Today I ran across an author website that I think is just excellent, and want to share it with you.
Author Jenna Blum has created a compact little site that’s not minimalist but in no way cluttered; full of personality, yet confidently understated. And that seems to be the perfect showcase for her two novels, which are about deep emotional and psychological subjects that get to the very heart of what it means to be human, to be family.
But from a marketing standpoint she’s got everything she needs, and it’s all there, easy to find, on the home page: links to
- her books
- bio
- press kit
- everything a reporter, editor, agent or publisher would want to know
- And a great photo of Jenna to add that human connection.
As a marketing consultant who gets paid to help authors and other small businesspeople build effective websites, I will be referring lots of future clients to this site as an example of what they want to shoot for. Just really well done.
Authors, if you’re considering building an author site, this would be a good one to pattern on.