I loved the nuts & bolts of your book How to Write a Children's Picture Book and classes. Now as a subscriber to your lessons, I've discovered new things before I publish. 2 of my first 4 books are non-fiction. As a teacher, I talk often to school librarians about their choices & I see the value of the Standards in non-fiction writing. I signed up for the NFFest blog. Appreciate all you do!
Hi Darcy, can you share about how you approach writing nonfiction as far as getting permission from those involved? I understand that, "For these type books, one of the most important parts of the publishing problems is the copyediting. You need a copyeditor who will also do fact checking, or else hire someone to do fact checking. Be sure to document everything. Dates, names, places, and facts must be accurate!" but if I am writing about a more recent & timely topic that includes living people, organizations and animals do I need their permission before I do so? I initially thought I might write it first and then approach them with my idea, but it's a lot of work if they say no at that point. I would love to know how you've approached this. Much appreciated as always!
I am new to self-publishing and am learning as I explore. My interest is in nonfiction with my own photographs
Do you write your nonfiction books in Word, Google docs, or another platform? What information can you share about this process? Is there a specific software program that you use beyond Word, Google, etc. to properly insert the photographs?
Thank you for pointing out NFFest.com. I was able to access it by clicking Writing a Nonfiction Picture Book...though it would not come up on google simply using NFFest.com. Wonder why? I don't know how you find these sites. They never seem to show up when I'm searching but are just what I need. I feel I learn something every post and appreciate more than you know.
I loved the nuts & bolts of your book How to Write a Children's Picture Book and classes. Now as a subscriber to your lessons, I've discovered new things before I publish. 2 of my first 4 books are non-fiction. As a teacher, I talk often to school librarians about their choices & I see the value of the Standards in non-fiction writing. I signed up for the NFFest blog. Appreciate all you do!
Try this one for print ready files: https://www.indiekidsbooks.com/p/print-ready-files
Or this for printing options: https://www.indiekidsbooks.com/p/printing-overseas-v-pod
Darcy
Hey, Francesca:
I use Abode inDesign. For print-on-demand services, I use KDP and Ingram.
Read the rest of the blog because it has detailed answers to printers and print-ready files.
Darcy
The site probably requires a WWW before the URL. There’s a Facebook group for this also, and I’m a member that which is where I heard about this.
Darcy
Hi Darcy, can you share about how you approach writing nonfiction as far as getting permission from those involved? I understand that, "For these type books, one of the most important parts of the publishing problems is the copyediting. You need a copyeditor who will also do fact checking, or else hire someone to do fact checking. Be sure to document everything. Dates, names, places, and facts must be accurate!" but if I am writing about a more recent & timely topic that includes living people, organizations and animals do I need their permission before I do so? I initially thought I might write it first and then approach them with my idea, but it's a lot of work if they say no at that point. I would love to know how you've approached this. Much appreciated as always!
I am new to self-publishing and am learning as I explore. My interest is in nonfiction with my own photographs
Do you write your nonfiction books in Word, Google docs, or another platform? What information can you share about this process? Is there a specific software program that you use beyond Word, Google, etc. to properly insert the photographs?
Who do you recommend for printing the books?
Thank you.
Thank you for pointing out NFFest.com. I was able to access it by clicking Writing a Nonfiction Picture Book...though it would not come up on google simply using NFFest.com. Wonder why? I don't know how you find these sites. They never seem to show up when I'm searching but are just what I need. I feel I learn something every post and appreciate more than you know.