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Budgets: How to Guarantee a Profit From Your Indie Kid's Book

Budgets: How to Guarantee a Profit From Your Indie Kid's Book

How to set a budget and stick with it.

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Darcy Pattison
Mar 14, 2023
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One of the questions I get the most often is how to afford an illustrator. Actually, that’s a budget question.

How much will you, can you spend on a particular book? Let’s start backwards with your earnings, then we’ll set a budget, and talk about negotiations. Because the only way to guarantee your indie kid’s book will make a profit it to set a budget and stick with it.

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