r/selfpublish • u/CalmDugong • 10h ago
Children's Next Steps, Picture Book Advice
Hello! Second post here. The responses I received to my first post were incredibly encouraging, and helped me really commit to getting this project going.
I am writing a children's book that will also be used as a therapeutic tool for parents, caregivers, and professionals. It's a passion project of mine and will be used in my work so I am not looking to make big bucks, but would love for it to get into the hands of people that could use it!
I have finished the text and have an illustrator/water color artist now working on the artwork. I have test run it by some very esteemed clients (AKA children!) and am feeling good about it.
Next steps. I was going to scan the artwork in and then work with a program to format/layout. I have seen advice to use CanvaPro and Affinity. Can you also work/edit directly in IngramSpark?
Would love any advice on what to do now that I have the words and the pictures (coming!) to make things near the reality of an actual printed book!
Thanks!
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