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11/22/10: This Week in the Publishing World
Since it’s Thanksgiving in a couple days, thought I’d post the publishing news early this week. I don’t know if it’s because I’m taking a Writing for Children’s class, but I keep noticing the topic of...
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BookStats, What Happened in the Publishing Industry in 2011
BookStats, the annual survey conducted by BISG that captures the size and scope of the publishing industry, was released today. See the press release below; there are some interesting factoids,...
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Storybird: The Origins of Halloween
Storybird is a fun, relatively new, platform that, according to the website, “lets anyone make visual stories in seconds.” Artists have created a lot of images especially for the site, and writers then...
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Rogue Bear Press, a publisher of children’s books
Jason Edwards, award-winning author and ‘edutainer’, kindly took the time for an interview about Rogue Bear Press. Rogue Bear Press publishes children’s books, including The Chronicles of the Monster...
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McDonald’s, the Book Distributor
I couldn’t resist. When I heard that McDonald’s planned to give away over 20 million books with their happy meals during the first two weeks of November, I knew I had to see for myself. So on the first...
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Getting Past the Gatekeepers: Promoting Children’s Books
By Louisa Clarkson – Indicated Now that more and more people self-publishing, it can be hard for new books to get noticed. With that in mind, Louisa Clarkson, founder of Indicated, a promotional...
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How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 2): Adding Images
In my last post on creating fixed format ebooks, I covered how to set up your files in Sigil so that ereaders and tablets know to treat your ebook like a fixed format ebook. This post I’ll talk about...
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Publishing Children’s Ebooks
The children’s book market is expanding. According to IBISWorld, “e-readers and other popular devices, like tablets and smartphones, make books easier to buy, read and store. Animation and other extra...
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Guest Post: Writing and Illustrating a Children’s Picture Book
By David Hoobler David Hoobler is both the author and illustrator of the Zonk the Dreaming Tortoise series. In the post below he shares his creative process when it comes to writing, illustrating, and...
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An Interview with Vicki Marquez, Author of The Rootlets
Vicki Marquez is the author of The Rootlets. The Rootlets are four fun-loving and adventurous kids, with veggie hair and healthy habits – whose lives, up until now, were undoubtedly ordinary. In their...
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Guest Post: One Author’s Experience Creating Children’s Read Aloud Ebooks
By David Hoobler David Hoobler is both the author and illustrator of the Zonk the Dreaming Tortoise series. In the post below he shares his experience creating read aloud ebook versions of his...
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Storybird: The Origins of Halloween
Storybird is a fun, relatively new, platform that, according to the website, “lets anyone make visual stories in seconds.” Artists have created a lot of images especially for the site, and writers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rogue Bear Press, a publisher of children’s books
Jason Edwards, award-winning author and ‘edutainer’, kindly took the time for an interview about Rogue Bear Press. Rogue Bear Press publishes children’s books, including The Chronicles of the Monster...
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McDonald’s, the Book Distributor
I couldn’t resist. When I heard that McDonald’s planned to give away over 20 million books with their happy meals during the first two weeks of November, I knew I had to see for myself. So on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting Past the Gatekeepers: Promoting Children’s Books
By Louisa Clarkson – Indicated Now that more and more people self-publishing, it can be hard for new books to get noticed. With that in mind, Louisa Clarkson, founder of Indicated, a promotional...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Create a Fixed Format Ebook (Part 2): Adding Images
In my last post on creating fixed format ebooks, I covered how to set up your files in Sigil so that ereaders and tablets know to treat your ebook like a fixed format ebook. This post I’ll talk about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Publishing Children’s Ebooks
The children’s book market is expanding. According to IBISWorld, “e-readers and other popular devices, like tablets and smartphones, make books easier to buy, read and store. Animation and other extra...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guest Post: Writing and Illustrating a Children’s Picture Book
By David Hoobler David Hoobler is both the author and illustrator of the Zonk the Dreaming Tortoise series. In the post below he shares his creative process when it comes to writing, illustrating, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Interview with Vicki Marquez, Author of The Rootlets
Vicki Marquez is the author of The Rootlets. The Rootlets are four fun-loving and adventurous kids, with veggie hair and healthy habits – whose lives, up until now, were undoubtedly ordinary. In their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guest Post: One Author’s Experience Creating Children’s Read Aloud Ebooks
By David Hoobler David Hoobler is both the author and illustrator of the Zonk the Dreaming Tortoise series. In the post below he shares his experience creating read aloud ebook versions of his...
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