I wrote a Children's Story entitled, %26quot;The Little Princess%26quot; the Publisher has been pretty relaxed in the Advertising of the book. If you were an Author what would you do to Promote Your own Book? Also who do you think is the BEST Children%26#039;s Publisher out there? I personally Love Scholastic…
Heres a picture of my book……
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Here are some of the reviews it has received….
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A reviewer (jaclynnj@usc.edu), A reviewer, 01/13/2007 Customer Rating for this product is 5 out of 5
The Little Princess
Don閳ユ獩 let the title be misleading. After reading the story it is clear that the intended audience is not solely little girls. Little boys will just as easily appreciate the storyline and characters, as they are sure to enjoy the sheriff as well as (my favorite character) the witty and a bit sarcastic, Lord Richard Thomas. 閳ユ翻he Little Princess閳?is a heartwarming and captivating tale. It demands the attention of children and adults, so I would not recommend it as a bedtime story because it won閳ユ獩 put anyone to sleep! It閳ユ獨 a great children閳ユ獨 book that demonstrates good morals and hard work. Excellent read!
Edie Blanchard, A reviewer, 10/10/2005 Customer Rating for this product is 5 out of 5
Wonderful Story
Great lessons learned from this book. We will treasure it always. I can%26#039;t wait for more books by Author Lisa Tesch.
CAROL SHINSKE, A MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS, 09/17/2005 Customer Rating for this product is 5 out of 5
BEST STORY FOR ALL AGES
This is an awesome book for all ages. I read this book myself before reading to my children, I laughed, and cried, what a great story! It only took me about 45 minutes to read the whole story, and is a wonderful story for children just learning to read. It kept me on edge the whole story as to what was going to happen next. This book would be a priceless gift for new moms, and especially school teachers to read to the class. I am waiting for more stories by this author, she knows how to write an unforgetable story.
How to Promote or Market a Children%26#039;s Book?
You need a website, a press release, a media kit, a list of local TV and radio stations. You should get the website, and media kit together first, and then call the local TV and radio stations.
I%26#039;d go to the local libraries as well. Most have children%26#039;s reading times, and your work might be good as a read-aloud.
Agents and publishers don%26#039;t do much these days to promote. You%26#039;re on your own.
My book, Intent to Sell, has a lot of tips on how to promote your work in the marketplace.
How to Promote or Market a Children%26#039;s Book?
Well, when your storytitle is The Little Princess, I can almost promise you that it won%26#039;t be appealing to boys. Maybe changing the title of your book could up the advertisements and sales?
How to Promote or Market a Children%26#039;s Book?
Do you have an agent……if not get one, an agent would handle this kind of stuff…
your local big chain store would do an author%26#039;s visit…..also small main st. type of book stores…go to you local library and volunteer to do readings…….
donate some to a local kids charity or hospital- offer to do readings…get a website for the book……..
How to Promote or Market a Children%26#039;s Book?
You published through Tate? According to Preditors and Editors, they are a subsidy press and not a traditional publisher. Of course they aren%26#039;t marketing it for you! Whether you call it a vanity press, subsidy press, or self-publishing, at the end of the day you don%26#039;t have any support except yourself. There are some projects I advocate using these services for, but you have to know exactly what you are getting into:
http://www.sfwa.org/beware/vanitypublish…
How to Promote or Market a Children%26#039;s Book?
It%26#039;s very much an uphill battle to market a POD book. Critics won%26#039;t review it, even if you give free copies. Bookstores and libraries won%26#039;t host signings. Local radio and TV stations ignore press releases. At best, the local paper might give you one paragraph, but you won%26#039;t see much in terms of sales as a result.
Sorry to bring bad news, but most POD fiction sells well under 100 copies, many under 50--often the number of supportive friends and family the author has. Why? Because too many POD books are not very good. I have no idea if yours is among them, of course.
If you market the holy hell out of it--set up a website and a blog, mention it every chance you get in any chats or forums where you%26#039;re known, make a point of joining new chats and forums, make a link to a purchase point part of your online signature everywhere you go, set up a table for it at every friend%26#039;s or neighborhood yard sale, etc., you still won%26#039;t see much of a sales increase. Which totally sucks, after all your effort.
The best thing to do is to start the next book, and place it with a publisher which is quite discriminating in terms of acceptance and which routinely markets its works. If your second book does well, your publisher may well agree to publish and market the first one, assuming you%26#039;ve retained all rights.
Wish I could offer more hope.
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