"It was an unmitigated pleasure working with Steve Bennett and AuthorBytes.  Steve is a true professional.  Setting aside the fact that he and his designers are tremendously creative, knowledgeable, and innovative, they are also caring and passionate about what they do.  With the patience of Job, Steve walked me through everything and took care to explain the what and the how and the why.  He gave me one to one attention and went out of his way to make sure that all of my questions were answered—and I, technologically-challenged as I am, had a whole slew of them.  I cannot recommend Steve Bennett or thank him enough."

Khaled Hosseini
Best-selling author of The Kite Runner (Riverhead Books) and A Thousand Splendid Suns (Riverhead Books)
 

"I think I would have been lost in the digital labyrinth if it weren't for AuthorBytes.  Book publishing and book marketing have changed dramatically in the last ten years, and it seems to me that AuthorBytes has always been at the forefront.  They're a wonderful group: Smart and supportive and extremely creative."

Chris Bohjalian
Best-selling author of The Double Bind, Before You Know Kindness, and Midwives (all Shaye Arehart/Random House)
 

"I found AuthorBytes.com after a long search and many interviews with Web site designers, and it was a fantastic piece of luck. Steve Bennett's wisdom, caring, precision, wit, and constantly evolving imagination are invaluable complements to the obligatory computer savvy. He works only with top-notch designers, has a wide reach within the reading community, and treats each client as his one-and-only. Watching my Web site take shape has been a fascinating experience. It has depth, humor, and reflects me and my work. He involved me in every step of the process. I am not only proud of the result, but of Steven Bennett's pride in his product."

Jacquelyn Mitchard
Best-selling author of The Deep End of the Ocean (Penguin) and A Theory of Relativity (HarperCollins)
 

"It's a sad but true fact: the hardest part of publishing isn't just getting the contract, but getting your book noticed when there are so many others competing for attention.  To this end, Steve Bennett and AuthorBytes have taken marketing books to the next level...making the written word come to life through sound and images, and reaching everyone with access to the Internet.  Steve's creativity, his attention to detail, his lightning-speed turnaround, and his obvious passion for creating this compelling, cutting-edge media makes him exactly the guy you want in your corner, when it comes to promoting your work.  The best part of meeting my next deadline will be seeing what Steve dreams up to spotlight my future novel -- I cannot wait to work with AuthorBytes again."

Jodi Picoult
Best-selling author of My Sister's Keeper, Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle,, and Nineteen Minutes (all Atria)
 

"You did a fantastic job! Thanks from the bottom of my heart. I so appreciate the original design and also the incredible attention to detail that you put into my site. I never ever would have been able to pull this off in a million years and you did it all in two weeks! You guys are amazing!"

Judith Guest
Best-selling author of Ordinary People (Penguin) and The Tarnished Eye (Scribner)
 

"As a former publisher and now the author of six books, I can tell you that Steve Bennett and his team  at Authorbytes are world-class professionals. Steve's background as a media professional, journalist and bestselling author allows for the uncanny ability to deliver website content and social media in compelling ways that lead to sales. I have recommended Steve to many colleagues as well as corporate clients. He is simply the best in the business."
 
Deborah Collins Stephens
Co-author of This is Not the Life I Ordered (Conari Press)
 

"Having AuthorBytes build websites for several books published by our company has been a great experience. Their ideas are sharp and fresh and their designs are always appealing. They are able to execute any request I might have in a very timely manner and, even better, anticipate what I’ll need before I even ask. The sites that Author Bytes designs certainly help contribute to the sales of our books."

Christopher Nelson
Associate Director of Marketing
G.P. Putnam's Sons/Riverhead Books
 

"I came to Steve Bennett with a pretty simple concept for a Web site—or so I thought. It didn't take long for me to realize that I was completely out of my mind. Nonetheless, Steve and his team worked with me patiently and steadfastly to build a site that, in the end, looked stunningly great and also perfectly captured the spirit of my book. Steve and his designers didn't just meet my expectations, they blasted them with a bazooka. I'm an enormously satisfied customer."

Sam Walker
Author of Fantasyland (Viking)
 

"I am so thrilled with Steve Bennett and AuthorBytes. Steve responded to my inquiry immediately, and within two weeks—after researching my books on the Web, talking with me at length about what I was looking for, and working with me day by day over the phone at each stage of the process, my Web site was live! It's a professional, elegant, eminently functional, and gorgeous site. And to top it all off, Steve is wonderful to work with and a pleasure to talk to. I couldn't be happier!"

