Do You Want To Publish A Children's Book? - Easy Guide to Getting It Done!

About this video

A guide to writing, illustrating and publishing a children’s book. Dale starts with audience: a book for a one-year-old is not a book for a ten-year-old, and the real buyers are parents, so both must be understood. Next, study the niche — full colour versus black-and-white, image style, price point, trim size and page count — and harvest the keywords, phrases and categories successful titles use in their metadata, without plagiarising content or titles. Then develop a concept that resonates with you; his example was a rhyming, Dr. Seuss-like life-lesson series for ages three to five with cartoon monkeys. Write and professionally edit the story for the target reading level, and build a storyboard — stick figures are fine — before illustrating. He recommends hiring a professional illustrator and warns it can cost hundreds of dollars per book; if using Fiverr or Upwork, check portfolios and reviews and guard against stolen artwork, which would still be copyright theft for you. DIY options include Photoshop or free GIMP, plus animator John Celestri’s workflow: scan hand art at 400 DPI or higher, to grey, then clean, darken and colourise. For publishing he recommends Amazon’s free Kindle Kids Book Creator.

Key takeaways

• Define the exact age band — and remember parents are the buyers
• Study the niche’s format, price, size and keywords before creating anything
• Storyboard every page before paying for illustrations
• Vet freelance illustrators for stolen art; illustration is not cheap
• Scan hand art at 400+ DPI and publish via the free Kindle Kids Book Creator

Episode details: published April 11, 2019 · 13:11 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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