert, not just to look good.
WordPress or Squarespace, so you can add books and blog posts yourself after launch without needing a developer.
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Platform ownership
The website is the one marketing surface the author actually owns. It needs to hold the brand together, capture demand from every channel, and remain useful long after a single launch campaign is over.
What the build should support
Publishing channels
Transparent pricing
Investment
Choose by page count and platform depth — from £397.
Most popular
5 pages
Site architecture
The useful question is not how many pages the site has. It is whether the visitor can quickly understand the books, trust the author, and take the next action that matters to the business.
The landing experience should quickly explain who the author is, what to read first, and what action matters most for that visitor.
Best use
Best when discovery and clarity matter most.
Lead magnets, newsletter signup points, and launch CTAs are positioned so the site grows the owned audience rather than acting as a static bio page.
Best use
Best when list growth supports future launches.
Series pages, retailer links, direct-sale paths, and supporting content are structured to move readers deeper into the backlist and related offers.
Best use
Best when the site needs to support real revenue actions.
Recent publications
A small selection of HMD-supported books, shown here as practical proof of finished execution across genres.
Dean Moss
Rachel Lynn Fox
Mark Newmeyer
Michael Fauscette
Torsten Iben
Don. N. Markland
10,000+ books supported overall · 47 countries served
Process
Understanding your brand.
Creating the look and feel.
Developing the site.
Going live and training you.
FAQ
Clear answers on timeline, scope, rights, revisions, and what happens after checkout.
A clean showcase of your books that's easy to browse on a phone, a clear author bio, a working email signup, and a fast, uncluttered layout that gets a reader from landing on the site to buying or subscribing with the fewest possible steps.
A builder is fine if you're comfortable maintaining it yourself and your needs are simple. Hiring a designer makes more sense when you want a site that's genuinely built around selling books and growing your list — custom book pages, tested conversion layout, and SEO groundwork — without spending your own time learning the tool.
Yes. Every package includes email list integration so you can start capturing reader emails from day one, connected to whichever email platform you already use or plan to use.
Yes. Sites are built on WordPress or Squarespace specifically so you can add books, blog posts and updates yourself without needing a developer for routine changes.
Page count is tier-based: a single page in the starter package, 5 pages in the standard package (book pages, about, blog), and 10 pages in the premium package with e-commerce and course-platform options.
Choose the website package that matches the job
If you already know the site needs to support books, list growth, and launches, move straight into the package flow. If the architecture still needs shaping, speak to the team before the build starts.
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