Andrew Buller, author of the children's series, The Rhymers, guides you through the process of self-publishing children's picture books. He takes you right through the process from initial ideas, to honing your writing skills, to how he uses the Adobe Professional suite to produce his books. Andrew demonstrates how straight-forward it can be to get your work onto Amazon and ideas for marketing your work.

1. Presented by children’s author Andrew Buller
www.meettherhymers.com www.andrewbuller.com @ABullerAuthor

2. • Raised & educated in Staplehurst/Cranbrook, Kent
• Worked in schools & IT sector
• Always wanted to write stories, inspire others
• Never grown up so writing for children perfect job!
Author | Illustrator | Designer | Consultant | Speaker | Tutor
www.andrewbuller.com

4. www.meettherhymers.com
Introducing The Rhymers
• 26 characters
• 13 rhyming pairs
• Live on Rhyme Island
• The Rising Rhymers
• Mubble Pup
• The Rumbers

5. • The Rhymers – story book
• Colour Me Rhymers – story & colouring book
• Puzzling Rhymers – puzzle book
The Rhymers Books

6. The Rising Rhymers

7. Alphabet Rhymers

8. Mubble Pup

9. Becoming an Author
is so much more…
Writer
Author
Illustrator
Book designer
Web designer
Social media
Marketing/PR
Legal/Finance
Speaker Reading Planning

10. Writing Drawing Designing
UploadingWebMarketing
Workflow

11. riting

12. The Rhymers – Crash & Dash – 4/2/11 5am!!
26 characters to find
An idea is born…

13. rite, rite, rite…
• 4 years in the making
• Many, many versions
• Learning my craft – read, read, read
• Trialing stories with children
• Edit, edit, edit
• Proof to publish

14. rawing

15. Mubble Pup in bits!
Parts to Pictures

16. Adobe Illustrator

17. esign

18. Book Cover
Adobe InDesign

19. Book Interior
Adobe InDesign

20. For re-flowable text eg; fiction books
Scrivener

21. ploading

22. Amazon’s CreateSpace

23. On Amazon
Create own author page

24. eb

25. .meettherhymers.com

26. .andrewbuller.com

27. www.facebook.com/meettherhymers
Social Media - Facebook

28. @MeetTheRhymers @ABullerAuthor
Social Media - Twitter

29. • Many readers, many formats – Kindle, Kobo, iBooks, Nook
• BookBaby, SmashWords, IngramSpark…
• Traditional Publishers
eBooks
Beyond Amazon

30. • Inspire children to love reading, writing, drawing
• Provide educational resources
School Visits

31. • Homeless charity in Canterbury – www.catchinglives.org
• European Union funding to raise literacy of homeless
• Presented creative writing workshop at 3 day literary festival
• Producing own children’s book – Harbledown Hope
Sharing my skills - Catching Lives

32. Fulfilling your writing dream
• Very affordable – Print on Demand
• Consultancy service – www.andrewbuller.com
“For that book inside you”

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