Sylvia R. Merino · Feature preview
See your package in action.
Choose a package to see what it adds to your site. Every feature is clickable. Everything here uses sample readers and sample numbers; nothing is saved or sent.
Where your stories can go
From Tucson to the world.
Your books are about two homes and one family. The readers who will love them live everywhere: in Sonora, in Los Angeles, in Madrid and Bogotá, and in classrooms learning Spanish. Each package carries your stories one ring further.
Language figures: Instituto Cervantes, Spanish: A Language to the World, 2025.
- 1 · Be foundLaunch
Your new site on your own name, easy to find on Google.
- 2 · Build your readersAuthor Platform
A page for every book, your own mailing list, events and a monthly report.
- 3 · Go globalSignature
Your site in Spanish, signed books shipped anywhere, and schools inviting you in.
Why Signature
For $50 more a month, go global.
Author Platform $199/moSignature $249/mo$250 more to launch, one time
What the $50 adds
- Your whole site in Spanish
- Signed books and art, sold and shipped anywhere
- Schools and book clubs requesting visits
- A report of your readers around the world
- A book trailer at the top of your home page
It can pay for itself
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signed copies a month cover the $50 difference at a $20 price, before card fees. You set your own prices, and every school visit or art print sale adds to it.
In your own words
“I realized they were essential to the authenticity of the story.”Sylvia, on keeping the Spanish in Rebecca
Signature gives your readers the whole site in the language your stories were lived in.
“My hope is that … other caregivers will know they are not alone.”Sylvia, on her next book
A mailing list and readers worldwide help that book find them.
Your Silver Medal is your moment. Rebecca’s win at the International Latino Book Awards is the perfect first announcement to readers in English and Spanish, and the start of your story as a global author.
A website that’s always looked after.
Your new site at sylviarmerino.com, kept online, safe and up to date, with small changes handled for you every month.
- The colorful redesign you’ve seen, on phones and computers
- Hosting, security updates and backups included
- Up to an hour of changes a month: news, photos, reviews, awards
Try it: ask for a change, like adding your award result after October 3.
Open the website ↗Website care
Sample statusYour change requests
- Done New Unraveled cover with the award seal
- Done Tom Bird featured author interview
Requests go to Delbert at Phoenix Valley Tech and show as Done once they’re live.
Every book gets its own page.
A full page for each book and the anthology: the story, the awards, what readers say, and every place to buy, in one link you can share at readings and on Facebook.
- Full summary, awards and reviews
- Buy buttons for Amazon, Kindle and Barnes & Noble
- A link like sylviarmerino.com/rebecca for flyers and social posts
Try it: switch between the books.
Readers who hear from you first.
Readers sign up on your own site, get a warm welcome from you, and hear about new books, events and awards. The list belongs to you.
- Signup on every page
- An automatic welcome email in your voice
- See your list grow each month
Try it: sign up as a sample reader.
Join Sylvia’s readers
214 readersYour readings and awards, always current.
Upcoming events at the top, past ones kept as a record of your journey. Text Delbert the details and it’s posted, usually the same day.
- Upcoming and past events, with photos
- Add-to-calendar and map links for readers
- Your full event archive moved over from the current site
Try it: add a sample event.
Events
UpcomingSee who finds you, every month.
A short, plain-English report in your inbox: how many people visited, which books they looked at, and how many clicked through to buy.
- Visitors, top pages and where they came from
- Clicks to Amazon and Barnes & Noble
- New mailing list readers
Try it: switch months.
Monthly report
Sample numbers for illustration.
Your stories, en español.
The whole site in Spanish, with a language switch at the top, for readers in Sonora, in Tucson and everywhere in between.
- Every page, book and event in both languages
- You review every translation before it goes live
- Google shows the Spanish pages to Spanish searchers
Try it: flip the switch.
Sample translation. Sylvia reviews every word before launch.
Signed books and art, sold from your site.
Readers order a signed copy with a personal inscription, or a print of your paintings. Ship it, or hand it over at your next event.
- Signed copies with a “sign it to” note
- Prints and originals of your paintings
- Paid by card through Square; you choose shipping or pickup
Try it: add a signed book with an inscription.
Shop
Sample pricesWatch your readers cross borders.
With the site in English and Spanish, Google shows your books to readers in every Spanish-speaking country. Your monthly report shows where they are, so you can see your stories travel.
- Visitors by country, every month
- Spanish pages found by Spanish searches
- Signed copies and prints shipped where readers are
Try it: step through the months.
Your readers, worldwide
Sample illustration of what the report can show. Real numbers depend on your promotion and reviews.
Schools and book clubs ask for you.
Teachers, librarians and book clubs request a visit on your site. You see the details and your open dates in one place, and say yes when it suits you.
- A request form with your available dates
- In person or on Zoom
- Requests land in your inbox, ready to reply
Try it: request a visit as a sample teacher.
Invite Sylvia
School · Library · Book clubPrepared by Phoenix Valley Tech for Sylvia R. Merino. See prices on the website options page.