Favorite Website Features

Not long ago, I took an informal poll of readers’ favorite features of authors’ websites and found it very interesting. To that end, I’d love to know what you like best about authors’ sites. What information you appreciate seeing when you visit an author’s online home.

In response to reader feedback, I added a “Bonus Features” page to my site which includes a slew of icons that lead to other pages of requested information.

Here are a few of those bonus features:

Monthly GiveawaysA link to connect on BookBub (so readers never miss a new release or an ebook sale)A page especially for Book ClubsA page with excerpts from every novelA page containing recipes from all my novelsA page with videos shot on location at the various mansions that serve as backdrops for my Southern novelsA “Truth or Fiction” page that tells readers what was “real” in the novel and what wasn’t (complete with images of all the real stuff!)I even have a page listing a ton of my favorite low carb gluten free recipes

At the beginning of every year, I take a week or so and do a “deep dive” on my website updating old information I might have missed and also adding new features. This is where you come in!

I’d love to know your favorite feature(s) on an author’s website!

Or if something drives you nuts, tell me that too! For instance, sites that have music automatically start to play make me want to run screaming and never come back. #petpeeve #slightovereaction #getoveritAlexander

Speaking of bonus features, I picked up two cute little “spoon bookmarks” on our trip to Hilton Head over Christmas, and they’re January’s giveaway!

Do you like big books? If yes, then this is for you!

Whoever first looked at a spoon and thought, “If I flattened the snot out of this, it would make a really great bookmark,” is someone I’d like to meet. Then to print this phrase on it… So funny.

ENTER TO WIN

Seriously though, please share what you LOVE (or loathe) about your favorite authors’ websites. But if you’re loathin’, please don’t mention names. Just the somewhat loathsome feature. : )

Blessings to you in 2020, friends, and I’m so glad God ordained us to be on this journey together!

Tammy