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How to Promote Your Children’s Book
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This book has 30 chapters, 217 pages, each with homework to help you get motivated and started on your path to promote your book, and build your career. Over 60 authors, illustrators, and librarians contributed countless (I tried but lost track) pieces of advice to promote your book and support your career. There are resources, links, and videos
Recommendations:
Cheers for this mighty useful, mighty rich new book! This is a great tool!
Emma D Dryden
children’s editorial & publishing consultant, drydenbks LLC
…this book could save your promotional life.
Simone Kaplan
picture book editor, consultant, coach
“…this one publication is better than every other article I have read on promotion…EVERY other thing….”
Sharon Stanley
aspiring author
“I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting innovative ideas for promoting a new book.
Ruth Sanderson
author/illustrator
“How to Promote Your Children’s Book is an amazing reference that no author should be without.”
Lisa Tiffin
freelance writer
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9.99
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One-on-One How to Promote Consultation
Marketing Consultations
I get lots of requests from people to help them with their social media and/or online promotion. In fact, so many people have asked for my help that I wrote a book about how to do it all. I also give lots of free info about what you can do through my podcast, Brain Burps About Books.
But people kept asking for my advice, so I decided to launch a consulting service. I still give tons of advice gratis. But there can be confusion about this, so here are my guidelines regarding DIY online and offline promotion. My thanks to Chris Brogan for the inspiration:
- Gratis: I give away anything I know (and can remember!) when I am speaking at a conference, on my podcast, or writing my blog or newsletter. If I am able to answer a question quickly by email, I will.
- Not gratis: when you request specifics that apply to your particular business or want my undivided attention.
- Gratis: the occasional 20 min Skype session with classes, teacher/librarians, or book clubs.
- Not gratis: taking me out for coffee, drinks, or lunch in order to get info I usually give in a consultation.
- Gratis: a find-out-what-you-need call with potential clients.
- Not gratis: what we’d discuss in a consultation. Gratis: the charity work I do with organizations that stir my heart and conscience.
- Gratis: guest appearances on your podcast, blog, or program.
$100 per hour
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The I Hate Twitter and 9 Other Stupid Things to Stop Saying and Enhance Your Career Using Social Media Video Series
This is a two-hour plus video tutorial series recorded during my webinar, I Hate Twitter and 9 Other Stupid Things to Stop Saying and Enhance Your Career Using Social Media.
Across seven (15 minute-ish) videos, these questions are all answered:
- Why bother?
- Do I have to join all the social networks?
- What do I do if I feel overwhelmed?
- I don’t get it! (Okay, not a question, but you’ll get it after you watch the video in any case!)
- What if I make a mistake?
- What if I don’t know anyone online?
- I can’t make money or anything though, right? (A little preview: wrong!)
- What do I tweet? Blog about? Say?
- Where do I get the time to do all this stuff?
$32.00
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How to Make a Smart Dummy Video Tutorial
Want to know how to make a picture book dummy? Are you a writer and wonder whether you even need to create a dummy? Download this 12 minute video tutorial and you will learn:
- how and why to create a dummy
- how published authors and illustrators create dummies
- how to “buy room” in your dummy for more space for your story
- what to put into your dummy
- whether or not to include art notes, and when you should
$12.99
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Little Chicken’s Big Day Onesie
100% cotton onesie made by American Apparel. Available in 12 – 18 month size only. Super cute. Like, incredibly, right? Imagine this as a gift with my book, Little Chicken’s Big Day? Oooo. Aaahhh. $13 plus tax and shipping
$13.00
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$9.99
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I LOVED your video tutorial “How to Make a Smart Dummy!” Thank you so much!!! I really see now why it’s important to make a book dummy, even though I’m not an illustrator. I still have one question, however. Since I’m just an author, not an author/illustrator, how do I properly format my picture book manuscript to submit it to an agent or an editor? I can’t draw to save my life, and I would hate for my poor attempts at artwork to detract from my story, so I’m guessing I shouldn’t include the stick-figure drawings when I submit it. So, do I still submit the manuscript as a dummy without pictures, or is there another manuscript format that authors use when not sending illustrations?
Thanks again!
Veronica
Thank you, Veronica! When you say “manuscript” that usually means a standard Word document or PDF. If you are not an illustrator and are therefore not submitting art with the book (a dummy), or your story doesn’t need pictures (in the examples I show in the tutorial) then you should just send in a manuscript.
Harold Underdown, a wonderful editor (and basic all around lovely guy) has a site that every author and illustrator should know about, and this page is perfect for you to look at, since it’s called Manuscript Format Basics: http://www.underdown.org/manuscript-format.htm
I hope this helps you!
Katie
Thanks so much for your reply! That was what I thought. (That’s how I have my novel manuscript formatted.) I just started second-guessing myself about the picture book… Thanks for clearing up my confusion!
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