Creating, Publishing, and Selling Children’s Picture Books
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Jesse Byrd will present “Creating, Publishing, and Selling Children’s Picture Books” at the Tri-Valley Writers May meeting. We will explore how to create, publish, market, and sell your children’s picture book from inspiration to completion.
- Inspiration: Where are the inspirations for where story ideas can come from?
- Development Process: When you have an idea for a story what are some of the ways to get it out of your mind and into a working framework for publishing?
- Finding an Illustrator: How do you go about finding and pricing a great illustrator (if you’re not illustrating the story yourself)?
- Putting Together Your Submission Materials for Traditional Publishers: What do traditional publishers want to see from you in regards to your children’s book?
- Finding the Most Fitting Publishers and Agents for your Work: How do I find a fitting publisher or agent for my work?
- Self-Publishing Your Children’s Book: Once my book is complete, what are some of the best ways to get it to market if I want to self-publish?
- Marketing Your Children’s Book: The 3 most important pillars of marketing your children’s book (whether self-published or traditionally published).
Join us on Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom. RSVP by Thursday, May 13 via an email to: president@trivalleywriters.org. (Without your email, we can’t send the Zoom invitation to you).
REGISTRATION DETAILS:
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Meeting Cost: $5 CWC Members, $7 non-CWC member, and $3 students (ages 14-22 w/school ID)
Jesse Byrd is an award-winning children’s book author and the youngest African American NPR Foundation Board Member. He started his professional journey as a Silicon Valley techie before pivoting to pursue his true passion of creating stories for audiences young and old. Jesse’s been fortunate to perform readings of his children’s books to over 35,000 kids and is currently in partnership with Airbnb Experiences to provide families and corporations with virtual storytime experiences during COVID. Aside from traditional and independent publishing, Jesse is working with one NBA athlete and three non-profits to develop original stories for young readers. Jesse’s also been hard at work adapting two of his children’s books for consideration to become animated TV series (fingers crossed!).
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Questions? Email Jordan Bernal at president@trivalleywriters.org.