Author sites that sell books.
Writes.Press is a hosted platform for authors. You write the books; your site turns visitors into readers, readers into subscribers, and subscribers into buyers. The hosting, the email list, the boring infrastructure underneath — handled.
The free sample, rebuilt as a sales tool.
Readers open the book right on the author's site — a clean, paginated reading experience in the browser. No app, no download, no friction between “looks interesting” and page one. By the end of the sample they aren't browsing anymore. They're reading.
- Hooked readers buy. The store is one tap away the whole time — a buy button rides along in the reader, routed to the reader's own country and store.
- Every page turn is measured. The sample quietly reports how far each reader gets — the raw material for the reading analytics below.
See exactly where readers stop.
Publishing has always been a black box: the book goes out, and silence comes back. The sample reader changes that — every book gets a reading report.
- Find the cliff. A drop-off curve shows the exact passage where readers quit — the paragraph that's quietly costing sales.
- Fix it and watch. Tighten the opening or move the sample's cut-off point, then watch whether readers get further.
- Back the winner. The book that holds readers to the end is the one that earns the ad budget — visible in numbers, not hunches.
Own the reader, not just the sale.
Retailers keep the customer relationship; the author gets a royalty statement. Writes.Press flips that: the site quietly builds a mailing list the author owns, so the next launch starts warm instead of from zero.
- Capture built in. The sample reader, book landing pages, and contact forms each offer readers a doorway onto the list.
- Flows into the tools authors already use. New subscribers sync automatically to the author's mailing platform — Mailchimp today — tagged by where they came from.
- Set-and-forget follow-up. Tag-based funnels move readers along automatically, with double opt-in and unsubscribe sync built in.
Facebook ads that find buyers, not clickers.
Most author sites tell Facebook nothing about what happens after the click — so Facebook goes looking for people who click. A Writes.Press site tells it the thing that matters: this reader went to the store. Teach the ads the right lesson and they go find more people like your buyers.
- Ads learn from buyers. When a reader heads to Amazon or another store, your ads hear about it — and go looking for more readers like that one.
- Counting that keeps working. Ad blockers and browser privacy changes have made many sites invisible to Facebook. Your site reports home directly, so nothing gets lost — and no one gets counted twice.
- You see what a click is worth. Give each book a value, and your ad reports show cost per store click — a number you can judge a campaign by — instead of vague traffic.
Regional privacy and consent rules are handled automatically.
And the rest of the storefront.
Geo-smart retailer links
Every buy button routes readers to their own country's store, per format — no dead ends, no wrong-store bounce.
Book landing pages
Purpose-built pages for ad traffic — subscribers, orders, Kindle Unlimited — each page tuned to a single job.
QR codes for print
Back covers, bookmarks, event tables — every page gets a print-ready QR code that keeps working even when the page moves.
Reviews & testimonials
Editorial reviews and reader praise, presented properly — social proof right where the buying decision happens.
Custom domains
The author's own domain, connected in minutes — hosting, certificates, and renewals handled.
Series & catalog
Books, formats, and series managed in one catalog, so a backlist reads like a library — and sells like one.
We're in closed beta.
Writes.Press is opening to a small group of authors and publishers first. If you've received an invite, your claim link is in the note. Plans and pricing are public — have a look at what's coming.