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Stanley Anderson liked the forum thread, Can't seem to find my book
That’s strange. I would raise a query with @Thad Woodman to see why it isn’t showing up. Just email the inkshares contact email address (hello@inkshares.com) and they’ll check it out when they’re able to.
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    Stanley Anderson liked the forum thread, Picture book on inkshares?
    Hi Kate!  I am the author of the Book that Jane-Holly mentioned, Twisted Tales for Tacky Children.  Twisted Tales is an illustrated children’s book that is currently in production at the Quill level. I think I have some "lessons learned" that will be helpful for you.  The first is pricing.  When I was selling pre-orders for my book, I priced it at $30.00 for a hardcover book.  I’m glad I did, because it was really important to me that my book had color illustrations.  Because I only reached the quill funding level, there was some question about if I would be able to include color illustrations, but because of the way I had set my pricing, this worked out.  The Inkshares team was great to work with on this front, and always responded to emails quickly.  If in doubt, I recommend writing to them.  The second thing I learned with my inkshares page, is that the "preview" chapter feature didn’t seem set up to feature a kids book in the way I wanted to display.  I solved this problem by creating a website for the book (I used wix-- they are free and looked really professional.) Whenever I sent out a reader update to my followers, I’d say something like "I’ve posted a new poem here" and include a link to a poem and illustration.  I liked this much better, and it made my inkshares page look way cleaner. Other tips I learned were to clean my illustrations up in illustrator before posting them (I’m a watercolorist, and the illustrations looked much more professional without the textured white background in the negative space) and I also discovered the amazing (and free) website Canva where I created my book cover and marketing materials.  I have zero graphic design experience, and all of these were things that were easy to learn as a beginner.  I hope this information helps, and congrats on your kids book! 
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      Self-promotion is hard. Having a professional marketing team is easier, but you can’t control how that marketing is received.

      Build relationships first. I’ve found that several relationships I never thought were that strong produced some of my fervent supporters. And it will work both ways, support others, promote their work, stay in touch. They will return the favor.
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        Just as the title says, I’m attempting to break through my usual wall of noncommunication since it makes sense that if I am to publish a book then I should try to meet my potential audience halfway. No mysterious hermit here, or at least not too much of one.
        Since it probably looks unusual, I’ll say right here that Ranks of the Exalted is intended to be a lore book of sorts, along with its companion piece which I have yet to start. That one is going to be far more difficult, as it is meant to read more like scripture rather than a cut and dry scientific exploration.
        In any case, once these two are done I’ll start pulling together disparate narratives for a tidy short story collection set within the Logos Continuum, as I’ve taken to calling it. For now, enjoy what amounts to a fictitious textbook. I know some of you out there are mad enough to like such nonsense.
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