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.
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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.
Read Jennifer's story“ 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
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.
Read Ryan's case study“ 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
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.
Read Srivanas' story“Email is the biggest driver of book sales to this day. ”
Srinivas Rao, author and founder of Unmistakable Creative
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.
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.
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.
Resources for authors
Get a dose of real-life experience, brush up on your email marketing how-tos, or get lost in some uplifting inspirational stories.
Meet Ryan Holiday
The Daily Stoic
Meet Sri Rao
Audience Over Ego
How-To Guide
Ebook Template
James Clear at Craft + Commerce
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Build your author platform and connect with your readers—for free
Sure, other platforms might help you send emails—but they’re not built by writers, for writers. Before starting ConvertKit, our CEO Nathan Barry was an author—in fact, he created ConvertKit to help him grow his readers from 3,000 to 26,000.
