WANT TO BECOME AN AUTHOR?
Publish Your Own Books for Free
A young author explains how to create a Children’s Book and sell it on Amazon.
The first part of this video gives a very detailed example of how to design and illustrate your book. If you’d like to go straight to the Amazon info, skip ahead to 31:14.
You don’t have to use Canva to create your book. You can use many programs like Word or Google Docs. Just be sure to save your manuscript in PDF format.
AMAZON PUBLISHING STEPS
Sign up for a KDP Account
KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) is the free publishing service for Amazon for authors.
Utilize Free Resources
Browse through the various KDP resources to get familiar with the publishing process. There are also a lot of helpful videos on YouTube.
Stress Relief
Take a moment to walk away and enjoy a little relaxation. This is a link to some mindful videos I’ve made to help deal with stress.
Seriously, there is an overwhelming amount of information to digest and it is going to take a lot of patience to figure out all the author stuff. Try to be realistic.
It’s going to take a while, but becoming an author is very rewarding. Give yourself the time to play around and have fun during the process.