Author: Beau
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Episode 6: Rosemary Rivera & Mario Menjivar – A Husband & Wife Self-Publishing Team
I’m back with a fun new episode for you this week. I recently interviewed a really fun couple named Rosemary Rivera & Mario Menjivar, who are a husband and wife team who create and self-publish children’s books! Rosemary is the author and marketing/PR person, and Mario is a former Disney animator who made the transition…
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Episode 5: Exciting Trends and News in Children’s Publishing
For this episode I did a quick little solo update about some interesting info I ran across this week in the world of children’s publishing. Listen to the episode, or you can read through my notes below, which cover most of what I talked about on the show. Please let me know if you’d like…
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Episode 4: Tara Lazar, Children’s Book Blogger & Author of The Monstore
In this episode of the Let’s Make Kids’ Books podcast, I’m joined by the talented and funny Tara Lazar, who blogs at TaraLazar.com about writing children’s books and shares a ton of great info from the traditional publishing side of the business. She also wrote the fantastic picture book called The Monstore, and has several…
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Episode 3: How to Publish Print Books with Amazon CreateSpace
It’s the dream of every children’s author to see their book in print and actually hold a copy in their hands. I can’t tell you how exciting and satisfying it was for me when I got the first printed copy of one of my books in the mail and showed it to my kids. They…
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Episode 2: Bolaji O of Brave Little Heroes
This episode of the Let’s Make Kids’ Books podcast features the brilliant and entertaining children’s author Bolaji O, who writes a series of great fantasy adventure books for kids called Brave Little Heroes. Bolaji started publishing his own children’s books a couple of years ago, although he’s been writing and making up stories since he…
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Introducing the Let’s Make Kids’ Books Podcast!
Today I’m really proud and excited to introduce you to my new Let’s Make Kids’ Books podcast. I’ve been podcasting for years, and knew when I started this site that I wanted to create a podcast on the topic of writing, publishing, and selling children’s books. For the past couple of months I’ve been recording…
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My Huge List of Places to Feature Your Free Kindle Book Promotion
Note: Although my site is geared towards children’s authors, this list will work for any self-published or indie author, especially fiction authors. The whole point of running a free Kindle giveaway promotion through Amazon’s KDP Select program is to get as many downloads as possible, right? If that’s the case, then getting your promotion featured in…
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From Struggles to Sales: 5 Things Successful Self-Published Children’s Authors Do Differently
Let’s be honest for a second, OK? There are a lot of struggling self-published authors out there who aren’t making any sales of their books. I’m not going to tell you that there’s some magical formula to finding success as a self-published children’s author; I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve had (and still…
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Sizing and Formatting Your Children’s Book Artwork for Kindle or Print
One of the most frequent questions I get asked is, “What size should I tell my illustrator to make my children’s book artwork?” The answer depends a little bit on the size and layout of your book (and whether you plan to do a print version), but in this post I’ll provide guidelines and answers…
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How I Made a Children’s Book in 10 Days: From Idea to Publication
A few days ago I published my third book, called Christmas on the Farm. I’m really happy with how it turned out, but the reason I’m writing this post is to share with you how I went from having the idea for the book to having it live for sale on Amazon in 10 days(!).…