Today, I'm joined by Ellaine Ursuy, a self-published author of two books, a coach at SPS school, and has completed hundreds of coaching calls with students. Since she is well-known in her peer group for having the ability to explain concepts to others that are hard to understand, she thought turning her adult non-fiction book into a children's book would be her next step in publishing.
"I remember being five and people telling me that I'm going to do big things one day." Her intuition told her that she would do bigger than life projects, but she wasn't sure where her journey would take her in life. "When I got the opportunity to work for Self-Publishing School, it was an obvious choice."
Her first book, Don't Be Weird, was a book based on Gospel teachings. She decided to write a children's version as she saw a need in the market for another way for children to learn God's teachings besides large, expensive courses. "I'm Not Weird was born in about 15 minutes." With her first draft in hand, she was excited to move forward in her publishing process.
Elaine's biggest takeaways from her creating her children's book are the differences in the editing process from adult to children's books, types of books, binding and printing, and how fulfillment is different on Amazon for children's books.
Listen in to find out how she assigned every page a job in her book, how she chose the age range to write her book for, and the most challenging phase of writing her children's book.
Show Notes
[01:43] Why Ellaine decided to write her first book. [03:02] How she made the transition from adult non-fiction to children’s book. [04:12] The process of writing her first children’s book. [06:35] The differences in both of her processes of book writing. [09:50] Hardest part of the children’s book process for Ellaine. [12:39] How she decided what age range to write for and who she received her best feedback from during the editing process. [15:35] The advice she gives clients she coaches on publishing children’s books. [19:15] Fulfillment choices and how KDP is the best for easy fulfillment. [22:00] How she found the novelty press she used to print her children’s book and her tips on finding an illustrator. [29:02] What Ellaine decided to do to market her book and how she chose her niche market. [32:47] Tips on choosing keywords and categories to sell your book. [35:19] What you should prepare for before you jump on your first coaching call with a book coach.Links and Resources
Visit Self Publishing School Online SPS Free Training Course How to Write a Children’s Book Online Course Visit Ellaine on her websiteSPS 105: Using Partnership Marketing To Sell Books, Change Lives, And Grow Your Business with Pedro Mattos (An Immigrant's Guide To Affiliate Marketing)
SPS 104: How To Create A 1 Page Marketing Plan For Your Book with Allan Dib
SPS 103: Using Books & Thought Leadership To Grow My 200 Person Marketing Agency with Robert Glazer
SPS 102: How To Write A Memoir That Actually Sells Copies (Without Being Famous) with Justin & Alexis Black
SPS 101: Relationships, Radio, And 3 Ring Binder Books: Create A Life You Love & Sell Generate Millions In Revenue with Dan Miller
SPS 100: The "Duct Tape Marketing" Book Launch: Sell More Books & Get More Referrals with John Jantsch (And How To Negotiate Your Publishing Contract)
SPS 099: 8 Figures Ecommerce Empire: How I Sold 1 Million+ Journals & Planners (And How To Create GREAT Products) with Cathryn Lavery
SPS 098: How I Wrote & Launched 6 NYT Bestsellers...And What I'm Doing Differently With My Newest Book with Jon Acuff
SPS 097: Crush It With Challenges: Launch Bigger, Sell More Books, And Grow Your Business with Pedro Adao
SPS 096: Launching My First Traditionally Published Book Using What I Learned Self Publishing Books & Journals with John Lee Dumas (And How I Negotiated a $350k Advance)
SPS 095: The Five Love Languages: Behind The Scenes Of The Book, The Series, And Selling 15 Million Copies with Gary Chapman
SPS 094: YouTube Secrets: Using YouTube To Sell 2k Copies/Month & Get 1,000+ Reviews On Your Book with Sean Cannell
SPS 093: Permission To Prosper: A Faith-Based & Copywriting Approach To Sell More Books & Grow Your Business with Ray Edwards
SPS 092: Using Books To Start Multiple 7 Figure Companies (And How I Sold 700k Copies Of 1 Book) with Mike Michalowicz
SPS 091: Publishers Hate Him! Thinking Like An Agent & Getting Publishers To Compete To Give You A Massive Book Deal with Nathan Latka
SPS 090: How I Sold 25k Copies Of A $37 Ebook That Isn't Even On Amazon (And Using Copywriting To Sell Books) with Sean Vosler
SPS 089: How To Sell More Fiction Books & Build A Full-Time Fiction Career with Ramy Vance
SPS 088: Using Personalized Marketing & Hand-To-Hand Combat (Instead Of "Broad Marketing") To Sell More Books & Get 100's Of Reviews with Brad Lomenick
SPS 087: How To Sell 2X More Books After Launch Than During Launch Week & Get 100's Of Reviews with Ryan Moran
SPS 086: Building A Personal Brand That Sells More Books & Grows Your Business with Rory Vaden
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