Unique and Wonderful Self-Published Children’s Book
July 17th, 2010 by Anne
Watch this video to hear another self-published children’s book success story:
Tags: The Lightning Thief - Percy Jackson — I haven’t been this….
February 1st, 2010 by Anne
I’m reading the story of Percy Jackson, in The Lightning Thief and I haven’t been this excited about a book series since Harry Potter. . I do vaguely remember hearing this book mentionned at a children’s writing conference, but it certainly hasn’t had the buzz that Harry Potter did and yet… I like [...]
Still More about Adirondack Kids Series — Successful Children’s Book Self-Publishing
January 16th, 2010 by Anne
And now, to conclude my online interview of Adirondack Kids series author, Gary VanRiper, I asked …
Me: Do you have a particular technique in terms of marketing and promotion that has worked really well for you?
Gary: Wow. So much could be said on the subject of marketing and promotion. It should be understood by every [...]
More about Adirondack Kids Series — Successful Children’s Book Self-Publishing
January 12th, 2010 by Anne
So here is more of my question/answer email interview with Gary VanRiper, author/publisher of the Adirondack Kids series
Me: Your arrangement of having a publisher as your distributor is interesting. It sounds as though it was someone who worked at the publishing firm who suggested that? or did you approach them? I’m just [...]
Adirondack Kids Father/Son Authors Story
January 6th, 2010 by Anne
So here is part one of my email/blog interview with children’s book self-publisher Gary VanRiper.
Question: Did you try to have the first Adirondack Kids book published by a traditional publisher?
Gary’s reply: We did approach a regional publisher who expressed interest in our story, but who explained the company was already some two years out on [...]
Coming Soon Successful Children’s Book Self-Publisher Interview
January 3rd, 2010 by Anne
Over the next week or so, I am going to be posting questions and answers here from an email interview with Gary VanRiper, the dad half of the father/son co-authors of the Adirondack Kids book series. I already sent Gary a few questions, but now as I went to put a link to their [...]
Return to Hundred Acre Wood — Winnie the Pooh sequel
October 5th, 2009 by Anne
News Flash
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood: In Which Winnie-the-Pooh Enjoys Further Adventures with Christopher Robin and His Friends
Winnie the Pooh sequel is available NOW - audiobook read by Jim Dale
Well I was feeling a bit ashamed of how little I had been blogging and many of my other slow-moving writing and publishing projects, [...]
Barnes and Noble Bookfair Fundraiser - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
May 25th, 2009 by Anne
Hi,
I recently had a wonderful invitation to come and read Poster Girl at a Barnes & Noble bookfair hosted by Change 1 Child in Brooklyn. A book reading and signing at Barnes & Noble in New York, how cool does that sound?
I asked the Change 1 Child organizer, Simone, if they would [...]
Book Exchange Program — Free Used Books
March 18th, 2009 by Anne
I ran across an interesting site the other day — BookMooch.com, a community for exchanging used books. Generally most books that I read that I don’t necessarily want to read a second time, I try to sell used on Amazon. But there are many where it’s possible you could even lose money [...]
Trade Printers - Four Color Book Printers: Where to Find Four Color Book Printing in the United States?
March 3rd, 2009 by Anne
U.S. Trade Printers of Four Color Books
I compiled the following list of U.S. four-color book printers for the current edition of Could You, Should You Self-Publish a Picture Book? in late 2006.
I recently verified that all printers are still in business printing and have the capabilities to print a children’s picture book (or other book [...]
