Beta
Keep writing. We'll mind the business.
Awdur (Welsh for author — roughly “OW-der”) is one calm home for an author's page, their reader list, and the email that keeps readers close. No six tools duct-taped together. No storefront to run.
We're approving new authors in batches during the beta.
Came here from an author's page?
That page belongs to the author — they wrote every word of it. Awdur is the small platform they use to host it and to email the readers who asked to hear from them.
If you joined their list, you're on their list. Every email we send on their behalf has a one-click unsubscribe, and we don't sell or rent anybody's address.
What it is
Everything around the book, in one place.
An author's job is one book at a time. The business around it isn't: a page readers can find, a list that's actually yours, a newsletter that goes out when you said it would, and one link that sends a reader to whichever store they already shop at. Awdur is those four things in one system that knows what a launch is.
What you get.
A page readers can find
Your photo, your name, a line about you, your books, and one signup box, at yourname.awdur.com. Set it up in an afternoon. If you want, readers can even see how far along the next book is.
A reader list you own
Every signup lands in your list, confirmed, and it's yours. Bring the list you already have — Mailchimp, ConvertKit, or a plain CSV — and group readers by what's true about them: joined last month, opens everything, came in with the box set.
Email that goes out on time
Write a broadcast for a launch or a cover reveal and send it, or schedule it for Tuesday. Set a welcome series once and every new reader gets it. Bounces and unsubscribes are handled — you never think about them.
One link for every store
One page per book listing every retailer that sells it, so a post, a bio, or a printed QR code needs exactly one link. You get to see which stores readers actually clicked.
What it isn't. We don't publish your book, we don't edit it, and we don't sell it for you. Awdur is the marketing side — the page, the list, the email — and we don't take a cut of anything you sell anywhere else.
Who it's for
Authors with readers to keep.
Built for indie and hybrid authors who already have readers — a few hundred or a few thousand — and are tired of paying four subscriptions to keep them in touch. If you're still working on the first book, you're welcome too; the setup is the same.
About Awdur
Awdur is Welsh for author — roughly “OW-der”. Wales has spent a thousand years arguing over who tells the best story, which seemed like the right heritage to borrow for a tool that belongs to storytellers.
It exists because indie authors are small-business owners who never asked to run a business. The tools are all out there — an email platform, a link page, a store, a spreadsheet for the launch — but they don't talk to each other, and the author ends up being the integration layer. Awdur is one system that already understands a release cycle, an ARC, and the difference between someone who bought one book and someone who has bought all nine.
We're in beta and approving authors in batches, so we can fix what's broken while the room is still small. There's no pricing page yet — that's a decision we'd rather make with beta authors than at them.
Start with the page.
Make the page first — your name, a photo, a line about you, and somewhere for readers to sign up. Everything else in Awdur hangs off it.
Already have an account? Sign in. We're approving new authors in batches during the beta.