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Create an Author Website - A Step-by-Step Blueprint for Busy Authors and Writers by Caimin Jones

My rating: 5 of 5 stars




I've owned a website, several in fact, for years and feel at home with the whole process of building and maintain them. There are many fellow authors out there who may well be creative writers but when it comes to the techy stuff really struggle. As Caimin Jones points out, a website for an author is essential, and just as important it’s a site you own. By owning it you are in total control but the downside is just purchasing the domain name is not sufficient, you have to build a credible website as well.

Caimin knows about WordPress and search engine optimisation (SEO) - another black art - as his other books demonstrate. Having read this eBook, I confirm he does know about the basics of building a WordPress website and mailing list.
There are two quite distinct aspects to owning a website: 1) The initial design and build, and 2) Keeping the content up to date. WordPress is a good tool for word-smiths like authors to maintain content, so 2) should be easy but I'm not sure 1) could be achieved by this book alone.

It is a beginner’s guide and a very useful read for an intending website owner. Having been through the content it provides the necessary information for an inexperienced author to ask the right questions or understand the answers to question from an experienced website developer. I'm not sure you could pick this book up and successfully complete the design and build process. This is not a slight on the book’s contents but more about the requirements / skills / research / tenacity required to achieve the task.
This is a great first port of call but not the only resource required.




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