Lisa Firke of Hit Those Keys: Creative Encouragement, Copy Editing, Web Design specializes in the design of children’s and young adult book author sites.
What do you think makes a good author site? What elements are essential?
Perhaps the most important thing is something the average site visitor never sees—the underlying markup and coding.
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Your website can help sell you as a speaker to school groups.
Publicist Susan Raab of Raab Associates says, “For many authors and illustrators, schools have a significant impact on their careers because they offer opportunities for doing school visits, workshops, and other events that provide substantial income separate from the revenue any given book brings in.”
You may want to create a separate “events” page,
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Who will visit your author or illustrator website?
Young readers may be your ultimate target audience, but educators—teachers, university professors of youth literature, and school librarians—are on the forefront of efforts to connect books and kids. What’s more, they’re using the Internet more than ever to help them make purchasing decisions.
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