| Author Types We Serve
Five Types of Authors
Find the type of author you are and see below for how American Author can serve your needs:
- Writers not yet published.
- Authors publishing with major publishers
- Authors publishing with independent or small presses
- Authors self-publishing
- Authors with websites that need upgrading
1. Writers Not Yet Published
Whether you plan someday to be picked up by a major publishing house or to self-publish your book, there are four major reasons to get your web site going now.
- Create a newsletter following
- Test your ideas with readers
- Develop an events schedule of readings/seminars/skill building events.
- Include your website in your query letters and submissions. Show publishers that you're serious about marketing and promotion.
With the flexibility of an American Author Web Site you can start right now. No need to wait and spend $2000 for a site once your book comes out. Your query letters and marketing plan will let potential publishers know you already have an active, professional website. As your author life develops, make changes to your site, carrying along your readers as you progress from writing to publishing, and to the public life and selling of your first book.
2. Authors Publishing with Major Publishers
Congratulations, you’re the envy of many a writer. Still, even with a major publishing house behind you, your job is to drive readers to purchase your book.
Your web site needs vital author and title information, and a strong relationship towards your publisher. Your web site needs to be an extension of the publisher and the publicist who are working on your behalf. An American Author website offers you extreme flexibility so your web site can easily adapt to every twist and turn of your publishing and book tour experiences.
Optional password protected pages offer secure and professional ways to share information with the big houses.
3. Authors Publishing with Independent or Small Presses
If you’ve found a good small press to publish your work, you’re likely to have a close relationship with the publishing house and with your publicist. Odds are that your publicity work will be highly cooperative when working with a small press.
Your website will be a workhorse for your book. The publicist from a small publisher may serve as your guide, helping you to stay on the right path, but you’ll most likely do the legwork to make publicity and sales happen. An American Author website offers you powerful tools to build reader relationships, publicize your events, solicit orders, and put a great footprint out for the world to see.
4. Authors Self-Publishing
Some choose self-publishing to maintain control and maintain profits. Others are simply tired of the long query process of traditional publishing houses. For whatever reason you are choosing to self-publish, the reality is that self-publishing became a force because of internet communication and digital printing technology.
For the self-publisher, your web site is indispensable. Your web site is more than a footprint to the world, it’s your lifeline. In addition to newsletters, blogs, event calendars, and fantastic first impressions with an American Author website, American Author supports the tools you need to make the sale: online stores, credit card processing, fulfillment, and e-book/e-report download capabilities. The total flexibility of American Author websites allows you to make instant updates, small corrections, and even major course changes easily. Without any extra cost, and as quick as you can type the words onto your web page, you can adapt to the developments and opportunities you will find as a publisher/author.
5. Authors with Websites that Need Upgrading
Time for an online store? How about book fulfillment, autoresponder forms, event calendars or password protected communication? Even a recipe module is available. Increase power. Get newfound flexibility. Lower Your cost. The changeover to an American Author site is fast and easy. Contact us to evaluate the improvements you’ll enjoy with an American Author website.
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