AUTHOR PLATFORM PACKAGES
FOUR WAYS IN.
ONE DESTINATION:
Every KDW platform is built around your books, your readers, and where your publishing business is headed — never a template. Strategic copy shaping is included in every tier, every build connects to the tools indie authors actually use, and every timeline is one you can plan a launch around.
Not sure where you land? That’s exactly what the fit call is for — 15 minutes, no pressure, no guesswork.
THE FOUR PLATFORMS
START WHERE YOU ARE. UPGRADE WHEN YOU’RE READY.
Four ways in, one through-line: a genre-aligned platform that grows your reader list and your publishing business. The cards persuade — the table below confirms.
ONE-BOOK LAUNCH
BOOK PAGE
5–7 BUSINESS DAYS
One book, one launch, one focused destination. A genre-aligned landing page with preorder CTAs, retailer links, ARC signup, and email capture — all working together before your release date. Live in 5–7 business days.
$950
FULL DETAILS: BOOK PAGE
MOST POPULAR
RETAIL-READY PLATFORM
BOOK TABLE
2–3 WEEKS
The retail-ready platform for authors with 1–3 books: a polished home for your brand, a book catalog built to grow, clear retailer pathways, newsletter capture, and a reader magnet — designed around how readers actually discover and choose books.
$1,500
FULL DETAILS: BOOK TABLE
DIRECT-TO-READER SALES
BOOK SHOP
3–5 WEEKS
Everything in Book Table, plus a working direct-sales ecosystem: readers buy on your site, ebooks deliver automatically, buyers land in your email list — tagged — and print orders route through your chosen fulfillment path. Retail stays; direct gets added.
$2,800
FULL DETAILS: BOOK SHOP
BESPOKE ECOSYSTEM
BOOK WORLD
5–8+ WEEKS
A bespoke ecosystem for complex author brands: multiple series, story worlds, or pen names unified under one umbrella identity, with a clear path for every reader into the right books. Custom-scoped, immersive, coherent.
$4,800
FULL DETAILS: BOOK WORLD
Launch rates apply during KDW’s portfolio-building phase and are subject to availability. They’re not discounts — they’re first-in pricing for authors willing to be featured.
SIDE BY SIDE
NOT SURE WHERE YOU LAND? HERE’S THE SIDE-BY-SIDE.
Every tier at a glance. Book Page is a single landing page — the entry point, not a full platform.
BOOK PAGE
ONE-BOOK LAUNCH
MOST POPULAR
BOOK TABLE
RETAIL-READY PLATFORM
BOOK SHOP
DIRECT-TO-READER SALES
BOOK WORLD
BESPOKE ECOSYSTEM
INVESTMENT
Launch rate
$950
$1,500
$2,800
$4,800
Standard rate
$1,200
$1,950
$3,950
From $6,500
Timeline
5–7 business days
2–3 weeks
3–5 weeks
5–8+ weeks
PLATFORM & PAGES
Single launch landing page
✓
—
—
—
Core pages
1 landing page
Up to 5
Up to 8
Custom, 9–14
Blog / Updates page
—
Optional add-on
✓ Included
✓ As scoped
Start Here / reader magnet page
—
Optional add-on
✓ Strategically mapped
✓ Multiple pathways
Books CMS
—
✓ Up to 8 titles
✓ + Series
✓ Advanced multi-series
Genre-aligned design direction
✓
✓
✓
✓ Bespoke art direction
VISUAL & ATMOSPHERE
Custom genre imagery
Directed to match covers, themes & blurbs
Hero only
✓ Foundational set (static)
✓ Expanded across pages
✓ Immersive / bespoke
Motion & animation
—
Polished UI motion
Advanced + image motion
Cinematic / animated backgrounds
Additional custom visuals
—
Add-on
Add-on
Included as scoped
SALES & RETAIL
Retailer buy buttons
Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, B&N and more
✓
✓
✓
✓
Books2Read universal links
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Direct ebook sales (Payhip)
—
—
✓ Up to 10 products
✓ Advanced, as scoped
Payhip checkout method
—
—
Embedded or linked
Embedded or linked
Direct print (BookVault / IngramSpark)
—
—
✓
✓
Shopify + Lulu Direct storefront
—
—
—
Add-on
EMAIL & READER GROWTH
Email integration (MailerLite or Kit)
✓ As needed
✓
✓
✓ + segmentation
BookFunnel reader magnet
✓ If applicable
✓ One magnet
✓ List-building + delivery
✓ Multiple, as scoped
BookFunnel buyer delivery
—
—
✓
✓ Expanded
Welcome sequence outline
—
✓ Basic
✓ Full framework
✓ Custom
Launch sequence outline
—
—
✓
✓
Buyer tagging & segmentation
—
—
✓
✓ Advanced
STRATEGY & ARCHITECTURE
Reader journey + funnel mapping
Launch CTA
Basic outline
✓ Full mapping
✓ Multiple pathways
Series / world architecture
—
Basic layout
✓ Structured
✓ Advanced multi-series
Multi-series / pen-name support
—
—
—
✓ Umbrella brand
COPY, SEO & ANALYTICS
Copy support
Launch polishing
Core-page refinement
Expanded refinement
