The easiest way to build your author platform

No more publishing your writing to crickets. Connect with your readers, grow your following, and earn a living from your writing—even if you’re allergic to marketing.

Whether you’re a debut author hunting your first book contract or partial to self-publishing, marketing and branding are just as important for growing your readership as the writing itself. Reach new readers, build a direct relationship with your devotees, and start selling your ebooks in just a few clicks with the only marketing platform built by writers, for writers.

01. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

02. Ryan Holiday

03. Srinivas Rao

Launch your dream book

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s writing career almost feels like a modern-day fairytale: the full-time, New York Time bestselling author living and writing in her New York City high-rise over looking the water. But Jennifer’s dream is built with email marketing as her bedrock—ConvertKit helps her reach her audience directly and share her latest creations.

“It turns out [readers] actually click on links to my books and book events more than almost any other content I provide… They really did sign up for my newsletter just to find out about me.”

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, New York Times bestselling author

Read Jennifer's story

Build your writing empire

Over 320,000 subscribers wake up every morning with a daily dose of Stoicism from Ryan Holiday in their inboxes. ConvertKit has helped Ryan bring his newsletter and books to millions of people—all without having to create a complicated email marketing machine.

“It’s just mind blowing to me. I’ll get emails from billionaires, Fortune 500 CEOs, professional and college athletes and coaches, bestselling authors, publishers and entrepreneurs… ConvertKit is more central to me than any publication.”

Ryan Holiday, author and founder of Daily Stoic

Read Ryan's case study

Write on your terms

When author and speaker Srinivas Rao had an idea to write his next book and publishers kept rejecting it, saying over and over again, “Nobody's going to buy this,” he had an epiphany: the very perk of being a creator is that you are the one who first gets to decide what’s important. Instead of building a mere persona, ConvertKit helps Srini write what he wants and build a community around his writing.

“Email is the biggest driver of book sales to this day.”

Srinivas Rao, author and founder of Unmistakable Creative

Read Srivanas' story

use landing pages to promote your writing

Grow your readership

Create your unique home

Create and share your one-page website in just a few clicks. Choose from a range of beautifully crafted landing page templates, personalize your site with photos and links, share reader recommendations, and promote your books—all without writing code.

Give away freebies

The best way to create buzz around your writing? Sharing free goodies. Our automated opt-in forms and incentive emails let you offer free chapters and other bonus content so you can entice readers to join your list.

stay connected with readers

Turn casual readers into true fans

Build your newsletter list

Whether you want to send a regular newsletter or share snippets of your writing process in your emails, our visual email editor makes it easy to connect and interact directly with your readers right in their inbox.

Reach the right readers at the right time

Introducing a new romance title? Let your romance readers know first. Tags and segments let you target readers based on where they subscribed to your email list, where they are in the world, what they’ve bought, and much more so you’re always top of mind.

Earn with pro products and subscriptions

Get paid for your craft

Sell directly to your readers

Stop ceding control to big platforms, and start standing out from the crowd. With a few clicks, ConvertKit Commerce lets you upload a PDF, Mobi, or any other ebook format, and deliver it to your buyers’ inbox automatically. Sell and fulfill digital orders all in one place.

Earn more money from your writing

You became an author to write and create—not to spend your time as a part-time accountant. Our integrated payment processing means you’ll never have to think about spending money on yet another payment tool again.