When I decided to independently publish my book Raising Bookworms: Getting Kids Reading for Pleasure and Empowerment in 2008, I read everything I could get my hands on about self-publishing. I ordered Peter Bowerman's The Well-Fed Self-Publisher mostly because I loved the title - but...
Read MoreWe’re going to be exploring self- and independent publishing this month on the Children’s Book Hub, so I thought I would kick off the discussion with an overview on the various forms of publishing, especially self-publishing. In subsequent posts I'll get more specific as to...
Read MoreWe’re celebrating Women’s History month with 31 days of posts focused on improving the climate for social and gender equality in the children’s and teens’ literature community. Join in the conversation on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kidlitwomen or Twitter #kidlitwomen Recently a group of children’s lit colleagues and I (all...
Read MoreIndependent Publishing essentially has two definitions. In the commercial publishing world, independent publishers (also called "indies" or "small presses") are small publishers that publish a limited number of books per year (usually less than 10). Their status may also be determined by an annual sales figure...
Read MoreIt may be hard to believe there are any cons associated with being published by a traditional, commercial publisher - after all, that's the gold ring all writers are aiming for, right? Certainly there are many advantages to having one's books published by a commercial publisher....
Read MoreWe've been talking about editing this month on the Children's Book Hub. Even though I myself am a freelance children's book editor as well as an author, I rely heavily on my collaborations with editors - at our publishing house, as well as on a...
Read More“What I need is someone who will make me do what I can.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Would you like to finish a middle grade or YA novel, or complete four picture books by the end of next year, and start submitting to agents and editors? ...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2708" align="alignleft" width="300"] First completed illustration for Julie Hedlund's "My Love for You is the Sun"[/caption] My friend, fellow writer and editing client, Julie Foster Hedlund, is conducting a unique experiment in hybrid publishing - a process that may well become a model to help small...
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