Whether you are choosing to go the self publishing route or the traditional route: either way you will need to have some technical know-how to be able to create a working manuscript or dummy of your book! In this episode we are going to talk about some AMAZING book creation tools for your tool belt that will help you to create your book.

Want to be a part of the FIRST ever Picture Book Academy Course? I will take you step by step through the picture book creation process! We will work on creating your book product to work for either publishing avenue! I am only going to take a small amount of people in the first cohort, probably 15-20, so if you are interested shoot me an email [email protected] and I will add you to my early bird list! This way you will get first crack when registration opens. 

If you’ve been listening-in to a bunch of Book Creator Podcasts, you know that I am a BIG fan of keeping things as simple as possible. If you start Googling self publishing, you will find a whole lot of companies out there that offer services-- by all means look into as many as you’d like! Just remember that you need to create a title that can be affordable to consumers, and also compensate you enough/unit to cover your title costs and then eventually make a profit! Today, we are talking about a couple of different self publishing avenues: Ingram Spark and KDP.

Also friends! I am just ramping up to launching the FIRST ever Picture Book Academy Course where I will take you step by step through the picture book creation process! We will work on creating your book product to work for either publishing avenue! I am only going to take a small amount of people in the first cohort, probably 15-20, so if you are interested shoot me an email [email protected] and I will add you to my early bird list! This way you will get first crack when registration opens. 

I know that there are so many questions on your mind about which publishing avenue is right for you! So I thought we would spend some time talking about the pros and cons of self versus traditional

Also friends! I am just ramping up to launching the FIRST ever Picture Book Academy Course where I will take you step by step through the picture book creation process! We will work on creating your book product to work for either publishing avenue! I am only going to take a small amount of people in the first cohort, probably 15-20, so if you are interested shoot me an email [email protected] and I will add you to my early bird list! This way you will get first crack when registration opens. 

Welcome back to episode #14 of the Book Creator Podcast. Today we are going to have some fun talking about Book Business Plans. Building a business plan is not something you want to skip over! Remember, your book is a product-- and a product that you hope will be purchased by actual consumers! If we treat a book like any other product development, we can have confidence that what we are developing will fly in the marketplace. Alright book creators, lets get down to book creator business.

Please connect with Rachel on Instagram and Facebook @TheBookCreatorPodcast or @ThePictureBookAcademy. Grab your free Book Creation worksheets on http://TheBookCreatorPodcast.com! If you have an idea for an episode, feel free to reach out to Rachel through any of these channels! Talk to you soon Book Creators! 

In Episode #13, we are going to talk all about the wonder that is a Book Map! I’ve been so excited to nerd-out a bit talk with you about this topic! I love creating book maps-- it is one of the most exciting stages of the book making process in that you get your very first glimpse of what your final book is going to be like. Book Maps help us to create a 5000 foot view of our book so that we have an architectural plan to follow moving forward. 

Listen anywhere you listen to podcasts! For a full list of options, head to TheBookCreatorPodcast.com. 

Please connect with Rachel on Instagram and Facebook @TheBookCreatorPodcast or @ThePictureBookAcademy. Grab your free Book Creation worksheets on http://TheBookCreatorPodcast.com! If you have an idea for an episode, feel free to reach out to Rachel through any of these channels! Talk to you soon Book Creators! 

I’ve been getting a good deal of questions about how to get out there as an author/illustrator or soon to be author/illustrator! This is a great topic for all of us to be thinking about, no matter what stage of the game we are in! I thought it would be fun to do something a little different and answer a few of YOUR questions! So here we go, in episode #12 we are going to talk about YOUR top 5 questions about social media as it pertains to book creating.

Listen anywhere you listen to podcasts! For a full list of options, head to TheBookCreatorPodcast.com. 

Please connect with Rachel on Instagram and Facebook @TheBookCreatorPodcast or @ThePictureBookAcademy. Grab your free Book Creation worksheets on http://TheBookCreatorPodcast.com! If you have an idea for an episode, feel free to reach out to Rachel through any of these channels! Talk to you soon Book Creators! 

Description: Have you ever noticed that when you go to the gym for the month of January there is a crazy surge of people there and it is busy almost every day? Then by the time February hits, the gym population is back down to its normal size. This is the perfect example of creating a non-sustainable new years resolution. As you launch your 2019, I want to make sure that your BIG Book creation goal is something that doesn’t fall by the wayside. Today we are going to talk about 5 tips to a No Excuses New Year that will help you accomplish all that you set out to do! Let’s get down to book creation business! 

Listen anywhere you listen to podcasts! For a full list of options, head to TheBookCreatorPodcast.com. 

Please connect with Rachel on Instagram and Facebook @TheBookCreatorPodcast or @ThePictureBookAcademy. Grab your free Book Creation worksheets on http://TheBookCreatorPodcast.com! If you have an idea for an episode, feel free to reach out to Rachel through any of these channels! Talk to you soon Book Creators! 

In episode #10, we are going to have some fun talking all about some things I want to add to your creative stockings this year: a whole bunch of Book Creator resources and more podcasts! No one can know everything, and that is why it is OH SO important to know how to use your resources. 

Listen anywhere you listen to podcasts! For a full list of options, head to TheBookCreatorPodcast.com. 

Please connect with Rachel on Instagram and Facebook @TheBookCreatorPodcast or @ThePictureBookAcademy. Grab your free Book Creation worksheets on http://TheBookCreatorPodcast.com! If you have an idea for an episode, feel free to reach out to Rachel through any of these channels! Talk to you soon Book Creators!