V Clarke Books
Author-managed via Decap CMS
vclarkebooks.com
Problem.
An independent romance author needed somewhere to send readers from social media that wasn't Amazon - a place to show the full series, collect email signups, and hand out the free novella that draws people into her world. She also needed to update it herself, without calling a developer every time a new book dropped.
Approach.
Typography-led author portfolio built in Next.js with Decap CMS on top, so every book entry, blog post, and bonus content link lives in markdown files the author can edit through a friendly in-browser editor. Newsletter signups go through a service that delivers the free novella automatically. Amazon and Goodreads links are wired up per-book. Bonus content flows through BookFunnel.
Outcome.
The author can publish a new book page in minutes without touching code. Readers land on a site that looks like the worlds she writes about, not a Goodreads profile. The novella signup becomes the quiet engine that feeds the newsletter list.