Writing for the Children’s Book Market Many online retailers offer attributes that narrow the age / grade range of your target audience and increase your books’ discoverability. Like movie ratings, this feature enables the publisher to to choose the appropriate age and grade target for their book. In turn the retailers include your book into […]
Kindle FXL Preparation (pt1): Page Dimensions, Text Display, Illustrations
Amazon’s Kid’s Book Creator makes it easier for the average Joe to create illustrated children’s eBooks (Kindle) to upload directly to Amazon. In the previous post, I showed the main difference between a fixed layout and a “regular” or standard book layout. We’ll now get into how to prepare your files in order to build […]
From Tree to Book and Back Again – A Sustainability Tale
A publishing company in Argentina, Pequeño Editor, is producing a children’s book that, if planted, will grow into a tree. The acid-free paper used to make the children’s book is infused with seeds from the Jacaranda tree. All of the book, including the paper and glue, is biodegradable. When the book is buried in the dirt […]
To Trend or Not To Trend – Part 1, the Fiverr Project
Write a book in 48 hours. Sounds easier than it is. The process taken was simple, or so I thought. Just write a silly story, find an illustrator and be published in 48 hours. Now I don’t know about you, but I’m a little more picky about my writing. The first hurdle: Come up with […]
Lightning Source offers Duplex Printing inside the cover
Duplex printing isn’t new, but it is new to the Print on Demand Industry. Ingram Lighting Source has announced (May 27, 2015) the option for printing inside book covers. Remember Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books, where the inside spread (inside cover and first page) contained an illustration? What an impact your book could have when […]
The Fiverr Project – from concept to sale in 48 hours
Several months ago a client sent a link to a video regarding writing and illustrating children’s books. It contained (in over 80 minutes) a massive amount of information, much of which I already knew and some I didn’t agree with. But what caught my attention was the claim that in 48 hours you could not […]
The Sweet Smell of Success: The Flautlent Pumpkin by Rodney Evans
I can hear the suppressed snickers and giggles. There is just something about farting that puts a smile on our face. It’s a “magical tune” from a “magical fruit.” Rodney sat down with me and we discussed how his adventure began from a simple dinnertime story to a series of farting books so popular, the […]