Most "author website examples" articles show you the same famous names without explaining why their sites actually work. This one is different. Using principles from reader psychology, it analyzes eighteen author websites across fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, and indie categories — and identifies exactly what each one does to turn a first-time visitor into a long-term reader. The patterns may surprise you.

Author websites fail because of bad architecture, not bad design. This guide shows you how to build a website as a system with clear inputs and outputs—not a collection of random pages. Learn to choose one primary job (discovery, conversion, or authority), remove pages that exist only because of loss aversion, and use Claude for structural decisions while ChatGPT handles content execution. Most effective author websites operate with five or fewer pages. Anything beyond that must justify itself structurally, not emotionally. Includes a complete workbook with the Page Survival Test and 90-day moratorium. Built for authors who are ready to make hard decisions and stop rebuilding.

Stop using AI to write your prose. Start using it to fix your business. Discover the 4 strategic protocols to turn Google Gemini into your 24/7 Chief Strategy Officer—from stress-testing your plot to analyzing bestseller trends—without generating a single word of "AI slop."

An overview of how indie publishing is evolving between now and 2031. It examines the structural shifts shaping the industry: from platform economics and reader behavior to AI-driven workflows and direct-to-reader models.

From Amazon’s evolving algorithms to the rise of direct-to-reader ecosystems, digital marketplaces are transforming how indie authors reach—and keep—their audience. Learn what the future holds for storefronts, SEO, and the shift toward author-owned sales funnels heading into 2031.

An overview of how indie publishing is evolving between now and 2031. It examines the structural shifts shaping the industry: from platform economics and reader behavior to AI-driven workflows and direct-to-reader models.