Self Publishing
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Tricks of the trade for self publishing children's books
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The magic of reading begins with picture books. It's a genre that attracts both authors and artists. And it's an area I happen to know a little bit about.
Self publishing appeals to the aspiring picture book author because
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- a book can be written relatively quickly, and
- traditional publishing usually means handing over control of the visual aspect of your book.
Whether you have an illustrator in mind, or whether you plan for that illustrator to be you, self publishing is the way to get it done. And there is at least one established way for authors to market kids' books...
School visits.
Below are the real life experiences of self published children's book authors. Here's your opportunity to learn from those who have been there. You'll read about successes and setbacks.
Get some good ideas. Learn about pitfalls to be avoided. These self publishing stories are posted free for your use. And you'll find still more of them at my other website, Best Children's Books.
All I ask is that you take the trouble to Rate and Comment on each account that you read. That way the more helpful ones will rise to the top. After all, this is The SHARED Self Publishing Experience.
Best of luck in sharing your own sense of wide-eyed wonder with some kids near you!
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Author/Illustrator ...
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2005 was a truly awful year for me so I began 2006 determined that it should be better and to achieve my dream of publishing a children’s picture book....
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Marketing can be just as difficult as climbing Mount Everest! I am a self published author through xlibris publishing company. Putting together my book ...
14 years raising a helicopter
My comments, lessons learned and advice:
Favorite quote re. writing:
Ernest Hemingway: "Writing is 20% inspiration and 80% perspiration!"
I revised ...
Tired of Traditional Publishing Dead Ends
My decision to self publish was one made merely out of frustration. I really wanted things to happen a lot faster than they were and I was tired of sending ...
It’s Simple – You Gotta Bring the Mountain to Mohammad
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Self Publishing from Experience
(Editor's note: Olive Evans' (David's wife) self publishing story appears on my other website . She has passed the torch to David. Below is an outline ...
Turning a Childhood Dream into a Reality
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My grandmother taught me to read at a very young age through fairy tales. That was my inroduction to art. I became ...
Do not give up!
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Stranger Dangers
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I Love It
I LOVE IT
I had to experience self publishing through the rejection of my first book. Now I am onto my second book and I absolutely enjoy every ...
A Mother's Day gift
For many years I thought of trying to publish a children’s book, my mother had written long ago. It was a cute and funny old and familiar story. She had ...
My Mommy Wears Army Boot's A Children's Book
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I am a writer of Poetry, Children's Books and non-fiction for twenty years. And My Mommy Wears Army Boot's was my first book that ...
Self published book by published author-illustrator
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