Amy Hassinger
Author of Nina: Adolescence (Berkeley/Penguin) and The Priest's Madonna (Putnam)
 

“I guess it says everything that I now keep visiting my own website. It’s not that I’m a sad-sack with nothing better to do. I just can’t get over how gorgeous it looks. Steve Bennett first impressed me by being at his desk and sentient at 7.30 am. He and his team then set to and created exactly the kind of look I wanted. What’s more, they did it with humor, wit and breathtaking efficiency. They are the business. I’d say more but I have to go take another look at my home page….”

Laurie Graham
Author of The Future Homemakers of America (Warner Books) and Gone With the Windsors (HarperCollins)
 

“I feel Steve Bennett is a genius at what he does, plain and simple. I must admit, I initially entered into the process of setting up a website with some serious trepidation—probably not uncommon for most writers taking a first step out into the web—but all of my worries were immediately obliterated upon talking with Steve. He’s extremely knowledgeable, caring, serious—but also in possession of a great sense of humor!—and he and his team at AuthorBytes thought of everything, long before I ever imagined the right questions to ask. Steve was accessible on a daily basis and walked me through every step of building the site. And while his technical expertise is essential, the ultimate result is a true and personal representation of me and my work. I love my site and I look forward to watching it evolve along with my new writing. Thanks so much! I really couldn’t be happier with any part of my experience.”

Liesel Litzenburger
Author of The Widower (Shaye Areheart Books) and Now You Love Me (Three Rivers Press)

“If you are a writer, I have a piece of advice: contact Steve Bennett. If you think you know what you want, but you really don't know what you need, and you have collected contrary advice from friends and web designers — contact Steve Bennett immediately.  He and his colleagues at AuthorBytes calmed me down, brought me up to speed, and whenever I think about what to do next, they are reliably ahead of me.”

Michael Downing
Author of Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving (Shoemaker & Hoard) and Breakfast with Scot (Counterpoint)
 

"It was a wonderful experience working with the team at AuthorBytes. In a short period of time, everything from a Web site to a multimedia presenter was implemented in an extremely well-designed and easy to navigate fashion. Most importantly, Steve Bennett personally interacted with me every step of the way in the design and content creation for the site and multimedia, offering clear focus and direction and ensuring that everything came together well. The result was a beautifully finished set of products that became a hit with the viewers from day one."

Dr. Abraham George
Author of India Untouched: The Forgotten Face of Rural Poverty (The Writer's Collective) and founder of The George Foundation
 

"Thanks to Steve Bennett and Authorbytes.com I have gone from web-challenged to web-savvy in just a few weeks and I only hope that I can continue to develop characters and storylines that match the creativity and energy of my new website. The process was painless, even fun, and the end result exceeds all my expectations. Steve is the consummate professional; knowledgeable, meticulous, patient, driven, and just wacky enough to inject humor into all the right places. I definitely could not have done anything close to this without him. In fact, I tried to put it in our contract that he can never switch careers or retire, but naturally he caught that, as he did all the other glitches. I know I can look forward to his continued guidance on this and all future web-related projects."

Debra Borden
Author of Lucky Me (Random House) and A Little Bit Married (Random House)
 

"Steve Bennett is absolutely the best. He not only created a unique web site that expresses me and my work, he also served as mentor, supporter and career coach. He's incredibly generous with knowledge and time, his staff is highly skilled, and he always made sure I was pleased with every aspect before he made it permanent. I'm not only delighted with my site, I'm delighted to have discovered a new friend."

Blaize Clement
Author of Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter and Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund (both St. Martin's Minotaur)
 

"Working with Steve Bennett and AuthorBytes has been a delight. When first convinced that I needed a website for my work, I thought I might be able to do it myself or enlist the help of tech-savvy friends. I'm glad I changed my mind. Not only is my site more professional and creative than I could have imagined--but I also benefited from Steve's years of experience in publicity, marketing and design. I learn and continue to learn from him."

Martha Ackmann
Author of The Mercury 13 (Random House)
 

"Steve Bennett and AuthorBytes bring creativity, high energy, and experience to every project we work on with them. AuthorBytes is an essential part of building a fantastic Internet presence for our books and an interactive online community for our readers."

Joe Duran
Author of Start It, Sell It, & Make a Mint (Wiley) and The First Time Investor's Workbook (McGraw-Hill)
 

"I'm so pleased with the site Steve Bennett and AuthorBytes designed for the launch of my novel. He was generous with his time, listened closely to my thoughts and concerns, and ultimately put together a site that perfectly conveys what I wanted to say. I couldn't be more thrilled."

Rebecca Johns
Author of Icebergs (Bloomsbury)