So, you think that the feedback of beta readers is only good for adult books, correct? Maybe, young adults? They are certainly important for both categories. Also, they can help you improve your book overall. This is the story about a class that goes on a field trip to the dinosaur museum and was based on a real event that happened during my time as a pre-kindergarten teacher.
I only knew that among children who read all of my books, this one was their favorite. After I got several critiques from a diverse group of people, including teachers, readers, and mentees, I realized the story needed a little bit more work and perhaps the cover art needed a revamp.
And this is what I focused on improving afterward. The book was published with new updates and a more satisfying story. With these new improvements, the book is performing better overall. But here is the problem: when we follow the hype, we tend to try everything everybody is doing.
Even worse, we may even think of quitting and blame the entire world for our publishing demise. I tried every course I could afford. I was in every social media group available for writers. Skimp on paying a capable illustrator?
Your illustrations may not be unique enough to sell copies of your book. Save money on printing by going print-on-demand?
You Need a Qualified Illustrator. Without a plan in terms of strategy i. A poorly published self-pub work does you little to no good, and can actually hurt you. Can you envision your more prolific clients traditionally publishing certain categories of books such as their picture books and early readers and self-publishing others such as their middle grade and young adult novels? I think more and more will try their hand at it in the future, and some will really succeed.
It all depends on what readers want, and where they want to buy it. I think because there are so many different ways readers want to read books, writers, agents, and publishers have to deliver books in many different ways.
Their self-pub strategy supports their traditional publishing strategy by helping to build their digital readership. Our goal with this strategy is to reach the widest possible market of readers out there—both in print and e-books, and then wherever possible encourage readers to read across all of the series by that author.
She will open to queries again in the new year and is especially looking for contemporary YA and Middle Grade fiction. Visit her website. Find out more at her website. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Traditionally publishing a book usually takes months.
During that time period, if someone else publishes a book very similar to yours, you could lose your book deal. The timeline for self-publishing, on the other hand, is largely determined by you. Once you have finished writing your book and your illustrations, typesetting, and cover design are done, the actual process of publishing only takes a few minutes and your book would be listed online a few days later. If you want to get your book in the hands of readers as quickly as possible, self-publishing is the method for you.
Are you a popular professional in your industry? Are you a microinfluencer? Are you Instagram famous? She would have a preexisting audience ready and waiting to purchase her book. However, if you do, you will have an advantage when it comes to both self-publishing and traditional publishing. Many traditional publishers now look at your social media following and level of influence when reviewing your proposal, so that could give you a leg up when trying to get a book deal.
Traditional publishers will handle retail distribution of your book. The caveat? You may have to reach out to bookstores directly and market your books to them in order to get a coveted spot on their shelves.
If you tend to purchase your books online as many people do , self-publishing makes it easy to sell your books to people all around the world and being in major bookstores may not be as much as a deal breaker as you originally thought.
Whereas a novel would not typically require illustrations, beautifully-illustrated picture books come at a cost that you will have to pay upfront. Illustrations range greatly in price, depending on the illustrator, and the cost to produce a picture book will vary for that reason.
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