hi everyone, I've been following SVS for a few years and finally became a member this year and started the lessons and joined the forum. Everyone here is so supportive and welcoming!
Anyways, I've been working on a kid's book for a while and have had some good momentum recently and finished, what I think, is the book dummy (based on what some of the podcasts have described as a book dummy).
My question is: now what?
-I'm looking into the self publishing option through maybe Friesonpress (here in Canada),
-or perhaps just going the Will Terry route and having some books produced in China and shipped over,
-or (the dream) get it picked up by a publisher.
But this all raises so many questions, my social media presence isn't huge and my portfolio showcases more comic style design and graphic design, so this book is pretty much my only children's illustration work. Or maybe I should look trying to find an agent?
I really don't want to lose the momentum by stopping and then building up my portfolio before proceeding, but maybe I need some tough love/ hard truths here?
It's all very overwhelming and I have some money set aside for this project, but I don't want to waste it on the wrong thing. I know 'finished is better than perfect' so maybe I just print it and focus on a marketing strategy?
Any thoughts, advice, or opinions would be appreciated.
here are some images from the book as well...
