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Elevator Pitch for Children’s Authors
If you feel a bit awkward or salesy every time you talk about your children's book, or perhaps you don't really know how to bring up your children's book in a conversation in the first place, then this video is for you! One of the biggest stumbling blocks for us...
Children’s Book Mockup
The other day I shared how Amazon's most recent changes now allow independently published authors to add more images to our Amazon sales page. I received such wonderful feedback and so many questions, the main one being about the children’s book mockup images I...
Getting the Most Out of Reviews & Media Coverage
I had so many different title ideas for this article on how to leverage media coverage, but had such a hard time deciding. So I wanted to share a few with you right here: Getting the most out of your Book Reviews The Power of your Thank You!!! (+ Etiquette) How to...
QR Code for Children’s Books
Using a QR code for books? QR codes have been around for a long time, but up until now, haven't really been used to their full potential - at least not by us authors. Some swear by them, others think they’re not worth it. Those that believe the latter often haven’t...
Children’s Book Publicists – Are They Worth It?
The number 1 reason I sat down to write this article was because more and more Children’s Book University students and readers told me that they had been approached by a Children’s Book Publicist, and wanted to know if investing in such a service would be worth it. ...
How To Safely Link To Your Children’s Book On Amazon
In an attempt to support and share my students’, clients’, and readers’ beautiful work, I asked for their books’ clean Amazon link, so that I could (1) purchase the books for my two boys to read, and (2) share it on my newly created SHARE YOUR BOOK page, so others can...
How To Promote Your Children’s Book For FREE
You may have already tried many different things to promote your children's book. But today, I'd like to introduce you to a new and powerful method I've been using for quite some time now. Not too long ago, an article I wrote was published on BUSINESS INSIDER, one of...
Are Children’s Book Awards Really Worth It?
My new children's book series Braving The World has just been awarded the prestigious Mom's Choice Award®!!! All three books of this series are Gold Recipients and have been named among the best in family-friendly books.Now, I often get asked if it is worth it to...
How To Get Your Children’s Book Into A Bookstore
"How do I get my physical children's book into a bookstore?" is a question I get asked quite often. So in this blog post, I'll describe how to go about getting your paperback into a brick and mortar store. In order to get your children's book into a bookstore, you...