Training #454 – Images for eBooks
We get a lot of questions about how to convert your illustrations from high resolution images to ones that are appropriate for including inside an…
Picture Book Secrets
This page hosts a collection of children’s book specific trainings, articles, and bonuses for your convenience. They are organized in reverse chronological order for when each was published.
Training #383 – Book Guides and Activities
Are you ready to take your book marketing up a notch? Book guides are a way to increase sales, your mailing list and following by…
Training #357 – Book Image Optimization
One topic we are frequently asked about is how to manage images in our books. What size should they be? What resolution? What’s a bleed?…
Training #335 – Case Study: Mary McMichael’s “JJ Brown” Book Launch
In 2020, Mary McMichael launched her children’s book, “JJ Brown Wants to be COOL”, and did a great job of utilizing contacts on social media…
Children’s Book Marketing 101 with Keri-Rae Barnum
Book marketing can be a challenge, especially when your readers are kids. Who do you market to? Where can you reach not only children, but…
What You Don’t Know About Children’s Book Publishing (Can Hurt You)
Once upon a time movies for kids were just…really, really bad. They were simplistic, had terrible acting, and even worse production value. They were bad…
How to Determine Image Sizes for an 8.5″x8.5″ Children’s Book with a 2-Page Spread
One question that we get fairly frequently is how to determine what size our images should be. We had a full training recently on image…
Training #243 – How to Setup Children’s Book Events with Amy Collins
In this training, Amy Collins from New Shelves Books is back to follow up on training #239 and talk more about event marketing, specifically about…
Training #180 – Art Books, Kickstarter, and Overseas Printing with Ryan Pancoast
Once upon a time, I supported a friend when he ran a Kickstarter for an art book that he was producing. Little did I know,…
Training #122 – Case Study: Brad Gray’s “Sun, Sun” Book Launch
In 2016, Brad Gray launched his children’s book, “Sun, Sun”, and did a great job of utilizing local media and his social network to launch…
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