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When a reader, a journalist or a podcast host searches your name, your website is what they should find. We build it around you and your books: pages that sell, an email signup that grows your list, a press page that gets you booked, and a site you own and can edit yourself.
Tell us about your books and what you want the site to do. A specialist replies within one business day with a written price. Nothing is charged until you approve it.
The short answer
Columbia Publication designs and builds author websites that sell books and grow a reader list: book pages with retailer links, an author bio, email signup, a media kit and SEO built in, on a system the author can edit. A single-page book website is $500, a full Author Website for one book starts at $1,500, an Author Platform for up to four books or authors who speak and coach starts at $2,800, and an Author Brand Site for a series or larger catalog starts at $4,500. The author owns the site and its content.
Prices checked October 26, 2026 · Reviewed by Gia Kahn, Lead Editor · Next review November 2026 · How we check
Is this you?
A social profile is rented. Your website is owned.
Algorithms decide who sees your posts, platforms change their rules, and your followers belong to them. Your Amazon page belongs to Amazon. So when a reader finishes your book and wants more, or a journalist wants a photo and a bio, there is often nowhere that is truly yours to send them.
Your website is that place. It sells the book, collects the email addresses of readers who want the next one, and gives press, organizers and clients everything they need in one visit. It keeps working after launch week is over.
Start here
Start from where your writing career is. Each is quoted in writing after a short consultation, from these starting prices.
| Website | From | Choose it if |
|---|---|---|
| Single-page book site | $500 | You need one clean page for one book, live in about a week: cover, description, reviews, buy buttons for every store, a short bio and an email signup |
| Author Website | $1,500 | You want readers to find you, not just the book: about 5 pages with home, book, about, contact and email signup, SEO set up, in 2 to 3 weeks |
| Author Platform | $2,800 | You have up to four books, or you speak, coach or consult: a page per book, media kit, blog, speaking or services page, reader magnet and analytics, in 3 to 4 weeks |
| Author Brand Site | $4,500 | You have a series or five or more books, sell signed copies or courses direct, and want 12 months of support with quarterly SEO reviews, in 4 to 6 weeks |
Not sure which? Book the free website consultation below, or ask in the chat. A specialist looks at what you have and recommends the smallest site that does the job.
An author website is also included in the Authority System publishing package ($4,999) and in our author marketing plans.
What it includes
Six things, each with a job to do.
Cover, description, reviews and buy buttons for every store, set up to convert visitors and to be found in search.
Your story, credentials and photo. It is the first page journalists, organizers and podcast hosts read.
Connected to Mailchimp, Kit, MailerLite or similar, so readers who want your next book can tell you so.
Photos, covers, bios in several lengths and interview questions, downloadable in one place.
Fast and clean on every screen, because many readers find books on their phone.
Page titles, structured data, sitemap and the details that help Google and AI tools understand who you are and what you have written.
Already have a site that is not working? We can rebuild it.
Get My Website QuoteFor coaches, speakers and consultants
Yes, and for many authors that is the point. A reader who has finished your book has spent hours with your thinking. The site gives them a direct path to work with you at the moment they are most ready.
Your offer, your process and how to book a call, one click from the book page.
Topics, past talks and audience outcomes, so organizers can book you without an email chain.
A chapter, checklist or workbook in exchange for an email address, set up and connected for you.
Google Analytics and Search Console set up, so you can see where visitors come from and what they do.
A real site
Yes. For The City of the Gods by Jason Patterson we built an author site at launch, then a full redesign with six book trailers, retailer links and a working contact form, alongside his marketing campaign. Read the case study.
When it is done
Someone searches your name and the first result is your site: your photo, your books, a clear way to buy them. A reader who finished your book last night has joined your list. A podcast producer downloaded your media kit and emailed to book you. None of it needed you to post anything that day.
“It turned out better than I could have imagined when I first started.”
Jason Patterson, author of City of the Gods, whose author website we built and rebuilt. Read the case study
Author websites
Custom design on every build, mobile-ready, SEO set up, and a site you can edit yourself.
One book
From $1,500
Home, book page with retailer links, about, contact and email signup, with SEO set up.
A site that turns a reader who finds your name into a newsletter subscriber or a buyer, live in 2 to 3 weeks and yours to edit.
About 5 pages, 2 to 3 weeks
Price My WebsiteMost chosen
From $2,800
A page per book, media kit, blog, speaking or services page, reader magnet and analytics.
One home for every book, your media kit and your speaking or services page, so press, organizers and clients find what they need without emailing you.
Up to 4 books, 8 to 10 pages, 3 to 4 weeks
Price My WebsiteSeries and brands
From $4,500
Series structure, direct sales or courses, email automation and 12 months of support with quarterly SEO reviews.
A series site that sells direct, follows up by email on its own and gets a quarterly SEO review for a full year.
5+ books, 4 to 6 weeks
Price My WebsiteWhat stays yours, and what you approve
Paid in full upfront once you approve the written quote. Just need one page for one book? The single-page book site is $500.
What you can count on
How it runs
We’ve started with Author website. Add anything else your manuscript needs, and a specialist sends an itemised quote within one business day. Free, confidential, no obligation.
Written quote within one business day. Nothing is charged until you approve it. 100% of your rights stay yours.
Questions
A single-page book site is $500. Full sites start at $1,500 (Author Website, one book), $2,800 (Author Platform, up to four books or for speakers and coaches) and $4,500 (Author Brand Site, a series or five or more books). Your price is confirmed in writing after a short consultation.
About a week for a single-page book site, 2 to 3 weeks for an author website, 3 to 4 weeks for an author platform and 4 to 6 weeks for a brand site, confirmed with your quote.
Yes. The site, the domain and all the content are yours.
Yes. Every site is handed over with a walkthrough so you can add news, books and events yourself.
Amazon sells the book, but the page belongs to Amazon. A website is where readers join your list, press finds your media kit and clients find your services, none of which an Amazon page does.
Every site is built with the technical SEO Google needs to understand it, and author sites often rank for the author’s own name. Nobody can guarantee a ranking, so we do not.
Yes. It does not matter who published your book.
In full, once you approve the written quote that lists the pages, features and launch date. That reserves your designer and developer for the build.
Titles, goals and any sites you like. A specialist replies within one business day.
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