You wrote the book.
Where do readers find you?
A free website for your books, blog, and links. Live in 15 minutes.
Built for authors, not everyone
Everything your readers expect to find
Book pages with purchase links
Each book gets its own page with cover, description, and links to wherever readers can buy it.
Blog that lives on your site
Write in markdown, publish when you're ready. Your words, on your domain, not someone else's platform.
Bring your own domain
Connect a domain you own with free SSL included. Or publish at yourname.zenpage.io, works either way.
SEO that works without setup
Fast pages, clean URLs, proper meta tags. Show up when readers search your name.
Events calendar
List your readings, signings, and online appearances. Add the date, location, and a ticket link. Old events move to a "past" section on their own.
Import books by ISBN
Type in one ISBN. We pull your other books from Google Books, complete with covers and buy links. Saves you an hour of data entry.
Newsletter signup built in
Connect Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Substack, or Beehiiv. Embed your signup form directly on your site.
Live in 15 minutes, not a weekend
No drag-and-drop builders. No theme customization rabbit holes. Fill in your details and publish.
How it works
Fifteen minutes. Seriously.
Pick a template
5 templates, 18 color schemes. Each one based on what actually works on professional author websites.
Add your books and bio
Drop in an ISBN and we pull your catalog from Google Books. Or add books one by one. Takes a few minutes either way.
Hit publish
Your site goes live instantly at yourname.zenpage.io. Connect your own domain whenever you're ready.
Right now, someone is Googling your name
What they find decides whether they buy your next book or forget you exist.
Without a website
- An Amazon page you don't control
- An outdated Goodreads profile
- A Linktree with 4 broken links
- Nothing at all
With your own site
- Your books front and center
- A blog readers can subscribe to
- Links that actually work
- A place that's yours
Three steps. Fifteen minutes. Done.
Free forever · No credit card · 15 minutes
The nitty gritty stuff
Feel free to skip this. Nobody has ever read about meta tags and thought “wow, I need to sign up.” But if you enjoy reading ingredient labels, here you go.
Meta tags, OpenGraph, JSON-LD, sitemaps, robots.txt. Auto-generated on publish. You don't need to know what any of those words mean.
Your site loads in under a second. Static pages, CDN, optimized assets. Faster than your readers can talk themselves out of buying your book.
Upload a giant cover photo. We resize it, compress it, and convert it to WebP behind the scenes. Nobody asked us to. We just care too much.
Free HTTPS on every site, custom domains included. DDoS protection through Cloudflare. Your website is probably more secure than your email password now.
Phones, tablets, desktops, and whatever screen your most dedicated reader uses at 2am. Every template adapts.
Your blog auto-generates an RSS feed. Sharing your link on Twitter shows a real preview card, not a sad blank URL. Small thing. Big difference.
> all 6 systems operational. you did nothing. you're welcome.
Why this exists
Built by a reader, not a startup
I'm not an author. I just love reading. And I kept noticing that the tools for making author websites were either overpriced, overcomplicated, or both. I can host a ton of sites for very cheap, so I built this. That's the whole story.
Questions you probably have
Everything on Zenpage is free, and it stays that way. We won't take features away from you. Down the line, we may introduce optional paid add-ons to make authors' lives even easier. Those would be new additions on top of what you already have, never paywalls on existing features.
No. Every template was designed from scratch after studying real professional author websites. Your readers won't know (or care) how it was built. They'll just see a clean, fast site with your books and your writing.
Social media is rented space. The algorithm decides who sees your posts, and the platform can change the rules whenever it wants. A website is the one place online that's entirely yours. It shows up when readers Google your name, it holds your full backlist, and it doesn't vanish overnight.
Yes. There's a step-by-step guide that walks you through connecting a domain you already own, or buying one if you don't have one yet (usually $10-15/year from registrars like Namecheap or Cloudflare). Free SSL is included either way. And your site works immediately at yourname.zenpage.io while you figure it out.
Your content is yours. You can export your data anytime. If you outgrow Zenpage, we'd rather you leave happy than stay frustrated.
You write in markdown and publish when you're ready. Each post gets a clean URL on your site. There's a draft mode so you can work on things before they go live. Your blog also generates an RSS feed automatically, so readers can subscribe in their favorite reader app.
No limits. Add as many books as you want. Each one gets its own page with a cover image, description, and purchase links. You can also feature one book on your homepage if you want to highlight a new release or a bestseller. Or just type in one ISBN and we'll pull the rest from Google Books.
Yes. There's an events page where you can post signings, readings, virtual appearances, whatever. Add the date, location, and a ticket link. Upcoming stuff shows at the top, and old events move to a "past" section on their own.
That's the whole point. There's no code, no drag-and-drop builder, no theme settings to fiddle with. You fill in a form with your info, pick a template and colors, and hit publish. If you can write an email, you can make a Zenpage site.
Your readers are already looking
Give them somewhere to land.