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Children's Books
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Marketing Children's Books - video
Kathryn Otoshi
A holistic use of text, images and themes around topics like bullying, acceptance, tolerance and self-esteem helped author and illustrator Kathryn Otoshi redefine how she marketed children's books. Integrating such themes allowed her to expand from...
over 7 years ago
Marketing Plan
Research
Marketing Children's Books - podcast
Kathryn Otoshi
A holistic use of text, images and themes around topics like bullying, acceptance, tolerance and self-esteem helped author and illustrator Kathryn Otoshi redefine how she marketed children's books. Integrating such themes allowed her to expand from...
over 7 years ago
Marketing Plan
Research
The Children's Book Market - podcast
Peggy Thomas
Children's author Peggy Thomas discusses the book market, and how the children's book market is persevering. Click here to play this audio clip
over 7 years ago
Marketing Plan
Building a Fan Base
The Children's Book Market - video
Peggy Thomas
Children's author Peggy Thomas discusses the book market, and how the children's book market is persevering.
over 7 years ago
Marketing Plan
Building a Fan Base
Shan Gill on Drawing Inspiration From Her Childhood to Create Her Book Cosmic Kitty - video
Shan Gill
As a child, author and life coach Shan Gill would draw or doodle as a means of escaping challenging situations such as being bullied. It wasn't until a few years ago that she realized there was much more to these doodles. An intuitive painting workshop...
over 6 years ago
I have an Idea!
Choosing Your Topic
Marvelous Thing That Came From a Spring - video
Gilbert Ford
Watch author/illustrator Gilbert Ford as he creates incredible die cut dioramas used to illustrate his picture book, The Marvelous Thing That Came From a Spring . For more on Gilbert Ford visit http://www.simonandschuster.biz/authors/Gilbert-Ford/401417801...
over 6 years ago
Children's Books
Illustrations
Sheri Fink on Why She Independently Publishes Her Books - video
Sheri Fink
When bestselling children's author Sheri Fink happened upon her first book idea, she didn't know anything about the publishing world. She had attended a writing conference for a friend and ended up using the advice and information for herself once...
over 6 years ago
Self-Publishing
Advantages/Disadvantages
Traditional vs Independent Publishing for Children’s Books - video
Hayley Rose
Deciding which publishing path to pursue can be overwhelming and difficult. Award-winning children's author Hayley Rose recommends that authors understand their end goal before choosing a path. What do you hope to get out of publishing your work? For...
over 6 years ago
Traditional Publishing
Advantages/Disadvantages
Author Rachel Renee Russell Discusses the Bestselling Dork Diaries Series
Rachel Renee Russell
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Renee Russell discusses the success of the Dork Diaries series and the community of readers it has created. For more on this author and series visit http://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Rachel-Renee-Russell...
over 5 years ago
Children's Books
Writing for Kids
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