



✅ Shows up when readers Google your name (and leads them to your Amazon link, not someone else’s)
✅ Builds trust instantly – polished design, clear branding, beautiful cover display, contact form, press info
✅ Captures fans – your site can collect emails for book launches, preorders, and reviews (social can’t)
✅ Sells your book 24/7 – with direct “Buy on Amazon” links on every page
✅ Makes you look like a real author – ready for interviews, press, and partnerships
🧭 75% of people judge credibility based on website design (Stanford Web Credibility Project)
💬 88% of online consumers are less likely to return after a bad web experience (Sweor)
📧 Email drives 6x more conversions than social media (Campaign Monitor)
🔍 68% of online experiences start with a Google search – not a social post (BrightEdge)
💰 Businesses with websites make 2.3x more revenue than those without (Verisign study – applies perfectly to authors as “business owners”)