BACKMATTER STUDIO
FREE AUDIT

Your book deserves more than a Linktree.

You're spending real money on covers, editing, and ads — and your hard-won clicks land on a list of links. No email capture. No brand. No reason to remember you.

I'm a published dark-fantasy author. I built my own series platform — website, email list, Discord, the works — and now I build them for other authors. In 5 days. At a fixed price. No agency games.

Founding rate: $497 for the first 3 authors · standard $1,250

A COMPLETE READER FUNNEL — NOT JUST A WEBSITE

AUTHOR WEBSITE

Home, Books, About, and a reader-magnet page that turns visitors into subscribers. Series-aware, genre-styled, fast — and yours. You own the code, the domain, and the list.

EMAIL ENGINE

Kit (ConvertKit) configured, signup forms wired, and a 3-email welcome sequence written for you. The readers your ads buy become readers you own.

SMART LINK HUB

Replaces your Linktree with a page that captures emails while it routes readers to every retailer. Your bio link finally earns its keep.

DISCORD COMMUNITY

Channels, roles, and a welcome flow ready for your readers — the gathering hall where casual readers become superfans. Optional, included.

BOOK SEO

Schema markup for your books and series, per-book social cards, and the technical foundation that helps your name surface in search.

BACK-MATTER LINKS

A copy-paste link block for the back of your books — so every reader who finishes chapter one is one click from your list. The highest-ROI page in publishing.

See it in the wild

I BUILT THIS FOR MY OWN BOOKS FIRST

Before I built reader funnels for anyone else, I built one for my own dark-fantasy series — website, email capture, link hub, Discord, and lore pages. It's live right now. Go click every button. That's the exact system I'll build for your books.

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The Dark Trinity Chronicles
A fallen world. Three powers. A child of light and dark.
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EXPLORE THE LIVE SITE →

— Pendrake Mallory, founder (and yes, the author of those books)

HOW IT WORKS

1

DEPOSIT + INTAKE

A 50% deposit locks your slot. The intake form takes you ~30 minutes — your books, links, and taste.

2

DAYS 1–4: THE BUILD

You'll see a live preview link by day 3. One consolidated revision round included.

3

DAY 5: LAUNCH

Your domain goes live, everything transfers to your accounts, and you get a recorded walkthrough so you're never stuck.

Fixed scope · one revision round · your content due by day 2 or the clock pauses · you own all accounts and code from day one

PRICING

AUTHOR LAUNCH KIT

$497

founding rate · standard $1,250

Everything above, live in 5 days. The first 3 authors get the founding rate in exchange for an honest testimonial.

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STORY-WORLD EDITION

$1,500

founding rate · standard $2,500

The Launch Kit plus the deep end: character profiles, lore pages, a series timeline, and a book trailer. For authors with rich worlds — fantasy, sci-fi, romantasy.

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CONTENT ENGINE

$350/mo

founding rate · cancel anytime

After launch, I keep your platform fed — quote cards, character spotlights, Shorts scripts, and your newsletter, all mined from your actual manuscript.

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50% deposit to start · balance at launch · no hourly, ever

No leap of faith

HOW YOU'RE PROTECTED

✓

See it before you pay in full

You get a live preview link on day 3. The second half of the price isn't due until launch — so you approve the real, finished site before you pay the balance. No paying for something sight-unseen.

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You own everything, day one

Your code, domain, email list, and Discord — all under your accounts. No hosting hostage fees, no monthly lock-in. If we ever part ways, you keep all of it.

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Fixed scope, in writing

Exactly what's included, the price, and the timeline are agreed up front. One consolidated revision round to get it right. No moving goalposts, no surprise invoices.

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An honest review, not a forced rave

Founding clients trade a candid testimonial for the rate — good or bad. I want the truth, because the next author considering this is going to read it.

NOT READY? START FREE.

I'll run a free 15-point audit of your author platform — where your ad clicks leak, what your Amazon page is missing, what your link hub fails to capture. You get it either way, including a fix you can do yourself today. No strings.

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HONEST ANSWERS

WHY YOU AND NOT A WEB DESIGNER?

A web designer has never stared at a KDP dashboard. I have. Every choice on your site exists to do one thing: turn a stranger who clicked your ad into a subscriber who buys your next release on day one. My own series site is the demo — go click around it.

I COULD BUILD THIS MYSELF ON SQUARESPACE.

You absolutely can. Honest math, though: 30–40 hours of your writing time, $200+/year forever, and the funnel parts — welcome sequence, magnet delivery, capture-first link hub — are the bits the DIY guides skip. What's your writing time worth?

DO YOU GUARANTEE SALES?

No — and run from anyone who says yes. I guarantee the scope, the timeline, and that every visitor your ads buy gets asked onto your email list. The list is the asset; sales follow your next launch email.

WHO OWNS EVERYTHING AFTERWARD?

You do. The code, the domain, the email list, the Discord — all under your accounts from launch day. No hosting hostage fees, no $99/month maintenance plan you're trapped in.