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Publishing Children’s Books with Your Domain Here

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Publishing a book can feel like a monumental task, especially when you do it on your own. There’s a whole world of design choices, marketing strategies, and printing options that you need to navigate before your book finds its audience. Count on Your Domain Here Publishing to guide you along the way.

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From Alice in Wonderland toHarry Potter, children’s books have amused and educated young readers for centuries. These imaginative stories often feature heroic child protagonists who overcome obstacles and save the day.

Children’s books may target kid audiences, but that doesn’t mean that they’re easy or quick to produce. To write a quality children’s book, you will need commitment, time, and insight into which stories will resonate with young audiences. You will also need to design, edit, and publish your book.

Self-publishing makes it easier than ever to get your children’s book into the hands of young readers. The experts at Your Domain Here Publishing offer a range of services to help streamline the publishing process.

Characteristics of Children’s Literature

Children’s literature is a broad term that encompasses all books written for young readers. You can write fiction or non-fiction books in a variety of genres.

A few key characteristics frequently appear in children’s literature, including:

  • Accessible language tailored toward developing readers
  • Attractive illustrations
  • Portraying dark topics like death or the Holocaust in child-appropriate stories
  • Depicting a range of human experiences and perspectives
  • Empowered young protagonists
  • Humor
  • Imaginative narratives
  • Memorable characters
  • Educational Value
  • Being written for and about children

Historically, children’s literature has mostly centered on narratives about white characters. Increasingly, children’s authors, educators, and publishers have recognized the need for more diverse stories that include a range of experiences and people. For example, Jessica Love’s picture book Julián Is A Mermaid centers on a queer, brown-skinned boy who fantasizes about becoming a mermaid.

Age Categories in Children’s Literature

The publishing industry separates children’s literature into several categories based on their targeted reader demographic. The main categories include:

Of course, these age categories are simply loose guidelines. Children frequently read books above or below their age level, and many adults also read children’s literature. Books like Harry Potter and Stephanie Meyer’sTwilight series have huge appeal for crossover audiences.

Popular Genres in Children’s Literature

Children’s literature includes many formats and genres. Some of the most popular genres and examples of well-known children’s books found within them include:

  • Biography: Brown Girl Dreaming, March, Turning Pages: My Life Story
  • Dystopian: Divergent, The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner
  • Fairy Tales and Folktales: Aesop’s Fables, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid
  • Fantasy: Graceling, Harry Potter, and the Sorcerer’s Stone, The Magic Treehouse series
  • Graphic Novels: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Tea Dragon Society, Captain Underpants
  • Historical Fiction: I Survived series, Little House on the Prairie, We Were There
  • Non-Fiction: Escape This Book! Tombs of Egypt, If You Take Away an Otter, Locomotive
  • Poetry: The Cuckoo’s Haiku: and Other Birding Poems, Where the Sidewalk Ends
  • Picture Books: The Cat in the Hat, Bread, and Jam for Frances, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  • Science Fiction: Animorphs, Ender’s Game, A Wrinkle in Time

If you’re looking for inspiration for your own children’s book, you may find it helpful to read a broad sample of stories from genres that interest you.

Publishing Children’s Books

Children’s literature is a competitive market. A professional book design can help your book stand out from the crowd and attract educators, librarians, parents, and young readers.

Your Domain Here Publishing offers comprehensive support for all of your self-publishing needs. Our expert team has ample experience publishing children’s books, and we can help with every stage of the self-publishing process. For instance, we can assist with:

Book Editing

We offer a variety of editing services to polish your book for publication. Our editors can provide in-depth developmental editing to help you shape your narrative, or we can simply perform final copy and line edits. Whatever you need, we’re here to help.

Book Cover Design

An attractive, genre-appropriate book cover will appeal to children. We offer a range of design packages to fit every budget. For instance, our in-house illustrators can draw a striking cover that will perfectly represent your characters and stories

Book Printing

Your Domain Here Publishing can print physical children’s books or launch your eBook. We offer high-quality, on-demand printing, so you can take control of the number of books that you produce. And with our wide distribution networks, you can feel confident that all interested readers can access your book.

Book Marketing

Book authors often feel intimidated about the prospect of advertising their stories. Eliminate this stress by having Your Domain Here Publishing handle your book marketing campaign. We’ll help you promote your finished children’s book so that you can reach young readers and sell copies.

Book Interior Formatting

Designing the layout of your children’s book can be tricky, especially if you include illustrations. Your Domain Here Publishing can format your books for digital and print publication. We will take care of every aspect of the layout, such as the book title page, font size, and page numbers.

If you have a story that you want to share with child readers, don’t wait. Start writing your book today. Your Domain Here Publishing offers a variety of resources that you can draw on, from informative blog posts about writing to our in-house developmental editing team. And once you’re ready to publish, we can help you get your book out into the world. Contact us today to learn more.

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Are you interested in learning more about self-publishing? Contact Your Domain Here Publishing today to learn more about our resources and services. Our expert team will help you transform your book manuscript into a high-quality cookbook that will make a valuable and aesthetically pleasing addition to any kitchen.

Get Started With Your Domain Here

After you write your book, the next step is to publish your story and get it into the hands of interested readers. If you want to retain maximum control over your book, consider self-publishing it. This method allows you to make the final decisions about everything from the cover design to printing. Additionally, you can earn higher royalties than you would if you published your book with a traditional publisher. Self-publishing may sound intimidating, but the process can be easy and fast with the help of a top-tier publishing company like Your Domain Here Publishing. We offer a variety of services to support writers through the self-publishing process, including:

Book Cover Design

We create genre-appropriate book covers that will catch readers’ attention. We offer several different packages to fit every budget and artistic need.

Editing Services

After you have spent countless hours writing and revising your book, your familiarity with the text can make it difficult to pick out continuity and grammar errors. Our book editing team will provide comprehensive feedback, from copyediting to in-depth developmental editing.

Marketing

One of the most challenging aspects of publishing is making sure that readers can find and purchase your book. We provide book marketing services that make it easy for you to share your book with a diverse audience. For example, we can design intriguing back cover text and produce a custom author website.

Authors Love Our Work

"I have to say that I could not have chosen a better company than Your Domain Here Publishing to work with me on my Children’s books. With my first book, I was anxious. I didn’t know the process of it all. My project manager, Erin, was there for me every step of the way. She always got back to me whenever I had any questions or concerns. She was very helpful (and patient) and you could tell that she really cares about you and your book. My illustrator, Becky, did such a fantastic job on bringing my words to life with her sketches. I can go on and on about them, but these are only a few of the reasons why I chose to work with them again on my second Children’s book. I highly recommend Your Domain Here Publishing if you are interested in self publishing a book. I know that I will be going back to them when I am ready to self publish my third Children’s book."

– Danielle Bilodeau

Genres We Publish

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Non-Fiction

Self-Help

Inspirational

Biographies

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