Finding a website designer

Create a website for your book. Promote and sell your book online.

As a book designer, authors and publishers often ask if I can also design a website for their book. The answer is no. My focus is strictly on the design, production and printing of books, and staying up-to-date with changes in both the industry and the technology.

Website design is entirely different from book design in these ways:

• the "page" layout software is different (designers may use GoLive, Dreamweaver, or other specialized website software rather than InDesign)
• the pages are linked through a navigation system so you can click through the pages
• there is no extra cost for color! (color images on websites are RGB, rather than CMYK, the 4-color process used for printing)
• websites are "published" on the Internet, requiring specialized knowledge of website hosting, domain names, and things like SQL, HTML, XML, Java, Flash, shopping carts, etc.

Below are links to designers who specialize in website design, and have a particular interest in working with authors and publishers.

Feel free to contact anyone listed in my Resources section directly. They're listed here for your convenience, and no referral fees or commissions are charged or collected.

Marketing Alchemy
Okay, Michael Linehan at Marketing Alchemy is my guy, the one who helped me get my website global and #1 in Google, Yahoo, MSN or whatever search engine you used to find me. What more can I say? For website optimization, he's your guy! Now here is the official blurb:

Marketing Alchemy offers expertise in each of the following five key areas, and combines them to create YOUR effective website: Strategic Planning, Content Development, Design, Technology and Promotion. In particular, we can bring to your efforts on the Web the strategic planning, marketing knowledge and promotion that may currently be under-addressed.