Hi everyone...I'm new to the groups section but I was excited to see a group on children's book illustrators! I'm really interested in this area and have ideas ready for illustration but haven't a clue where to start in the process of getting from idea to publication. Do you have any ideas for me as far as getting my foot in the door for something like this? It seems a little daunting to me, especially when you have no contacts or sponsors to give you a leg up....
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give!!! Amy T.
I guess it's the "getting the foot in the door" aspect that I'm concerned about. I'm ready to move on the first book but not sure what to do next. I'm reading up on it all but welcome any and all suggestions!
Any sure-fire plans/strategies for selling to a publisher???
I would say start by joining SCBWI, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. LOTS of great resources.
You can also start a children's illustrators group; either online of with people near by.
If you don’t know how to find people or a meeting you can go to MeetUp.com and set up local meetings in your area.
Another good thing to do is buy a book titled, Writing with Pictures by Uri Shulevitz. It's kind of outdated when it comes to the reproduction process, but it has great information on how to create a book dummy and everything you need to know about creating a book.
Attila Toth 04 Feb 2009
self publishing its wery hard/riski i sell my illustrations to a publisher so they take care of editing/publishing printing cost/distribuition etci was thinking too for self publishing because im working on a wery big project (40fairy tales whit 4-6 illustration/fairy tale, but i didnt find writer,good printing price etc...