Specialist Websites
Professional Grade Specialist Websites for publishers and authors – at sensible prices
Our main packages are as follows…
- Online Bookshop supporting these multiple features as standard
- Search and listing of all books (including by classification) and authors
- Separate page for each book supporting multiple editions (paperback, hardback, ebook, audiobook, offers…)
- Rating and review facility
- Multiple payment gateways and order processing support
- Easy upload and management of content
- Author Websites with support for book sales, event promotion, blogs, video content, podcasts and much more- all under the author’s control
- Companion Websites (typically working with cross reference to author websites) for training, workshops, CPD and support. features include…
- Membership facilities for individual subscriptions
- The ability to create multiple on-line courses or workshops
- Support for each subscriber to manage their own notes and CPD materials
- Resource libraries and product links
- Image libraries enabling easy sharing and management of images by teams. Includes…
- Team access to a complete database of images all in one place
- Easy to search and find – including the ability to tag and classify
- Built in easy ways to created new cropped and resized versions of images – including standard sizes for social media use
- Minimises the need for working with graphic packages
- Single or bulk image load
- Supports very large images
- Web based for easy access but private
- Massive time saving
- Free installation and fully supported
- Flexible purchasing options
Most ready made tools for building your own website do the job but often produce amateurish results and seldom provide more than very basic facilities. They are probably not good enough for specialist use. Unfortunately, custom built websites tend to be rather expensive. What we offer is specialist packages that only need basic customisation instead of expensive bespoke work.
What we’ve done about it
What we have developed is a purpose built facility and software toolset to create professional grade web sites aimed at meeting the needs of authors (and those in similar occupations). It means that we have to do the minimum of bespoke tailoring and can therefore keep our costs and prices right down.
How it works
We use a template engine and our own website customiser to build each website using the WordPress web development platform.
All we need from you is the basic content and your preferences. We do the rest.
The basic packages for bookshops and authors
In the case of bookshops there are additional features as listed above
For full details of image libraries click here
| What You Get | Pro Website | Extended Pro Website |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Grade fully-responsive Web Site – individually styled and customised | ||
| Choice of customisable template designs – with colour schemes that can match your brand image | Y | Y |
| A set of standard pages: Home, Blog/News, About Us/me, Testimonials, Products/Services, plus 2 more of your choice | Y | Y |
| Fully responsive web pages that work on PCs, tablets and smart phones. | Y | Y |
| Links to social media – accounts set up as required. Currently supports: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Flikr, Pinterest, Instagram and RSS | Y | Y |
| Specialist pages for Video/YouTube. Displays you individual YouTube or MP3 files on fully responsive pages. For an example click here. | Y | Y |
| Slideshow feature. Enables the creation of a series of “slide” pages with forward-back navigation. For an example click here | Y | Y |
| One-off license for specialist software. No further or hidden fees. | Y | Y |
| Hosted website | ||
| First year’s hosting included | Y | Y |
| One .co.uk and .com domain name – pick one as the website main URL | Y | Y | Unlimited emails – multiple mailboxes and mail forwarding | Y | Y | Backups & Updates (weekly and on changes) | Y | Y |
| On-line Store | ||
| Listing of physical and downloadable digital products | N | Y |
| Full set of customisable shop and download functions – similar to the ones you can use on this web site. | N | Y |
| Set-up of PayPal and credit card payment gateway. We can advise you on PayPal account creation and set up if you need help. | N | Y |
| Product and services search facility. Similar to “book search” in the header at theendlessbookcase.com | N | Y |
| Membership facilities – multiple types of membership each with their own access rules. Very useful when providing paid for downloads and support. | N | Y |
Price indication
All fees include installation plus hosting maintenance and support for the first year.
Prices start for £749 for an author Pro website and £1495 for the Extended Pro version.
For a fully functioning publisher bookshop or companion websites prices start at £2495.
For further details please contact us..
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