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1) Children's book are the best selling type of print book on Amazon. Kindle is different; the best selling type there are fiction novels. 2) Creating the book and using KDP was within my budget. 3) I have the creativity to write the book myself at a professional level.
- How’d You Get The Idea For Your First Book?
- Publishing Options
- Finding An Illustrator
- How Much Does It Cost to Self-Publish A Children’s Book?
- Market/Competition Validation
- How to Design and Layout A Children’s Book For Kindle
- Kindle Unlimited Bonuses
- Marketing Strategies to Promote Kindle Books
- Making Hardback Versions Available
- Producing An Audiobook Version
“I’ve always been interested in writing. When I was little, I was always writing stories and things like that,” Matthew told me. It was in 2017/18 when Matthew got the idea for his first book Sam The Speedy Sloth. He was in an airport, and he saw a poster with a picture of a sloth on it. Matthew said that for some reason, at that moment he thought ...
Matthew did go down the traditional publishing route first. He tried reaching out to publishers, as that’s the way most of the authors he’s aware of took their books to print. But he didn’t get anywhere. However, as soon as he realized self-publishingwas an option, he knew that was what he wanted to do.
Illustrations are important when creating a children’s book. Matthew admits he’s not “artistically inclined” and knew he would need to find an illustrator to bring his story to life with images. He started looking on Fiverr, and with an idea of the style of illustrations he wanted Matthew browsed some profiles and portfolios for freelance illustrat...
Matthew said to take his book from the notes he wrote on this phone during that flight to the finished product cost somewhere in the region of $200-$400. The bulk of the cost was the illustrations which cost several hundred dollars. He also paid for CanvaPro to do the editing and add some images himself.
The idea to write Sam The Speedy Slothcame to Matthew randomly. “I didn’t expect to write a children’s book,” he explained. So, it was only after he had written the book that he started looking if there was something similar already for sale. Matthew said he saw a couple of books on Amazon that were similar. But his story was different enough, as h...
Matthew said some authors just hand over the file with the story to their illustrator and have them add their images and format the whole book. To keep costs down, Matthew did all the formatting himself in Canva. He created a title page, added the illustrations, text, and created the interactive section himself. For those thinking about their first...
Matthew decided to sell both paperback and electronic copies of his book. Being a children’s book, the majority of the sales are actually paperback as kids like to handle and experience the book. Something interesting Matthew explained is that as part of Amazon’s KDP Select programfor the Kindle version of a book, your title will be part of the Kin...
Some of the marketing strategies Matthew uses to drum up initial and ongoing interest in his books are:
Amazon has only recently started doing hardback print on demand, and it’s not available to all authors Matthew explained. Matthew uses a different company to produce the hardback version of his book called IngramSpark. IngramSpark is one of the largest global book distributors with a reach of more than 40,000+ retailers. The process for selling a h...
Matthew has also had an audio version of Sam The Speedy Sloth produced. To do this he used a company called ACX, which is the platform used by Amazon and Audible. This platform connects authors with narrators, producers, and recording studios to help you find someone to narrate your book. The cool part is that when you’ve found someone you want to ...
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Apr 11, 2023 · When publishing on Amazon, make sure you provide the appropriate age range to avoid any negative reviews from confused buyers. You’ll need to adjust the illustrations, word count, and writing style to suit the target age group, so it’s crucial to have a clear idea of who you’re writing for.
Feb 2, 2019 · Follow these 12 steps and you’ll get there in no time. In this article you’ll learn: How to generate a concept that works. How to create a main character that children love. How to write the right length. How to structure the plot. How to work with an illustrator. How to revise. How to publish. I also help authors with:
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