Create, Publish and Market "Photo" Coloring Books Online

Name: Create, Publish and Market "Photo" Coloring Books Online
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Turn Your Photographs Into Coloring Books and Market Them on Amazon!

Created byDan Grijzenhout

Last updated 9/2017

English

What you'll learn

Create publishable coloring books from photos
Publish their coloring books on CreateSpace
Market their coloring books through Amazon and Ingram Spark
Know how to get their books onto shelves at major retailers like Barnes & Noble and Chapters Indigo

Course content

4 sections • 16 lectures • 1h 16m total length

Introduction to the Course5:51
This video lecture introduces the courses and informs the student of what is possible after the techniques taught within are mastered.
Taking "Coloring Book" Usable Photos2:40
This lecture discusses the kinds of things you want to consider when selecting photos for your coloring book. It also outlines a number of recommended strategies for taking good photographs that can be turned into coloring book pages.
Free Image Sources for Your Coloring Book3:30
This lecture provides the user with some good sources for royalty free photos that can be used to create coloring book illustrations.
Creating Coloring Book Images Using Adobe Photoshop9:13
Probably the key lecture for this course. In here I walk the student through the Adobe Photoshop application showing how to turn a photograph into an image usable in a coloring book. A number of tips are illustrated that will also show the student how to create additional effects such as "Fish-eye" images to make the illustrations in some instances even more fun to draw.
Create a Coloring Book Calendar Using Microsoft Powerpoint4:31
This lecture shows you how to take the coloring book images that you have created using Adobe Photoshop to easily create a coloring book calendar of your own images that you can produce using Microsoft Powerpoint.
Building Your Coloring Book6:35
This lecture provides the student with insights, hints and tips on building the actual coloring book so it both looks professional and can be uploaded to CreateSpace for initial "Print on Demand" distribution.

ISBN Strategies2:45
There are several strategies you can employ to get your ISBN code, a code necessary for you to have to create a physical book. The price for this code ranges from free to around $125.00 U.S. depending on the strategy you wish to implement when publishing your book.
Getting Your BISAC Code for Coloring Books2:51
The BISAC code is a globally recognized code asked for by publishers when publishing your book. I have researched the correct code as it relates to coloring books and it is included within this lecture.
Publishing Your Coloring Book on CreateSpace6:41
This lecture provides you with some instruction with respect to publishing your book through CreateSpace - the "Print on Demand" subsidiary company of Amazon.
Publishing Your Coloring Book on Ingram Spark5:23
Ingram Spark represents over 30,000 book retailers globally including Barnes and Noble and Chapters Indigo. If you wish to get your coloring book on the shelves of any of these retailers, you will be needing to publish your book through Ingram Spark to do so.

Tips On Promoting Your Coloring Book Online6:05
This lecture provides the viewer with a list of strategies that one can use to promote one's published book or E-book online. You have now written your book. This list of strategies will show you how to get the word out!
Getting Your Coloring Book Listed at Major Retailers3:28
This lecture provides the student with a number of hints, tips and strategies you might employ to getting your book on the shelves with major retailers.
Using Social Media to Market Your Coloring Book5:35
This lecture provides the student with a number of hints, tips and strategies you might employ to marketing your book through social media channels.
Using Lead Capture Points as Part of Your Business6:54
Many have heard about using Lead Capture pages to obtain e-mail subscribers. This lecture goes beyond that to provide actual tips and strategies for their effective use.
Customer Relationship Management Tips3:36
Customer retention is what it is all about. Learn how even you as a home based business can implement solid Customer Relationship Management techniques and strategies to maximize the retention of your viewers and followers so that when they are ready to buy something, they will still be there waiting to buy from you!
End of Course Quiz - Good Luck!

Requirements

A Computer
Access to a Word Processing application such as Microsoft Word
Access to a relatively recent version of Adobe Photoshop

Description

Create, Publish and Market "Photo" Coloring Books Online
This course teaches the student how to create coloring books starting with selected photographs. Photographs are turned into color-able images using Adobe Photoshop. Once created, they are incorporated into a coloring book document and then are published onto Amazon's CreateSpace "Print on Demand" website. CreateSpace integrates with Amazon-Kindle to allow the author to sell these coloring books online. You can also use CreateSpace to market your coloring books globally through book retailers they have built connections with.

Want to get your coloring books into major book chains like Barnes & Noble and Chapters Indigo? This course shows you how to do that too...

I also provide through this course lectures that will assist you in marketing your coloring books to others. You will learn how to promote them online including through social media platforms, how to get your books listed with physical retailers, how to find prospects online and how to interact with customers to drive towards additional sales.

So if you like taking pictures, you like creating and having fun with it and you are not adverse to making some extra income from your creativity, this could become quite a good sideline "passive income" stream for you. So come check this course out.

Best wishes,
- Dan Grijzenhout - Course Creator

Who this course is for:

Parents wanting to create some fun coloring books for their families
Self-employed people - such as wedding phtographers
People with limited budgets wanting to make some extra income at home
People looking for ideas to start new at-home businesses or expand existing ones

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Designing and Building Your Coloring Book6 lectures • 32min

Publishing Your Coloring Book4 lectures • 18min

Promoting Your Coloring Book Online5 lectures • 26min

Bonus Section1 lecture • 1min

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