A well-designed website serves as your digital business card, showcasing your books, biography, and contact information in one place. It offers credibility, provides easy access to your work, and helps readers connect with you directly. A blog or newsletter section can also build a loyal audience, while an online store or links to retailers make purchasing books seamless.
In short, an author website is absolutely essential for building your brand, increasing visibility, and growing your readership.
If you're looking for a company to design your author website we recommend designSEO.ca, a Canadian website design company run by a Canadian author/publisher. (He also makes memes about writing/publishing/marketing.)
Bonus Marketing Tip:
Also you should really make business cards / bookmarks that you can give to people when you meet potential readers.
