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Chapter Rundown for How to Kickstart a Children's Picture Book 

10/25/2016

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Here's the chapter rundown for the book I'm working on. Let me know if there is any other information you'd like me to cover in the book!



Intro: A personal story of Kickstarter
-- Why Kickstarter
-- All about Kickstarter
-- How Kickstarter has changed the game in publishing
1. “If you’re gonna do it, do it well.”
  1. Children’s book market
  2. Text for the children’s book
  3. Images for the children’s book (and where to get them)
2. Finding the audience for your book
  1. The cook
  2. The book
  3. The hook
3. Studying the successful and unsuccessful projects
  1. What connects all of the successful projects
  2. What connects the unsuccessful ones
  3. Reaching out to existing Kickstarter creators to get advice
4. Self-published vs. Hybrid published
  1. Benefits of Self-publishing
  2. Benefits of Hybrid Publishing
  3. My experience with Mascot
  4. Questions to ask a hybrid publisher
5. Finding a printer
  1. Domestic printers
  2. Offshore printers
  3. Questions to ask your printer
6. Creating your campaign
  1. Title
  2. Text
  3. Images
  4. Unique value proposition
  5. Creator backstory
  6. Budget for creating THE THING
  7. Kickstarter reward levels
  8. Costs
  9. Audience breakdown
  10. Website for the book
  11. Book trailer
7.  Week-by-week launch plan
  1. Identifying the social sites you will be active on
  2. Picking a good day/time to launch
  3. Making a day-to-day plan for while you are on the site
8.  Reaching out to media/bloggers
  1. Identifying blogs/media amenable to your project
  2. Crafting your ask
  3. Offering something of value to THEM
9. During the Campaign
  1. Throwing a launch party
  2. How to keep momentum up while you are on the site
  3. Deciding whether to engage a crowdfunding company/pr firm
  4. Final days of your campaign
  5. Communicating with backers
  6. Giving back to the community that helped you
  7. Throwing a thank-you party for local backers, offering more
10. Making the thing and shipping it
  1. Communicating with backers
  2. Shipping rewards
11. Shipping -- the beast to be tamed
12.  Giving your book a life beyond Kickstarter
  1. Speak to local groups about your experience
  2. Participate in local talks about crowdfunding
  3. Be a part of the Kickstarter community and give back
  4. Back other projects
  5. Blog tour
13.  Loving a little more on your backers / making sure they are happy.
  1. Why the Kickstarter relationship is different
  2. Loving on your backers
  3. 10 Creative Ways to Love on your Backers
14.. Case Studies
  1. Tessalation!
  2. The Boy Who Spoke to the Earth
  3. B is for Brains
15.. Final Words: You are part of the new way of doing things / Thank you / Ask for a review
    

Anything else you'd like to see in this title?

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11/19/2017 07:41:17 am

My kids are really interested to see these picture books because this is always making them knowing about new things. That could be a good thing for the growth of mental development of kids.

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