How to Publish Your Children’s Book provides a working knowledge of the children’s book publishing process, explains the importance of understanding audiences and marketplaces, and offers a proven system for selecting and approaching the right publishing firms. The author also offers practical tips and advice from experienced editors and publishers, as well as insights from such popular children’s book authors as Jane Yolen and Johanna Hurwitz.
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How to Publish Your Children's Book - "Terrific...It's really one of the best books on the topic that we've ever seen." (Write4Kids.com )
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Liza N. Burby received her degree in journalism from St. John’s University in New York. She is an award-winning author of over thirty-five nonfiction history, science, health, and social issue books for children from elementary school age through high school.
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Liza N. Burby is the author of How to Publish Your Children's Book (Square One Publishers), 38 nonfiction children's books, and a YA novel due out next year. She is also an award-winning freelance journalist who has been writing features for Newsday for 11 years and is the editor of the top-rated parenting magazine Newsday's Parents & Children. Her articles have also appeared in national publications like Better Homes & Gardens, Ladies' Home Journal, Child and Writer's Digest and newspapers including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Baltimore Sun. Liza is also an adjunct professor in the journalism program at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY. Dividing her time between fiction and nonfiction pursuits allows her the ability to strengthen her writing in both genres, while always having something new to write about.
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All You Need to Know about Publishing Your Children's Book,
By Kenneth J. Atchity "Story Merchant" (Dappertutto) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Publish Your Children's Book: A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publisher Say Yes (Square One Writer's Guide) (Paperback)
OK, I admit to my double bias: I've written a book in the SquareOne series (How to Publish Your Novel), AND, as a result of becoming acquainted with THIS book, asked the author to consult with my Writer's Lifeline, Inc. She knows all there is to know about the field, and shares it with you in this exhaustive and well-organized book--from what exactly to send when you submit a children's book, to what exactly are the age-defined markets, to whether to include illustrations, and includes sample cover letters, a way of keeping track of submissions, and what to expect if you're lucky enough to make a sale. The author herself has sold 38 books without an agent. She's the source!
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Essential reading for anyone contemplating publishing a children's book,
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This review is from: How to Publish Your Children's Book: A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publisher Say Yes (Square One Writer's Guide) (Paperback)
Books for children preschool through young adult has always been a substantial part of the publishing industry. It is also one a volatile and competitive market that can be confusing and difficult for the novice author and inexperienced publisher. "How To Publish Your Children's Book" by award-winning author and former children's book editor Liza N. Burby is a comprehensive and thoroughly 'user friendly' instruction guide that will prove an invaluable reference for anyone aspiring to publish (or be published) and market a book for children regardless of its genre or the intended age category of its targeted readership. "How To Publish Your Children's Book" covers such diverse but essential issues as creating effective submission packages, how authors can identify the best publisher for their particular title, learn to avoid common problems encountered in publishing, understand and benefit from publishing contracts, accessing and utilizing publisher resources, the growing phenomena of electronic publishing such as eBooks, maximizing results while minimizing time, cost and effort, and so much more. Enhanced with the addition of a glossary, a resource list, and an index, "How To Publish Your Children's Book" is essential reading for anyone contemplating publishing a children's book whether it is through an established press, and independent publisher, or as a self-published project.
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This book is packed with information for anyone who wants hints on how to write and publish, including improving your book to make it more publishable. Stuff you never knew you didn't know, which is the best kind of information to learn.
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Publish Your Children's Book, United States, Illustrator's Market, Tracking Chart, Square One Book Classification System, Harry Potter, Level Three Once, Literary Market Place, New York, Publishers Weekly, The Perfect Girl, Subject Index, Lewis Carroll Illustration, Random House, Caldecott Medal, Harper Trophy, Newbery Medal, Noel Lucas, North America, School Library Journal, Children's Book Insider, Current Date, Houghton Mifflin, Jessica Surman, Key Personnel Pres New!
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Publish Your Children's Book, United States, Illustrator's Market, Tracking Chart, Square One Book Classification System, Harry Potter, Level Three Once, Literary Market Place, New York, Publishers Weekly, The Perfect Girl, Subject Index, Lewis Carroll Illustration, Random House, Caldecott Medal, Harper Trophy, Newbery Medal, Noel Lucas, North America, School Library Journal, Children's Book Insider, Current Date, Houghton Mifflin, Jessica Surman, Key Personnel Pres New!
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- Harry Potter 6 und der Halbblutprinz by Joanne K. Rowling on 4 pages
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Macmillan Readers) by M Twain on page 29, and page 207
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak on page 17, and page 63
- Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll on page 98, and page 172
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classic) by Mark Twain on page 29, and page 207
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