The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books - Softcover

Underdown, Harold D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592571433 ISBN 13: 9781592571437

Publisher: Alpha Books, 2004

Synopsis

Provides practical and timely advice on writing different types of children's books, working with publishers, understanding the publishing process, the importance of illustrators, and building a career in the field of children's literature. Original. 12,000 first printing.

About this title

From the Author

Our CIG to Publishing Children's Books is intended to be a comprehensive guide to the process of writing and publishing a children's book, from the iniitial idea to the marketing of it. It complements but does not replace a market guide and a how-to. Published originally in the US, it does not specifically address UK conditions, but much of the publishing process is the same in both countries.

About the Author

Harold D. Underdown graduated from Haverford College with a Bachelor's degree in English allied with Spanish. He received a Master's degree in English secondary education from Temple University, and after several years of social work and teaching, he entered publishing in 1989. Harold changed gears in 1994 to open his own business as an editorial consultant. While consulting, he developed his Web site, The Purple Crayon, recognized today as one of the best sources of information about the children's publishing industry.

Harold joined Charlesbridge Publishing's trade division in 1997. When he left in 2000 he was editorial director of a list of 25 to 30 titles annually. He is now editorial vice president for ipicturebooks.com, a company dedicated to publishing illustrated children's books in a variety of electronic formats.

Throughout his career, Harold has worked with, and in some cases discovered, a number of distinguished authors and illustrators, among them Larry Pringle, Yumi Heo, Deborah Kogan Ray, Bob Marstall, Evelyn Coleman, Pat Mora, Barbara Esbensen, and Tony Johnston. Books he has edited have been named ALA Notable Books, and have been named to such lists as the ABA "Pick of the Lists," the CBC/NCSS "Notable Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies," and the IRA/CBC "Children's Choices." He speaks regularly at conferences across the country. For more information, visit his Web site at http://www.underdown.org.

Lynne Rominger began her career in publishing almost a decade ago as a book publicist after earning her degree from the University of California at Davis in English literature/nonfiction writing. During her time publicizing other people's books, she decided to write herself and embarked three years ago on a freelance writing career. Since then, she's written more than 100 feature articles for glossy magazines, newspapers, and Web sites. She has edited the Mind & Body channel on dontsweat.com, Richard Carlson's site based on his popular Don't Sweat the Small Stuff (Hyperion, 1997) series of books, and is a regular contributor to completeidiotsguides.com. Lynne also writes the monthly arts entries and personality Q&A for a regional magazine near her home in Roseville, California.

In addition to The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Children's Books, Lynne has co-authored The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles (Alpha Books, 2000) with Sheree Bykofsky and Jennifer Basye Sander, Your First Year as a High School Teacher: Making the Transition from a Total Novice to a Successful Professional (Prima, 2001) with Suzanne Laughrea and Natalie Elkin, and Your First Year as an Elementary School Teacher: Making the Transition from a Total Novice to a Successful Professional (Prima, 2001) with Karen Heisinger and Natalie Elkin. When not working on her next writing project-a children's book, of course-Lynne teaches English at Granite Bay High School, Granite Bay, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592571433
• ISBN 13: 9781592571437
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384