The publisher's notebook

Practical ideas for selling your picture book.

Short, honest guides on launching, pricing and selling children's books, from schools and bookshops to social media.

The Journal by Sajeda Faraz

The launch is won or lost in the three months before it. A month-by-month checklist for picture book authors.

The launch is won or lost in the three months before it. A month-by-month checklist for picture book authors.

Full-colour printing is expensive and every channel takes a different cut. Work out your profit per copy before you sell a single book.

Full-colour printing is expensive and every channel takes a different cut. Work out your profit per copy before you sell a single book.

Getting on real shelves takes preparation, not luck. What bookshops and libraries need from you, and how to make saying yes easy.

Getting on real shelves takes preparation, not luck. What bookshops and libraries need from you, and how to make saying yes easy.

For many picture book authors, schools are the single best sales channel. Here's how to design a visit, pitch it, and sell personalised copies.

For many picture book authors, schools are the single best sales channel. Here's how to design a visit, pitch it, and sell personalised copies.

Picture books don't sell like adult novels. Here's how children's books are really bought, and where a new author should spend their time first.

Picture books don't sell like adult novels. Here's how children's books are really bought, and where a new author should spend their time first.

The full plan

The Inside Children's Publishing Toolkit: the 47-page Launch Kit, 18 fill-in templates and two guides. Instant PDF download.