Custom Author Shopify Theme
Signed copies, preorder bonuses and series bundles for authors
Readers who buy straight from an author are usually after something a big retailer can't hand them: a signature, a personal inscription, a bonus chapter or the special edition with sprayed edges. Shopify is how a lot of authors sell those direct, with preorders, bundles and ebook downloads running through one checkout. Foxco builds a custom author Shopify theme with a page for every title, signed and personalized copies as variants, preorder campaigns with bonuses, series bundles, ebook and audiobook delivery and a reader newsletter signup. It's $999 installed on your Shopify store and configured; every direct sale after that leaves the reader's email in your hands.
Signed copies shipped from your own shelf.
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Built for Authors
- 01A page for every title with an excerpt
- 02Signed and personalized edition variants
- 03Preorders with bonus items
- 04Series bundles
- 05Ebook and audiobook downloads
- 06Events and press page
Author theme questions
Is this an off-the-shelf Shopify author template?
It's custom. We start from our author framework on Shopify and build it out with your books, your brand and the editions you sell.
How long before I can announce the store?
Plan on 7-10 days once we have your logo, cover images and book details. Rush jobs before a launch depend on our bandwidth.
Can I sell ebooks and audiobooks directly?
Yes, through Shopify digital delivery apps that send the files after checkout. Basic setup is included; more involved audiobook delivery can be a custom project. Shopify and the app makers bill for your plan and apps, separate from the $999.
Can readers request a personal inscription?
Yes. A personalization field on signed editions collects the name and message with the order, so you know exactly what to write.
The signature or the bonus chapter is what gets a reader to your store the first time. After that, the theme's job is to make the rest of your books feel like the obvious next order.
Every title with its own shelf
Each book gets a page with the cover, a short pitch, an excerpt, editions and formats as variants and the series it belongs to. Readers who land on book two see book one right there, which is how a single sale becomes three. Reviews and blurbs you've collected sit near the buy button.
Signed, personalized and preordered
Personalization works through a field on the order, so a reader can request an inscription for a friend's birthday. Foxco sets up preorders with a release date and bonus items, such as a bookplate or an exclusive short story, plus bundles for complete series sets at a better price than buying each book alone.
Digital formats and events
Ebooks and audiobooks sell as downloads through a Shopify app, delivered straight to the reader after checkout. Readers who prefer listening get the same series pages and bundles. An events page lists signings and festival appearances and a press page gives podcast hosts and organizers your bio, headshots and contact details in one place.
Readers who buy the whole series.
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