Everything You Need To Know About Children's Book Publishing: A Crash Course 2018

Join us for a special weekend: start writing or revising your children’s book and learn all you need to know about the children’s book industry!

This intensive weekend is designed to give you a comprehensive look at how the children’s book publishing industry works. You will gain understanding of all processes associated with submitting, producing, and selling a trade book or magazine article. You will also learn from and make connections with children’s publishing insiders.

Topics include:

• How to select a publisher
• Trade book and magazine markets
• The mechanics of submitting your work
• The editorial process
• The design process
• Contracts
• Selling systems and promotion
• Opportunities in e-book and self-publishing

In addition, there will be time to meet with one-on-one with a mentor about your manuscript and ask any publishing questions you may have.

Preliminary schedule:
Friday
Optional tour of Highlights for Children and Boyds Mills Press
Hors d’Oeuvres and Dinner
Introductions and favorite book sharing

Saturday
Morning session: Genres of books, types of publishers, types of markets, including magazines; fiction vs. nonfiction, flat fee vs. royalties, school & libraries.
Morning session: Getting help before you submit: books, conferences, critique groups, beta readers, children; mistakes to avoid.
Afternoon session: Mistakes to avoid; submissions rules and practices.
Afternoon session: Writing a query letter.
Afternoon session: Art Department: Layout, Design, and Illustration
Hors d’Oeuvres and Dinner
Guest speaker after dinner

Sunday
Morning session: The magazine market.
Morning session: Q&A about self publishing.
Morning session: Getting started as a professional.

Please note: we are still adding faculty to this workshop.