Beach Ball Website Template

Beach Ball is a four-page website template designed for children's book authors who live on the beach, at least in their minds.
 
Four pages: Homepage + Featured Book Page + Press Kit +Contact Page
Built with children's book authors in mind 
Built in Google Sites
Contains custom illustrations and section transitions
 
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😏 For Authors Who Want to…
Provide industry professionals with headshots, multiple bios, and more in one organized place
Drive sales for their newest book with its own page
Get the most affordable website available (you will need a Gmail account)
 
🔷 Main Functions
Send viewers directly to a page dedicated to your featured book
Direct readers to the sales channels of your choosing (Books2Read, bookstore links, etc.)
Present yourself professionally to book industry professionals
 
✅ Playful Homepage
The homepage houses the necessary functions, like showcasing your newest book, providing purchase links for other published works, introducing the author, and sending visitors to an external newsletter subscription like Substack. It uses playful colours and imagery to suit children's book aesthetics.
 
✅ Use the Featured Book Page as a Landing Page
When you're promoting a new book, you can send viewers directly to the featured book page instead of your homepage. There, you can give them detailed information that wouldn’t make sense on a homepage to help them decide if the book is right for them.
 
Tip: Then when you have a new book to promote, just duplicate this page and swap out the images, text, and links.
 
✅ Impress Industry Professionals With a Press Kit
When you have a press kit, it makes the jobs of promoters and agents much easier. You don't need to send emails with large attachments when they ask for headshots, bios, or book details—just send them a link to your press kit. 
 
⚡ Standout Features of the Beach Ball Website Template
Get expert guidance on what to write on your website
Custom illustrations and section transitions
The Featured Book Page strengthens your marketing
Press Kit ups your professionalism
Contact Page organizes your communications
 
⚒️ Built-In Functionality
Includes placeholder text to guide you through what to type
Easily swap in text, images, and links
Capability to duplicate, add, or delete pages and sections
Capability to connect your own domain without additional yearly premium fees (domains typically cost about $20-30 per year)
 
✅ Free Resources
Getting Started Guide
Website Publishing Checklist
 
❔ Still on the Fence? Here’s Why Author Websites Are Important
Show conferences, publishers, agents, and readers that you take your work seriously
Share the art you worked so hard to create
You already put so much effort into marketing through social media and other channels—make it count with a professional website so people can actually buy your books
An author website is an investment in yourself