The book gets its own page.
Two items in the menu: Home and the book. The Love & Parrots page presents the novel properly and sends readers straight to where they can buy it.
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Krysteen Dvoracek Author
A debut novel needs one link that works.
Krysteen was about to launch her first book, Love & Parrots. She needed a warm, clear website for her and the book, and one she could keep updating herself. It went live in under two weeks.
- What we did
- Website design and development
- Built in
- Under two weeks
- Now
- Her calling card whenever she talks about the book
Every interview ends with “where can people find you?”
Social posts expire. A website is the one link that keeps working, for readers, book clubs and media alike. The opposite trap is just as real: sprawling author sites with pages nobody needs, that cost too much and never get updated.
The brief: introduce Krysteen and Love & Parrots warmly and simply, on a site she can keep updating herself.
Three calls that kept it small and complete
Small, with nothing missing.
A book club discussion guide to download, a newsletter so she keeps her own audience, and room for her other writing. When her stories appeared in a second collection, the site already had a place for it.
Her colours, her portrait.
We found the right colours and messaging with her, and built the hero around a genuine outdoor portrait. She updates the site herself, and she says she truly sees herself in it.
What they needed, what they got
The needWhat we built
LaunchA home for her debut bookA site live in under two weeks
FocusHer and Love & Parrots, nothing elseTwo-item menu: Home and the book
ReadersSomewhere to send people after every conversationA clear path to buy, a book club guide and a newsletter
UpkeepSmall changes without calling us every timeBuilt so she can update it herself
Questions this project usually raises
How fast can a small website be built?
This one went from start to live in under two weeks.
When the scope is clear and one person owns the project end to end, a small site does not need to take months.
Can I update the site myself afterwards?
Yes, if that's what you want.
Krysteen's site was built so she could keep updating it herself without coming back to us for every small change. Other clients prefer to send us a message and have changes handled. Both work.
Is a small, simple website worth doing properly?
Often more than a big one.
A focused site with two or three pages, done well, beats a sprawling one nobody finishes. Landing pages at Creative Baguette start around $700, so simple does not have to mean flimsy.
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