Custom scope
CTA refinement & hierarchy
✓
✓
✓
✓
SEO setup
Essential page SEO
Foundational + GA4
Expanded + GA4
Advanced, custom
GDPR-ready as standard
✓
✓
✓
✓
SUPPORT & HANDOFF
Revision rounds
1
2
2
Up to 3
Post-launch support
3 business days
14 days
30 days
30-day priority
Walkthrough + documentation
—
✓ Video + notes
✓ Full ecosystem
✓ Priority handoff
Website Care Program (optional)
—
✓ Available
✓ Available
✓ Available
UPGRADE PATH
$400 platform upgrade credit
✓ Within 6 months
—
—
—
Upgrade to higher tier (pay difference)
—
✓ Within 12 months
✓ Within 12 months
—
Extended upgrade window with Website Care
—
✓ 18 months
✓ 18 months
—
$400
UPGRADE CREDIT
Your investment carries forward — this isn’t a discount. Upgrade to Book Table, Book Shop, or Book World within six months of your Book Page launch, and $400 of your Book Page investment is credited toward the platform. Already on a platform? Book Table and Book Shop clients can move up a tier within 12 months and pay only the difference, at current rates — extended to 18 months for Website Care clients who enroll at launch.
Launch rates apply during the portfolio-building phase and are subject to availability — they’re not sales or discounts. Hosting, domains, and third-party subscriptions are billed separately. Final scope and pricing are confirmed in the proposal.
STANDALONE SERVICES
WHAT GOES AROUND YOUR PLATFORM.
The platform is the foundation. These services build everything around it — and keep it working long after launch day.
Author Branding
from $1,000
Logo concepts, color palette, typography, brand guidelines, and social profile assets — a visual identity that makes you unmistakable in your genre.
ASK ABOUT AUTHOR BRANDING
Author Brand Direction
$450
A focused palette, typography pairing, and concise visual direction — for authors who need clarity, not a full logo system.
ASK ABOUT BRAND DIRECTION
Social Media Starter Pack
$500
Up to 10 branded Canva templates, a 30-day content calendar, content pillars, and a walkthrough — show up with a plan, not a panic.
ASK ABOUT THE STARTER PACK
Website Copywriting
from $750
Homepage, About, up to five book or series pages, CTAs, and opt-in messaging — every word written from scratch, in your voice. Two revision rounds.
ASK ABOUT COPYWRITING
Author Site Strategy Session
$250
Sixty focused minutes on your platform, funnel, and next steps — credited toward any full platform project booked within 60 days.
BOOK A STRATEGY SESSION
PROJECT ADD-ONS
EXTEND ANY PLATFORM.
New book launch page
A dedicated launch page with buy links and social proof — for the next release.
$450
Author newsletter setup
MailerLite or Kit configured, welcome email structured, opt-in page live.
$350
Site migration
Your existing Squarespace, Wix, or WordPress content, moved in cleanly.
$550
Second pen name
Additional pages and routing for your other author identity.
$850
Account creation
Payhip, MailerLite, or BookFunnel set up on your behalf — you own every account.
from $150 / account
Annual SEO audit + fixes
A yearly technical and on-page review, with agreed fixes implemented.
$275
Additional direct-sale product
Product, delivery, and tagging configured beyond the ten included in Book Shop.
$150 each
WEBSITE CARE PROGRAM
YOUR PLATFORM KEEPS WORKING — EVEN IN LAUNCH WEEK.
Available after launch to Book Table, Book Shop, and Book World clients. Care covers the things that quietly eat writing time: adding a new book to the catalog, updating retailer links, checking that your forms and integrations are still talking to each other — and being there when something breaks the night before your newsletter goes out.
Essentials
$150 / mo
Simpler platform, one series, low update frequency. Health monitoring, link checks, minor updates.
Standard
$250 / mo
Multi-book catalog and an active publishing schedule. Regular CMS, retailer-link, and integration updates.
Priority
$400 / mo
Complex platform or multiple integrations. Higher-touch, launch-adjacent support with priority response.
All plans: six-month minimum. Enroll at launch for priority scheduling — and your pay-the-difference upgrade window extends from 12 to 18 months. New pages, redesigns, and new integrations are scoped separately.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
Fifteen minutes on a free fit call and you’ll know which one that is — whether you build it with KDW or not.
BOOK A FREE FIT CALL