Product Description

The comprehensive guide to writing, publishing, and selling for the ever-expanding and always exciting children's market-now in a new and updated second edition.

- Includes new chapters for illustrators, on submissions, portfolios, art directors, and more
- Offers practical advice on getting started, plus the basics on writing-and selling-books that kids will love and parents will buy
- Covers picture book, juvenile, and young adult markets
- Includes sample queries and proposals for most types of children's fiction

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #355384 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-03
• Released on: 2004-02-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Customer Reviews

A terrific contribution to the children's publishing field
I'm very glad to be able to direct anyone who's interested in learning more about what it takes to succeed in children's publishing to this fine book. Harold Underdown knows children's publishing inside-out, and it shows. This book is wonderfully objective, in that it fairly presents all sides (editorial, writing, illustrating, marketing...) And it's terrifically subjective, as Harold uses many situations experienced by people all over the field to illustrate his points. I've been writing for children for 20 years, and I still found much that I didn't know, and got clarification of things I sort of thought I understood. If I'd had this book when I was starting out, my 'apprenticeship' in the field might have been considerably shorter and more efficient. I'm very glad to be able to direct anyone who's interested in learning more about what it takes to succeed in children's publishing to this fine book.

Great book for beginners and pros
This wonderful work is a great starting point for anyone interested in writing children's books. It's filled with practical information that will help you get started and avoid making the mistakes that will brand you a newbie. Anytime I asked "Who, What, Where, When, Why or How do I...?, I found the answers contained within its pages. As a newly published children's author ("Nonsense! He Yelled"), I also found it answered my marketing and publicity questions--areas you might not be concerned with at first but will need to know when your book is in the stores. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books is crammed with concise information that's put together in an easy to read format. I highly recommend it.

Your One-Stop Shop for info on getting published.
In the best traditions of the CIG books, "Publishing Children's Books" gives you all the basic info you need to know, distilled down into plain talk and understandable terms. The book has some info on how to write and illustratate your story, but it really comes into its own when discussing what you need to do in order to get the book published.

Indispensible for the novice children's author/illustrator, and invaluable in helping those of us just starting out with navigating the confusing and imposing world of children's book publishing.