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BookBub Author Websites Review: Price, Features and Score

BookBub Author Websites: Author website and email list builder from the BookBub team. Free plan; paid from $7.99 a month (billed yearly), on web. We did not test it; the facts come from its own pages.

Prices and data checked October 14, 2026 · Author Score computed by a published formula, not paid for

BookBub Author Websites on the BookBird Author Score

Author Score · author website builders · #3 of 8 ·

Best for: Authors wanting a free author site with built-in email sign-ups

BookBird Author Score8.1/10 #3 of 8 author website builders. Worked out from BookBub Author Websites’s own pages, its price and US searches for its name, not typed in. Author jobs50 pts42.9/50Each of the 7 author jobs on the author website builders list is worth an equal share of 50 points, and counts only when BookBub Author Websites’s own pages confirm it. 6 of 7 confirmed = 42.9 points. A job the vendor does not mention earns nothing.Cost25 pts25/25A free plan, or a platform that takes no upfront fee, earns all 25 points.Adoption25 pts13.6/25Searches, 20 points: 320 a month for “bookbub author websites”, against Squarespace, the most searched in this category (673,000), on a log scale = 8.6. Trend, 5 points: up 51% (last three months against the first three of the year) = 5; a fall of half or more earns 0, no change 2.5, a rise of half or more 5. 81.5 of 100 points= 8.1 out of 10 The full method, with every product’s points →

Author jobs, from BookBub Author Websites’s own pages

  • Yes: Book pages with store links
  • Yes: Templates made for authors
  • Yes: Newsletter sign-up
  • Yes: Your own domain
  • Yes: Blog or news page
  • Not stated: Sell books from the site (not stated)
  • Yes: Search settings you control

BookBub Author Websites pricing

Free plan + paid plans. There is a free plan. Free trial: 14 days. Plans, in US dollars:

  • Free (3 basic templates, essential pages including Blog, built-in email form, up to 1,000 emails sent per month; can connect a custom domain you own at no cost, or register one for $15/year; free subdomain on author-pages.com)
  • Pro (monthly): $9.99 a month (dozens of templates, Series, Press Kit and Events pages, up to 10,000 emails per month, reader magnets, landing pages, email-platform integrations)
  • Pro (annual): $7.99 a month (per month, billed annually; same features as Pro monthly; first year of a domain registered through the service is free)

Prices from the pricing page (read via WebFetch) and confirmed by the help article 'How much does Author Websites cost?' (updated 2026-09-24). The 14-day Pro trial needs no credit card; without a subscription the site moves to Free. Domain registration through the service is $15/year; connecting an existing domain costs nothing on either plan.

What BookBub Author Websites offers

  • Imports book details from Amazon or BookBub listings and generates book and series pages
  • Book pages carry the cover, description, retailer links and reader reviews
  • 85 author templates grouped by genre, a few free and the rest Pro
  • Built-in mailing list, sign-up forms, welcome email and newsletter sending
  • Reader magnets and landing pages on Pro; MailerLite, Mailchimp, Flodesk and Kit integrations
  • Blog page, plus Events, Press Kit and custom pages on Pro
  • Automatic sitemap and book schema markup; site title and description editable in settings
  • Google Analytics, Meta pixel and URL redirects on Pro

Runs on: web.

BookBub Author Websites alternatives

SoftwareScorePrice fromBest for
Wix9.7Free plan; paid from $17 a month (billed yearly)Authors who want author templates and a free starter site
WordPress.com8.2Free plan; paid from $48 a yearAuthors who blog or send posts as a newsletter on WordPress
HostingAuthors7.5Free plan; paid from $90 a yearAuthors who want a free, permanent page for one book and room to grow into an author hub
Tertulia author websites7.5$7.99 a month (billed yearly)Authors selling ebooks and audiobooks direct without per-sale fees
Weblium7.4$132 a yearAuthors on a budget who want an e-book store template

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How the score is computed: the formula, step by step.