Fantasy Children’s Book Illustrations
For the last two years, I have mainly been working on the distribution channels for my first children’s book, Below the Floor, and getting legal stuff done. That was not […]
Category Archives: On Self Publishing
More Printed Kobold Stories Arrived – Finally
Earler this year, I posted that I ran out of books one week before Christmas Eve. Which was terrible – but somehow cool as well. For several reasons, I had […]
Below the Floor Sold Out One Week Before Christmas Eve
On December 18th, Guenther, the owner of the bookstore Bücherturm, asked me if I could bring along some more books to the public reading which would take place later that […]
Misty Innsbruck
Publishing your own book is a lot of work. As you move on, you keep encountering new hurdles on a weekly basis. Like: There was something wrong with your registration […]
Below the Floor – First Printing
Yeah! Finally!! Today I received the last package containing the first hardcover printing of my illustrated fantasy children`s book Below the Floor (or: “Das Dorf unter dem Fußboden”, as I […]
The Caterpillar shining through
Last week the second hardcover test print of my fantasy children`s book, Below the Floor, finally arrived (“Das Dorf unter dem Fußboden” as it will be published in German first). […]
Things going wrong – What to do
The returning readers among you might know that I am currently getting my first children’s book (Below the Floor) into print. I am waaay behind my initial schedule. Mostly because […]
Below the Floor will be released in German – First
I initially had planned to release my first fantasy children`s book in English. It seemed to be the right fit for it. I wrote “Below the Floor” in German and […]
Two of the hardest obstacles in publishing your own book – And how to overcome them
There are a lot of things that get into your way when you are getting your first book done and want to publish it yourself. If you are new to […]
Business Consultants crushed my Fairytale Book
Some weeks ago, I had some meetings with business consultants who I had asked to check my book project from a financial point of view (after having gotten valuable feedback […]
Project Management Check Up for a Fairytale Book?
Back in May, I was talking to my brother, Jim. In his daytime job, Jim is a controller. That’s basically a business management guy who checks a business and then […]
Book Review: APE – How to publish a Book by Guy Kawasaki
If you are thinking about publishing your own book without a traditional publisher, this book is for you. Before we get to the content of the book, it is important […]
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