Author Katie Davis » Podcast http://katiedavis.com The business, marketing, and craft of children's books Fri, 17 May 2013 21:43:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Apple App Store Here We Come! Little Bahalia Picture Book Apps http://katiedavis.com/134/ http://katiedavis.com/134/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 11:24:38 +0000 Katie http://katiedavis.com/?p=10399 What is the difference between picture book apps, storybook apps, apps, applications, eBooks, interactive books and… what have I left out? Well, you’ll find out when you listen! What’s in this episode? An interview with Stacey Williams of Little Bahalia A review by Julie Falatko of Black Dog by Levi Pinfold In the interview you’ll hear about [...]

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What’s in this episode?

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]]> http://katiedavis.com/134/feed/ 0 #132 – World Read Aloud Day, 2013 http://katiedavis.com/132/ http://katiedavis.com/132/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:00:52 +0000 Katie http://katiedavis.com/?p=9844 Subscribe to the podcast! In this week’s show you’ll hear a review by Julie Falatko:  You Are Stardust by Elin Kelsey and Soyeon Kim update on Video Idiot Boot Camp - and a launch date announcement! update on the audio book version of  How to Promote Your Children’s Book: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets to Create a Bestseller [...]

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In this week’s show you’ll hear

Their Stories Change the World: Voices from LitWorld LitClubs Around the World from LitWorld on Vimeo.

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]]> http://katiedavis.com/132/feed/ 2 #131 – Making Money in Children’s Publishing http://katiedavis.com/131/ http://katiedavis.com/131/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:29:17 +0000 Katie http://katiedavis.com/?p=9399 Subscribe to the podcast! In this week’s show you’ll hear Review by Mr. Schu of graphic novels an announcement from me about a show hiatus while I finish Video Idiot Boot Camp Susanna Leonard Hill and Julie Hedlund come on to discuss how to create an income stream from various writerly sources! Susanna has her writing course she’s [...]

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In this week’s show you’ll hear

Susanna Leonard Hill and Julie Hedlund come on to discuss how to create an income stream from various writerly sources! Susanna has her writing course she’s just launched which you can find here

Julie has her 12×12 membership (end of February 2012 it closes to new members so hurry!) and various products and I have products and the Video Idiot Boot Camp I’m tweaking in prep for launch.

We also dive into…

  • how we got into providing these products/services?
  • how we all give MOST of our content away for free.
  • why it’s great to be able to earn income in a business you love, especially when you can’t live on royalties.
  • the balance between “business” and “writing” time.
  • people valuing what they pay for

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]]> http://katiedavis.com/131/feed/ 9 #130 – An Author Visit to Sandy Hook http://katiedavis.com/130/ http://katiedavis.com/130/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:01:44 +0000 Katie http://katiedavis.com/?p=9471 If you heard episode #124, you know that Marc Tyler Nobleman had the idea for an author “talent show” for Sandy Hook almost immediately. Here is the wonderful, loving, and positive result of that idea. This visit was profoundly moving, and complete normal. The authors and illustrators joked, talked, drew, and taught the way we [...]

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]]> If you heard episode #124, you know that Marc Tyler Nobleman had the idea for an author “talent show” for Sandy Hook almost immediately. Here is the wonderful, loving, and positive result of that idea. This visit was profoundly moving, and complete normal. The authors and illustrators joked, talked, drew, and taught the way we always do in a visit, and the kids responded the way kids always do: they laughed, sang, interrupted, and cracked us up with their unexpected and funny responses.

This felt good on so many levels, and I’m glad to share it with you. I managed to get enough audio to give you an idea of what the day felt like. The audio isn’t always great, I warn you, because we were in an auditorium. The presentations are cut short, but I urge you to do whatever you can to get these authors to your district’s school, no matter where you are!

Special thanks to Media Specialist Yvonne Cech and Isabel Almeida at the United Way of Western Connecticut for helping make this possible! Apologies to the many others who also were integral, but I don’t know who everyone is!

The authors involved in the visit were:

Susan Hood

Bruce Degan

Marc Tyler Nobleman

Tad Hills

Bob Shea

Mike Rex

Daniel Kirk

Alan Katz

Vincent Kirsch

Tracy Dockray

Meghan McCarthy

Here is an article in School Library Journal.

