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Self-publishing Children's Books: Self-publish w/PowerPoint

Name: Self-publishing Children's Books: Self-publish w/PowerPoint
Rating: 4.2 (164 reviews)

Self-publish Amazon Kids' Books via KDP: PowerPoint illustration: Self-publishing children's ebooks in Kindle/paperback

Created byBrian Jackson

Last updated 12/2018

English

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What you'll learn

Format your children's book using Microsoft PowerPoint 2013
Annotate your children's book with pop-up text boxes using Kindle Kid's Book Creator
Publish your children's book in eBook format on Amazon
Publish your children's book in Print on Demand (POD) paperback format on CreateSpace

Course content

8 sections • 24 lectures • 3h 21m total length

Course Overview4:28
Several Points That Need to Be Clarified15:32
Differentiate children's picture books from standard Kindle books with pictures, set landscape and portrait page dimensions, and explore illustrations, Create Space warnings, and Society of children's book writers and illustrators.

Draw Any Shape in PowerPoint8:30
Drawing and Correcting Freeform Shapes4:52
Drawing Curves in PowerPoint2:15
Draw smooth curves in PowerPoint with the curve tool, using it instead of the freeform tool for faster shapes, and create circles with fewer points by inserting shapes.
Sources of Free Images3:56
Explore sources of free and public domain images for your self-published children's books, insert a fox into PowerPoint, and trace it with vector shapes to create a cartoon.
Outlining Images Using PowerPoint Vector Graphic Shapes9:31
Master outlining a fox's head in PowerPoint by tracing with vector graphics shapes, editing points, and smoothing curves, using layers and the selection pane to refine color and visibility.
Shape Solid Fills, Gradients and Outlines11:59
Grouping Objects6:20
Learn how to group and ungroup objects in PowerPoint, select multiple items, and treat grouped items as a single unit or as individual elements while applying effects, gradients, and outlines.

Kindle Select7:35
Explore the Kindle direct publishing select program, a 90-day exclusive with 70% royalties, kindle unlimited loans, and five free or countdown deals, comparing to non-amazon distribution.
KDP: Your Book8:20
Publish a children's book on Amazon using Kindle Direct Publishing; set up title, subtitle, publisher, contributors, categories, age range, keywords, upload cover and manuscript, and review before publishing.
KDP: Rights & Pricing4:11
Set worldwide rights, choose pricing to maximize royalties, and enable lending and the KDP match program before publishing; monitor sales in the next lecture.
KDP: Monitoring Sales and Modifying a Book4:57
Learn to monitor sales and modify books in KDP by using bookshelf statuses, adjust pricing, review royalties, and analyze reports to track daily and monthly performance.
Addendum: Creating a Paperback Book Cover in KDP11:42
In this lecture you'll learn the two options for creating a paperback book cover in KDP.

Requirements

Students will need to know how to write a children's book
Students will need to know how to draw their own illustrations should you choose that option

Description

Note: I remember nothing about this course except that it is short and poorly rated. I'm publishing it so that I can distribute it for free to my existing Udemy students. I believe this course still has a lot to offer. Please do not buy this course expecting my best information on self-publishing children's books. Instead, become a student via another course and get this one for free ;-).

This is a course for Brian Jackson completists ;-).

Note that this course is severely out of date. I provide it only for completeness of my course catalog. This course is for Brian Jackson completists only.

Hello and welcome to the course.

This is a course about self-publishing children’s books using Microsoft PowerPoint and the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) free web-based interface for publishing Amazon books.

In this course I'll teach you how to self-publish a children's book in Kindle eBook and Print on Demand (POD) paperback format and how to place your book on sale on Amazon alongside the greats like Rowlings, Dahl and E. B White.

In this course you'll learn to:

1. Use Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 to Layout Your Picture Book

2. Use Kindle Kid's Book Creator to Annotate Your eBook with Pop-up Text

3. Use Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) to Publish Your Picture Book on Amazon

4. Use KDP to Publish Your Print on Demand (POD) Paperback on Amazon

Of course, there is more, lots more, but the rest is in the course...

*** Updated 7/2017 with extensive information on Illustrating a Children's book in PowerPoint ***

So, if you're ready to pull your words and illustrations together to tell your story, I'm ready to show you how to share your story with the world. Let me guide you on a journey of discovery as you make your dreams of becoming a children’s author come tree the easy way – by self-publishing your work today.

I’ll see you in the classroom,

---Brian

Who this course is for:

Anyone interested in saving a lot of money by publishing their own children's books
Anyone who is lost... uncertain how to proceed... who needs a helping hand :-).

Self-publishing Children's Books: Self-publish w/PowerPoint

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 20min

Using PowerPoint to Create Your Picture Book4 lectures • 39min

Advanced Children's Book Illustration Using PowerPoint (2017 Extension)7 lectures • 47min

Using the Kindle Kid's Book Creator to Generate Your Picture Book2 lectures • 18min

Using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) to Publish Your Picture Book5 lectures • 37min

Using CreateSpace to Publish in POD Paperback2 lectures • 26min

Continuing Education1 lecture • 9min

Conclusion1 lecture • 5min

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