Episode 12: Is Self-Publishing a Children’s Book Right For You?
09/18/14 • 21 min
On this week’s episode, I cover a question that many aspiring children’s authors ask themselves: is self-publishing the right choice for me? As you’ve probably gathered by now, I’m a big advocate of self-publishing, but the truth is that it’s not right for everyone.
In this episode, I talk about the 5 questions you should ask yourself before deciding if self-publishing is the right thing for you. Thinking through these questions before deciding which route to go can save you a lot of time, money, and frustration. And if you go through them and are still excited to self-publish, then they’ll give you the confidence you need to move forward and set expectations for what the process will actually be like.
I hope you enjoy the episode! I’d love to hear any further questions you have about whether self-publishing is the right choice for you, or your take on the questions I asked in the show.
If you’re enjoying the new solo episodes, please leave a review on iTunes! It’s a huge help to the show and keeps me motivated to keep publishing new episodes for you.
Keep Listening:
- Subscribe on iTunes – Please leave a review if you enjoy the show! It just takes a second and really helps get the word out.
- Check out more episodes
- Subscribe to Let’s Make Kids’ Books – Get emailed whenever I release new episodes or blog posts, and get my free “6 Steps to Self-Publishing a Children’s Book” checklist!
Want to self-publish your children’s book but feeling lost or stuck? Want to shortcut the learning process and get your book done quickly and easily?
Check out my online course 6 Weeks to Your First Children’s Book! It’s got everything you need to know to complete and self-publish your first book (and many more!)
On this week’s episode, I cover a question that many aspiring children’s authors ask themselves: is self-publishing the right choice for me? As you’ve probably gathered by now, I’m a big advocate of self-publishing, but the truth is that it’s not right for everyone.
In this episode, I talk about the 5 questions you should ask yourself before deciding if self-publishing is the right thing for you. Thinking through these questions before deciding which route to go can save you a lot of time, money, and frustration. And if you go through them and are still excited to self-publish, then they’ll give you the confidence you need to move forward and set expectations for what the process will actually be like.
I hope you enjoy the episode! I’d love to hear any further questions you have about whether self-publishing is the right choice for you, or your take on the questions I asked in the show.
If you’re enjoying the new solo episodes, please leave a review on iTunes! It’s a huge help to the show and keeps me motivated to keep publishing new episodes for you.
Keep Listening:
- Subscribe on iTunes – Please leave a review if you enjoy the show! It just takes a second and really helps get the word out.
- Check out more episodes
- Subscribe to Let’s Make Kids’ Books – Get emailed whenever I release new episodes or blog posts, and get my free “6 Steps to Self-Publishing a Children’s Book” checklist!
Want to self-publish your children’s book but feeling lost or stuck? Want to shortcut the learning process and get your book done quickly and easily?
Check out my online course 6 Weeks to Your First Children’s Book! It’s got everything you need to know to complete and self-publish your first book (and many more!)
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Episode 11: Why Bother with Free Book Promotions?
On this solo episode of the podcast, I’m tackling a topic that’s a little controversial in the indie children’s book world.
You may have heard other self-published authors talk about giving away copies of their book for free and wondered, “Why the heck would I want to give away the book that I put so much work into?!”
It turns out that there are several good reasons to give away your book for free from time to time, as long as you do it strategically and have specific goals and outcomes in mind before you start giving your book away.
In this episode I not only share why you should consider doing free promotions of your book, but also how to make sure you get the most out of the promotion, in terms of both short-term downloads and long-term audience-building and sales.
If you’ve wondered whether free promotions are right for you, or struggled to see how they can help grow your audience and make you more sales, this is the episode for you!
After you listen to the episode, leave me a comment and let me know what other questions you have about free promotions, or tell me your success story/horror story about a free promotion you ran! I’d love to hear about your experience with them.
Keep Listening:
- Subscribe on iTunes – Please leave a review if you enjoy the show! It just takes a second and really helps get the word out.
- Check out more episodes
- Subscribe to Let’s Make Kids’ Books – Get emailed whenever I release new episodes or blog posts, and get my free “6 Steps to Self-Publishing a Children’s Book” checklist!
Next Episode
Episode 13: Pricing Your Children’s Book for Maximum Profits
In this episode, I talk about a topic that trips up many self-published children’s authors: how to price your book so it actually sells. But beyond just selling, it’s important that you actually make some money from your books so you can keep creating more! Sometimes selling (or giving away) as many copies as possible means less money for you in the long run.
That’s why in this episode I talk about the best price points for your book on Amazon, how to find the “sweet spot” between low prices and maximum profitability, how to use pricing strategy effectively (don’t worry, it’s easy), and when to use “non-standard” prices for your books.
If you’ve been stressing about how to price your book, or want to revisit the pricing on books you already have up for sale, don’t miss this episode! Everything I share is based off of my own personal experience of pricing and selling my own books, as well as what I’ve seen other successful authors do and what Amazon recommends. It’s a quick but powerful episode.
If you have any questions about pricing, or want to share your own results with different prices, please leave them in the comments!
Keep Listening:
- Subscribe on iTunes – Please leave a review if you enjoy the show! It just takes a second and really helps get the word out.
- Check out more episodes
- Subscribe to Let’s Make Kids’ Books – Get emailed whenever I release new episodes or blog posts, and get my free “6 Steps to Self-Publishing a Children’s Book” checklist!
Want to self-publish your children’s book but feeling lost or stuck? Want to shortcut the learning process and get your book done quickly and easily?
Check out my online course 6 Weeks to Your First Children’s Book! It’s got everything you need to know to complete and self-publish your first book (and many more!)
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