Still in "quiet time" mode. I haven't heard from the pubisher about any problems so that must be a good thing. Richard and I chose a small publisher that uses publish on demand technology named Dog Ear Publishing. I read, printed off, and emailed many publishing companies on the web and was impressed by DE's friendliness, professionalism and lack of bad reviews! Some other companies are a little too big for my taste. I was even able to contact a couple of authors of children's books that were published by Dog Ear and they had positive comments.
More history of this process.... After Richard and I agreed to work together, I set out as the research partner to find a publishing company. We equally agreed to give Dog Ear a try. I had sent Richard my text for this early reader book and he began to work up some drawings. He created a page layout of the book pages. We were meeting approximately every two weeks and discussing/sharing information. We emailed every couple of days with information or questions to each other. I don't know how traditional authors survive during this process! Some NEVER even meet their illustrators!!! How could you communicate your ideas if you never even meet??!!
We also were trying to make cost effective decisions with size of book, hardcover vs. softcover, number of pages, cost to print and submitting print ready files. Richard is a graphic designer so he is able to work with the type of files needed. I was also researching a marketing plan and looking up early childhood learning objectives to target our market of readers.
That takes me through months one and two of the process. More on another day.
Stacey
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What do you do to keep positive while you're waiting?
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