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Indie Author Website on a budget for August Mae to coincide with the launch of his Tides of Tomorrow Novella Series. I love working with Indie authors who know what they want, but have tight budget constraints. In this case I added full mailing list management, automated parsing of his book data to minimise administrative overhead. https://www.augustmae.co.uk
Really clean execution, Tim π
Love how restrained and readable the layout feels β especially for an author site where content clarity is everything.
Out of curiosity, did you find any challenges balancing aesthetics vs performance on this one?
Thatβs such a great point, Tim.
Clear briefs honestly change everything β when the direction is well-defined, constraints like budget almost become creative parameters rather than obstacles.
Out of curiosity, when working under tight budget constraints, do you usually prioritise...
I try to optimise within the same feature set as much as possible, the closer you can give the client what they originally asked for the better in all honesty. It's just a case of managing expectations up front, and being realistic about what is possible, and what compromises...
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