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.

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.

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.

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.