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Self-publishing Children's Books: Self-publish w/PowerPoint (Udemy.com)

Self-publish Amazon Kids' Books via KDP: PowerPoint illustration: Self-publishing children's ebooks in Kindle/paperback

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164 reviews

Created by: Brian Jackson

Last updated December 2018

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What you will learn

  • Format your children's book using Microsoft PowerPoint 2013
  • Annotate your children's book with pop-up text boxes using Kindle Kid's Book Creator
  • Publish your children's book in eBook format on Amazon
  • Publish your children's book in Print on Demand (POD) paperback format on CreateSpace

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  • Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 10% of them
  • Reviews164#359 of 460 by number of reviews
  • Length3.4 hoursshorter than 57% of them
  • Last updatedDecember 2018earlier than 89% of them

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Course Description

In this course I'll teach you how to self-publish a children's book in Kindle eBook and Print on Demand (POD) paperback format and how to place your book on sale on Amazon alongside the greats like Rowlings, Dahl and E. B White.

In this course you'll learn to:

Use Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 to Layout Your Picture BookUse Kindle Kid's Book Creator to Annotate Your eBook with Pop-up TextUse Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) to Publish Your Picture Book on AmazonUse CreateSpace to Publish Your Print on Demand (POD) Paperback on Amazon

There is more, but the rest is in the course...

***Updated 7/2017 with extensive information on Illustrating a Children's book in PowerPoint ***

So, if you're ready to pull your words and illustrations together to tell your story, I'm ready to show you how to share your story with the world.

---BrianWho this course is for:
Anyone interested in saving a lot of money by publishing their own children's booksAnyone who is lost... uncertain how to proceed... who needs a helping hand :-).
Read More Beginner Beginner Level product length iconTime: 3.4h

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Instructor Details

Brian Jackson

I was born the middle of the last century in Los Angeles, California. After moving for a time to the Silicon Valley, I graduated from Humboldt State University amid the redwoods of Northern California.
Two weeks after graduation I was working as a computer systems programmer for Lockheed Missiles and Space (LMSC) back in the Silicon Valley. Two months after that and I was married as I have been happy ever since (for 40 years).
After 14 years at Lockheed I moved from working on IBM mainframes to using PCs running the Unix operating system and encountered a thing called the Internet. Cisco Systems seemed to be the right place to work, so I joined the company as their 650th employee. Eleven years later Cisco had grown to over 20,000 employees.
I retired at the age of 48 and instantly became bored!
Throughout my professional career I'd always enjoyed both writing and providing technical training. So, I attended creative writing classes at my local junior college and began to write.
I managed to write and self-publish a handful of books, but things didn't take off until my wife, Melanie Jackson, an established author with a New York company, left traditional publishing to join me in self-publishing.
In 10 years, from 2010 to now, Melanie and I have made half-a-million dollars self-publishing well over 100 books. I also managed to record a pair of audiobooks for Amazon and Audible sale.
By 2014, our rapid rise to Kindle fame had already dwindled. I decided to p

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By Robert Paul Cowles on 12/13/2020

Great course

By Asmit Gajbhiye on 9/19/2020

Amazing course. Cover everything step by step

By Charles Thompson on 8/23/2020

Feel alot more confident about publishing a children's book which was my biggest problem.

By Jeanne Apeland on 8/4/2020

Most of it was exactly what I needed. I'm very skilled in Power Point, however, definitely found the rest extremely helpful. Thank you!

By Joy Baxter on 6/12/2020

Very grateful for this course :)

By Kathy Sparks on 6/8/2020

I will come back to this course in a while to take more notes. I believe I have just learned what I couldn't figure out about formatting ebooks. I already have two up on KDP that I paid someone else to format, which wasn't cheap. I needed to learn this information for myself. I currently have a manuscript and plan now to upload it. I feel confident now that I can actually successfully do that on my own. Thank you for this course.

By Jillian Brown on 6/8/2020

I would say the second half of this course was great! I learned so much about the publishing part that I can't wait to put to use. The beginning sections dragged a little, but I suppose that's because I'm already proficient with powerpoint. The only real issue is the long section about createspace-as createspace is now defunct. Overall, I would still recommend the class!

By Katrina Tie on 5/5/2020

Great course that gave me some great ideas for using PowerPoint to illustrate.

By John G on 2/10/2020

A lot of overlapping content with his other KDP course

By Heather Marshall on 2/4/2020

The art tutorals are not advanced, but this is a great starting point to learn the basics of kindle illustration and publishing.

By Margarita McGuire on 2/1/2020

This was a good resource for publishing Children's books in Kindle. At first it was kinda slow for me since I knew power point, but once we were past the basics, it became more interesting. It gave me confidence and hope that doing this is possible.

By Romel Madray on 11/15/2019

I am in the beginning but so far not really too impressed but will see out too the end. As the first couple of lectures may be for those completely unaware of some of the software

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