Children's Book Author Website Design —
Built Around Your Book's Characters

Your Amazon page isn't yours. A website is. We design author websites for children's book writers — using your own illustrations, with buy buttons, an email list and a school visit page that schools and librarians actually look for.

🎨 Your characters, not stock art 📚 Amazon & B&N buy buttons ✉️ Email list built in 🏫 School visit page
★ 5 from 14+ authors · You own the domain & site
Why Authors Need a Website

An Amazon Listing Sells a Book. A Website Builds an Author.

Schools, librarians, bloggers and bookstores search your name before they reach out. What they find decides whether they do.

Only an Amazon page

  • Amazon owns the page and the reader relationship
  • No way to collect reader or parent emails
  • Nowhere for schools to book an author visit
  • Competitor books shown right next to yours
  • Looks less credible to librarians and media

Your own author website

  • Your domain, your brand, fully owned by you
  • Email list that grows with every visit
  • School visit & event booking page
  • Every book, every buy link, in one place
  • A professional first impression for press and schools
Made for Children's Books

Features a Generic Web Designer Won't Think Of

We build for picture books and middle grade specifically — so the site speaks to parents, teachers and kids at once.

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Your illustrations throughout

Characters from your book become the site's personality — headers, buttons, page accents. If we illustrated your book, it costs nothing extra.

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Every retailer, one click

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org and IngramSpark buy buttons for every format — paperback, hardcover and eBook.

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School visit page

For many children's authors, school visits earn more than royalties. A clear visit page with a booking form makes you easy to hire.

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Printable activity sheet

A free colouring or activity page parents download in exchange for an email — the fastest way to build a reader list. (Launch Bundle)

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Book launch landing page

A focused page for your new release — pre-order links, launch date, reviews — ready to share on social media and in ads. (Launch Bundle)

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Fast, mobile-first, SEO-ready

Most parents browse on phones. Every site is fast, mobile-first and set up with page titles, alt text and a sitemap for Google.

Transparent Pricing

Author Website Packages

One-time price. No monthly platform fee to us. You own the domain and the site.

Starter

One-page author site
$200 one-time
⏱️ Ready in 5–7 days
  • One-page responsive website
  • Author bio & photo section
  • Book showcase with cover art
  • Amazon / Barnes & Noble buy buttons
  • Contact form
  • Mobile-first design
Choose Starter

Author Pro

Full 5-page website
$600 one-time
⏱️ Ready in 10–14 days
  • 5 pages: Home, About, Books, Events, Contact
  • Email signup (newsletter list)
  • Basic on-page SEO setup
  • School visit / events page
  • Social media links & sharing
  • 2 revision rounds
Choose Author Pro
⭐ Most Popular

Launch Bundle

Everything for a book launch
$750 one-time
⏱️ Ready in 14–18 days
  • Everything in Author Pro (5 pages + email signup)
  • Book launch landing page
  • Printable activity sheet with email capture
  • 1 year domain name included
  • 1 year hosting included
  • Basic on-page SEO setup
Choose Launch Bundle

Already illustrating your book with Kidillus? Ask about bundling your website with your book order.

How It Works

From Brief to Live in Four Steps

Free consultation

Tell us about your book, audience and goals. We confirm the right package and timeline.

Send your content

Bio, author photo, book covers and buy links. We'll guide you on anything missing.

Design & review

You see the full design, request changes, and approve it before anything goes live.

Launch & hand-over

We publish the site, submit it to Google, and walk you through making simple updates.

Questions

Author Website Design — FAQ

Do I need a website if my book is already on Amazon?
Yes. Your Amazon page belongs to Amazon — you can't collect reader emails there, you can't take school visit bookings, and it disappears from view the moment a reader leaves. A website is the one place online you fully own, and it's where schools, librarians and bloggers go to check you out before they reach out.
What's the difference between the three packages?
Starter is a single, polished page — bio, book, buy buttons, contact. Author Pro is a full five-page site with a newsletter signup and an events/school visits page. The Launch Bundle adds a dedicated book launch landing page, a printable activity sheet that collects emails, and one year of domain and hosting so you don't have to set anything up yourself.
Can you use the illustrations from my book on the site?
Yes — that's the whole point of having your illustration studio build it. If we illustrated your book, your characters are used throughout the site at no extra cost. If another illustrator did your book, we'll use the artwork you have the rights to.
Who owns the website and domain?
You do. The domain is registered in your name and the site is handed over fully when it's finished. There's no lock-in, no proprietary builder, and no monthly platform fee to us.
What happens after the first year of hosting?
Hosting and domain renewal after year one is paid directly by you to the provider, usually around $60–$120 a year depending on the plan. We'll remind you before it renews.
Can I update the website myself?
Yes. You'll get a simple walkthrough for updating text, adding events and swapping book covers. For bigger changes, we can handle them on request.
How long does it take?
Starter is ready in 5–7 days, Author Pro in 10–14 days, and the Launch Bundle in 14–18 days, counted from when we receive your bio, photo and book details.
Do you help with SEO?
Every site is built with clean, fast, mobile-first code and on-page SEO basics set up — page titles, descriptions, headings, image alt text and a sitemap submitted to Google — so readers searching for your name or book title can find you.
Free Consultation

Tell Us About Your Book

Send a few details and we'll reply within 24 hours with a plan, timeline and a secure payment link for your chosen package.

  • No payment until you approve the plan
  • You own the domain and website
  • Built by the studio that illustrates children's books

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