I just completed producing my second children's picture book! Wahoo! It is titled: The Life of
Black Dogs by Martina Jackson. The first book, titled The Life of Brown Dogs, was published a few days ago and is live on Amazon for kindle. The paperback version is also published but it will take a few more days for it to be live on Amazon. I will keep you posted on that!
For the first book, it was my initial intention to do a book about a beach dog. But the pictures that I got are of different brown dogs so I decided to generalized the book. I had so much fun doing it. As I looked at each picture, I was inspired with the ideas for the sentences to insert under each picture. Each book is approximately 30 pages long.
I got free images from Pixabay and used Google Advanced Image Search for images that are free and could be used commercially.
I am currently uploading the second book to Createspace and the next step is to upload it to Amazon KDP.
This has really been a learning process for me. Here are a few of the processes that I had to do to complete the books:
The Life Of Black Dogs
By
Martina Jackson
Kindle and paperback format
For the first book, it was my initial intention to do a book about a beach dog. But the pictures that I got are of different brown dogs so I decided to generalized the book. I had so much fun doing it. As I looked at each picture, I was inspired with the ideas for the sentences to insert under each picture. Each book is approximately 30 pages long.
I got free images from Pixabay and used Google Advanced Image Search for images that are free and could be used commercially.
I am currently uploading the second book to Createspace and the next step is to upload it to Amazon KDP.
This has really been a learning process for me. Here are a few of the processes that I had to do to complete the books:
- The images had to be formatted with a dpi of 300. I use paint.net
- I learned how to create the back of my book cover
- I used Powerpoint to create the book interior and cover. Its so easy"
- I finally got Kindle Kids Book Creator KKBC to work for me!
The Life of Brown Dogs
By
Martina Jackson
Get your copy today!
The Life Of Black Dogs
By
Martina Jackson
Kindle and paperback format
This is amazing! I would like to go through this learning curve myself for picture books on Amazon Kindle. I have written a book called The Golden Sphere-a chapter book but it does not have pictures. My son found a cover out of copyright and added the book onto the site. Good luck with your book!
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Lily Erlic
Children's Author
SCBWI member
Thanks so much. I have some other books where I had illustrations done for the story. With these picture books, the experience is so much different and more personal. I am having so much fun. Thanks for posting. And good luck with your book. BTW, I think adding images to your book, takes your story to another level. It allows your reader to visualize the story much faster.
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