( I put this into another conversation, but then realized i should just start a new thread.)
I'm a little foggy on the order of possible steps to take, once my children's book is ready to publish? What am i missing, or is there a better order? These questions assume editing, illustrations, formatting and deciding on a price are all done!
- Get ISBN (and UPC?) to include so I'm the owner, always
- Publish on KDP
- Set up business accounts for Instagram & Facebook for the book/s
- Set up a Shopify store / website (it's both, right?) for selling books (direct to consumer, to bookstores, to schools, at book fairs, etc.)
- Order books to have personal inventory (from where, exactly? Mixam? or where?) so that you can sell DTC (on Shopify and in person (see above)
- Start promoting like crazy
- Add in all the other stuff: Stickers, coloring pages, downloadables, etc.
- Where does Ingram Spark fit into all this? Or does it? Wowza! Thanks for being a place I can ask all this! :)