Websites for Book People
You know when you’re in a pandemic, during an election cycle, and you can’t write fiction to save your life, but you can’t just exist for goodness’ sake, so you write about making an effective website in the book community instead? That’s what this is. I put it on the internet. If you’re looking for a distraction of your own, or some help with your bookish website, you could read it!
Who am I?
I’m Max! I have some experience with books, some experience with web dev, and I’m here with all the cis male energy I can muster. Plus: some advice for working with any web contractor.
Choosing your fate
I recommend Squarespace or WordPress for most people in the bookish community, and neither of them is perfect. Which would work best for you?
What about design?
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: “A designer knows [they] have achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
Design advice from me, who illustrated this list with bears.
Content is kitten
Once you choose a platform, and waste a lot of time on Canva, I’m sorry to say it’s time to put words on pages.