Guide To Self-publish a Children’s Book by Orange Publishers

Let us take the scenario where you have a talent for understanding children and being a good storyteller to them and you have always wanted to write a book for children, then why hold yourself back when you can instantly publish your book yourself through self-publishing with any reputable self-publishing Book House in India.

Self-publishing a children’s book is not as difficult as you might think and here are a few simple steps that will allow you to self publish a children’s book. 

• Why Self-publish – Well they are upsides and downsides to everything and let us take a look at why you can consider self-publishing as a viable option. 

1. You can have complete literary freedom over your book without publishers telling you to include this or exclude that.
2. The standard children’s book consists of an average of 32 pages and with self-publishing, you can exceed that without any hindrance.
3. The wait times are low as compared to traditional publishing. 
4. You do not need literary connections to allow you to publish because with self-publishing everyone no matter how old they are to writing, will be able to publish their work.

• Market research – Market research is of the most important things to do when it comes to writing any book and especially children’s books because it is a competitive book market. Although you can have the main ideas to yourself you can always get inspired by various techniques and styles of other children’s books as well as understand which kinds of children’s books are currently being accepted by the readers. This will allow you to have an in-depth market understanding and will allow you to have a head start in the publishing world. 
• Editing – Once you have written your book and you are now fairly confident you must master the art of self-editing your children’s book. This kind of editing is different from regular book editing because you have to keep in mind the minds of the young audience whenever you are going in for the edit. A few simple tips would be to keep the story without too many tangles and maintain a plot that is clear for the young audiences. Young audiences tend to love quirky and unique characters and you must be able to input these kinds of characters which will stay memorable to them and grab their attention. And the most important point is that you must always keep in mind that your language must not be too difficult for the tender audiences who do not have the level of hold in language that you possess.
• Professional editor – Once you have finished the job of self-editing your book you must always get a second opinion and the best way to do this is to work with a professional editor who is an expert in children’s books and they will play a key role in helping you point out your shortcomings and editing the book in such a way that is complacent with the market. 
• Beta-readers – After you have hired a professional editor and the editing process is done and the manuscript has been put together you can reach out to a few beta readers you can find beta readers online for these beta readers can be mothers and other people who have close contact with children and can understand the minds of children. You can also send out copies of your books to the children of your friends and even have your child asses and read the book. After you are satisfied with their response you can move ahead to the illustration.
• Illustrator – After you are done editing you must now hire an illustrator who will illustrate all the pictures in your children’s book. You can obviously choose not to have illustrations but it is from experience that we are telling you that children love pictures and if you add pictures then the selling potential of your book will increase dramatically. There are various illustrators and various illustration styles and you must choose wisely which one of them to choose for your book. 
• Self-publisher – After having done the illustrations and also after finalising the book cover you can finally approach a self-publishing Book House to publish the book for you.

These were a few simple steps to help you self publish a children’s book. If you are someone who is not looking to go into this much of a hassle then you can obviously work with us at Orange Publishers and self publish your book wherein you will simply have to submit a manuscript of the book and the other processes like hiring a professional editor and illustrator and designing the book cover and publishing the book will all be taken care by us. We are One of the best book publishers in india and we will make sure your book reaches the young audiences that you wish.