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An Author Visit to Sandy Hook

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]]> http://katiedavis.com/130/feed/ 2 #129 – How to Create an iBook for Apple’s iBookstore with iBooks Author http://katiedavis.com/129/ http://katiedavis.com/129/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:00:05 +0000 Katie http://katiedavis.com/?p=9280  Subscribe in iTunes In today’s episode you’ll hear a Gratitude segment from Julie Hedlund (and I swear I didn’t know she was going to say that stuff!) a review from Julie Falatko of Baby Penguins Everywhere by Melissa Guion In today’s interview you’ll hear about how Sarah Towle created an app and then an iBook [...]

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In today’s episode you’ll hear

In today’s interview you’ll hear

Sarah takes me through a tour of iBooks Author – it’s so exciting what we can do with this!

Accolades for Beware Mme la Guillotine!
World Youth and Student Travel Conference Top 10 2012 Travel App 
School Library Journal Top 10 2011 App!
TeachersWithApps Top Ten Tried & True Classroom App!

Win a copy of Sarah’s eBook – watch this video!

 

 

…and that’s How to Create an iBook for Apple’s iBookstore with iBooks Author

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]]> http://katiedavis.com/129/feed/ 6 #128 – Augmented Reality Apps and Children’s Books http://katiedavis.com/128/ http://katiedavis.com/128/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:00:11 +0000 Katie http://katiedavis.com/?p=9037 In the show you’ll hear me talk about how you don’t want to miss out on a 12×12 membership (it’s closing soon!) Just Write for Kids Picture Book Course Children’s Book Hub Children’s Book Insider a previously broadcast review by Mr. Schu, of the newly minted 2013 Newbery book, The One and Only Ivan by [...]

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In the interview Craig Lew and I talked about

  • Kerem
  • QR Codes
  • ARbusiness cards with portfolios
  • uses for AR in kid’s books
  • his animation work with Dreamworks
  • whether or not I’m short-sighted

 

The Goths

Where you can find Craig:

 

This post may contain affiliate links, however, I would never recommend anything I didn’t know for sure was totes awesome.

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]]> http://katiedavis.com/128/feed/ 6 Brain Burps About Books on Huffington Post! http://katiedavis.com/brain-burps-about-books-on-huffington-post/ http://katiedavis.com/brain-burps-about-books-on-huffington-post/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:00:41 +0000 Katie http://katiedavis.com/?p=9102 It’s going to be there weekly! I still have to figure out whether I’ll put some of the links from the show on my site, or just on the Huff Post, but in any case, pretty cool, huh?!!! Click here to check it out.

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]]> http://katiedavis.com/brain-burps-about-books-on-huffington-post/feed/ 6 #127 – Writing, Illustrating And Marketing Books For Kids http://katiedavis.com/127/ http://katiedavis.com/127/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:00:31 +0000 Katie http://katiedavis.com/?p=9019 I was thrilled to have Joanna Penn, of The Creative Penn, interview me about writing, illustrating, and marketing for kids, since she writes for adults. Here is both a video as well as a podcast episode – you can watch or listen. In the podcast you’ll also hear a question from Katie Parkhurst about Twitter [...]

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In the podcast you’ll also hear

Joanna and I talked about apps and ebooks and lots of stuff and here are links to many of them:

Groups to help writers:

VIBC-box

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]]> http://katiedavis.com/127/feed/ 0 #126 – New York Times Article Makes Grad School Rap Book Trailer Go Viral http://katiedavis.com/126/ http://katiedavis.com/126/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:26:36 +0000 Katie http://katiedavis.com/?p=8900 Subscribe to the podcast! Subscribe to the marketing spin off! Today’s guest, Adam Ruben, wrote a book, created a video, and got into The New York Times because of it. Still think you don’t need video to boost your career? During the show you’ll hear a review from Julie Falatko of The Monster’s Monster by [...]

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Today’s guest, Adam Ruben, wrote a book, created a video, and got into The New York Times because of it. Still think you don’t need video to boost your career?

During the show you’ll hear a review from Julie Falatko of The Monster’s Monster by Patrick McDonnell51O8PslDoaL._SS500_

 

 

 

During the interview you’ll hear some great tips from Adam about creating his video! You can also watch the interview (there are a few added visuals to the video if you choose to watch it).

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And that’s how a New York Times Article Makes Grad School Rap Book Trailer Go Viral!

 

 

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