Summary: Self-publishing children's books is a great way to get a book published within a highly competitive industry. Learn how to self-publish a children's book with tips from a writing instructor in this free video on writing.
Laura Minnigerode is a writing instructor and former classroom teacher. Her teaching experience includes public and private schools, as well as writing workshops for adults and...read more
"Hi I'm Laura from youngwritersworkshops.com and I'm going to talk about how to self publish a childrens' picture book. There are probably a lot of reasons you would want to publish your own childrens' book. The publishing industry is very competitive and you would want to, if you really want to just get your book out there, doing it yourself would be a good way to go. There are a couple of different ways you can approach this. There are some on line services where you can upload your work and they'll do the publishing and it will become an electronic text where other people can read it on line. You can also go to different services where you get it printed physically and bound and you can buy as many copies as you would like. The price per copy goes down the more you purchase. A third way to do it would be kind of a combination of the two where you can upload it and have it both electronic and printed. So those are some of the things to think about. You can print it yourself physically with a printer. You can upload it to a site where they will make it an electronic book for you or you could do kind of a combination of both of those things and those things are some ways to self publish your childrens' picture book."
eHow Article: How to Self-Publish a Children's Book