Market Thyself

As you may know, I have a contract for my first picture book. This is very exciting, and I'm confident my mother will buy the book.

But it would be nice if some other people bought the book too - possibly complete strangers. In other states! With fun names like Petunia Snortweasel and Joe Snickelpants! With that in mind, I have a few helpful websites to share:

http://www.crossbooks.com/Resources/Articles/Build_Your_Author_Platform_Before_You_Publish.aspx

http://www.30daybooks.com/six-powerful-ways-to-market-childrens-books

http://www.lulu.com/blog/2012/07/how-to-market-childrens-books

http://www.selfpublishingadvice.org/reaching-readers-6-tips-for-childrens-authors