A Basic Guide to Writing, Selling, and Promoting Children's Books : Plus Information about Self-publishing
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A Basic Guide to Writing, Selling, and Promoting Children's Books : Plus Information about Self-publishing
This has basic details about writing children's stories, selling to publishers or direct sales, promoting, and self-publishing. ISBN and bar code resources are listed for self-publishers as well as a wide variety of other print and online resources. It was created as a teaching and review text which allows time for critiques of students' stories and articles in eight week writing classes and writing workshops.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A Basic Guide to Writing, Selling, and Promoting Children's Books : Plus Information about Self-publishing:
I didn't realize that this book was a small 38 page book. Even though it has an ISBN number....it looks like someone printed it out from their computer and stapled it together. There are a few good points listed in the book....but I think it should have been a little longer....or at least each subject discussed should of had a little more detail.
A Great Book for Children's Writers:
Ms. Lee has put together a book that is full of information to help an aspiring author write, market, promote, and sell a children's book. It is an overviewof hot-to get your book published.
She takes you through the process step-by-step so you can make the choice which path to take to publication, from traditional to self-publishing. Ms. Lee includes chapters on how to format your manuscript, how to make a good first impression for publishers and how to grab and keep a readers interest.
The... more info
Great for teaching other students and distilling the big picture:
I teach writing and publishing workshops, and this book is a great low-cost addition to offer my students. The author has done a lot of work to supply vital information, including addresses needed in the writing and publishing industry, and to condense the enormous, almost overwhelming amounts of information out there down to the distilled basics. An historical famous author is noted to have said in a long-winded letter to a friend, "I would have written a shorter letter but I didn't have enough time." As a... more info
Not bad:
This is a fair book, if your expectations are not too high. It's a lot like going to an evening talk at your library by a local children's author (which is quite possibly how this booklet started out). You learn some basics, lose some false concepts, get a view of the territory, benefit from tips drawn from the author's personal experience, receive some handouts from more authoritative sources (about a fifth of the book is reprinted from membership materials of the Society of Children's Book Writers and... more info
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