Writing a children's book is challenging and rewarding. The writer has a sense of pride seeing their book in print after the hard work of creating the piece. Self-publishing a children's book can be even more of a challenge but just as rewarding, and following these steps will help you retain complete control of your work that you will not have with a commercial publisher.
Instructions
1. Edit and proofread your manuscript thoroughly. All writing must be exactly as you want it to appear in published form, so consider hiring a freelance editor if necessary or have friends and family proofread and edit for you.
2. Line up some illustrators to add pictures to your story. This important step helps children relate better to your story. After comparing samples decide what illustrator best suits your needs.
3. Request information on self-publishing from local publishers. The Internet will also provide you with many choices of companies that do self-publishing, such as Trafford Publishing or Author House Publishing.
4. Choose the company that best fits your budget and needs. Prices for self-publishing a book range from $900 to more than $5000.
5. Follow all of the requests of the publisher exactly and be meticulous in your requests and previews of your book before it goes to print.
6. Sit back and wait for your copies and enjoy the rewards of all of your hard work writing and self-publishing your book.
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