How I Illustrated & Published A Children's Book on Amazon in 7 Days - Self-Publishing on KDP
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- How to publish a children's picture book update! In this video, I show you how I illustrated and published a children's book on Amazon KDP in just 7 days without hiring expensive illustrators or editors.
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"writing a children's book" has been on my bucket list for like 12 years, ever since my daughter was a toddler. I had never heard of KDP, self-publishing, or anything of the sort. This is awesome. I dont even care if I make a best seller, I am so excited to check it off the list!
Me too, so great sometimes we just don't know how to get started or even have time or even the money to do it the traditional way. My son inspired a children book idea for me and now it is possible for me to actually bring it to life
i know right!!!! and she inspires us to do this everyday
I'd still get everything copyrighted first. $55 for one, $100 for an upload of 10 to the government, full works and takes about 6 months to hear back. If you post your book first and don't copyright it, someone can copy it, Copyright right it, then sue you for stealing their work.
A woman had posted hundreds of free stock photos online, didn't Copyright any of them. She noticed a company had her works as well and was claiming to own them, she took the company to court and she lost because even though she posted it, the company had legal paperwork from the government saying it was their work even though it was her work.
Always copyright your stuff.
me too!!!!! Same/snap!!! It's awesome!
Do it! Get that ✔️
I lost my quack once.... turns out my uncle smoked it all
Why was this so funny
As an art student, the biggest issue I can see with having art that is compiled is the inside looks less cohesive, the page with both the main character and the other bird, you can tell they're in a different style. With picture books the kids reading are unlikely to be concerned, but cohesive visuals DO contribute to books selling well. In this case I'd say they're close enough, but its something to keep in mind were you to decide you wanted a more specific look. Its very cute and I think it'll be well liked by all the kids that read it, and is defiantly a solid resource to use, lots of respect for having such a solid idea and following right on through!
I think if you lean into that, you can mix completely different art styles and make it look good.
@@Apricotblossom5555 that's true! if you lean into it properly, make it look intentional it can look good, which would be a different approach. that sort of idea wouldn't appeal to all readers, but no art approach will, and that would certainly help it stand out
How to do that cohesive visual?
this stuff is garbage
Interested in the class that Nura offer. I can’t find the information. Thanks
I think that duck may be the cutest illustrated baby ducky I've ever seen in my life....
I totally agree!!
Great information! One thing I'll add is to recognize the learning or story concept(s) in your book and which is the main one and what age group would be appropriate for each concept. For your book, the main concept is learning animal sounds. Children ages 1-3 learn about what sounds animals make and they learn the names of animals. I would say a secondary concept is the journey to find her quack (meeting/greeting different animals and possible emotions Lolly feels along the way). Greeting others, introducing yourself, and recognizing/naming emotions are concepts that are learned between ages 2-4.
Another example is "Where is Green Sheep?" Although the sentences are minimal, there's tons of concepts packed in like color recognition and learning about spacial words (on, in, behind), description words (big, red, tall), and opposite words (big vs small). These concepts are all learned between 2-4 years old.
While it's not necessary to have this background knowledge, I do think it's helpful to understand and could help the author zone into who will be buying their book and for what purpose.
Thanks so much for that helpful info!
Great advice, I'll take that on board thank you
Thank you for this
@@MyFreedomEmpire Hello and Thank you! I just wanted to mention -- you outta link the actual Amazon Book Page in your descritpion box as well ~ so we can see your great work!! And... you never know when people want to buy! Big Congrats on this! Thank you!
How does copyright works with canva, when using their elements? I'm asking because I have seen KDP ask if you own the rights to your contents, which you don't with canva. I'm new to this and don't want to be sued for copyright infringement.
I drew and published four coloring books so far and am working on a fifth, but am also considering making a picture book this year as well :D thank you for the inspirational content and transparency, this is a helpful video!
You are so welcome! Making the children's book was so much fun, you'll love it!
Have you sold many?
@@Mindovermatter3318 no, not that many, just a few.
Hello can you please share how you illustrated and published your book(s)? Thanks!
@@kendracapalbo I have some videos on my drawing process on my TH-cam channel :) as for publishing, i self-published on Amazon KDP.
That sounds like the episode of little bear where duck loses her quack and she can't teach the baby ducks to quack so they keep copying other animal sounds
Hi Caroline! We at Book in a Nook think your unique journey to self publish The Duck That Lost Its Quack is very fascinating! Would you, by chance, be interested in an interview with us about your book?
Your book is adorable, I knew it would be good but it is just amazing! I love the story and how you put the illustrations together. Can't wait for the next one!
Thanks Nuria! I doubt this book would ever exist if it wasn't for you 😘
@@MyFreedomEmpire It would have come into existence somehow xx
Pls where is the link?
Is the course in Austalian dollar os US dollar?
@@MyFreedomEmpire ei
You published this over a year ago and I don't see any additional books by you. Did you decide this wasn't a viable income source? Too much work for not enough money? Or just lost interest? Or was it always just an experiment?
I am glad that one can make a picture book by themselves, but as an illustrator, I am losing my job tnx to canva and similar apps. As she mentions in the video, it is better for her to pay Canva subscripsion, than to pay for an illustrator. Such a sad reality for us illustrators :((
Yes so sad. I want to do my own art. How would I do that in a published book on Kindle?
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Thank you for this - I wrote a book when I was in Grade 7 and now want to turn it into a picture book for my grandchildren. This was so helpful.
Amazon KDP only gave me about 10% of the profit after all is said and done. That’s sad. I can’t justify selling my book through them - what am I missing?!
My lovely friend Katz is the illustrator for Wonky Donkey. She's an amazing artist, but pulls lots of faces to get the expressions on the characters. Lovely to see the book mentioned. But thank you for this video - encouraging!
Something to think about in using AI or stock art is that it can make it hard to use any of the art for merchandising. If the children's book were to really take off. The US copyright office came out with a statement that AI generated images are not copyrighted because it's a computer making these images, not a person. Food for thought.
Wonderful! You've just given me a 2022 goal.
Yessss! Get it in 2022!
I absolutely love your book! I have created and just published my first two books using Canva. Do you happen to know if we need to cite credit on the copyright page for the elements we used? I did list canva next to my name for illustrations but I didn’t list the specific creators. I have read their terms many times but am not finding the answers to all my questions. Your video is very helpful, thank you tou! Wishing you and your book all the success!
Would love to know this too.
Yes - please advise!
I am 31, SAHM a Mum of 5 kids, I have never had a job. I am highly creative, anything you can make using your hands, I most likely will be able to do it. Not to boast or anything. 😅
I am solely relying on Centrelink. My husband works 2 jobs but still not enough to support our family at all, just enough to pay his personal bills. I want to start my own business and using my hobbies to earn income. I have many ideas, and books are one avenue I want to go.
I recently realised I have inattentive ADHD, going to get my diagnosis soon, everything makes sense now as to why I have struggled to accomplish anything. Hopefully medication can help me. But keep my super creative mind.
Since I was a child, I have wanted to illustrate storybooks. And many other things too. I said to my 10yo Daughter, if she writes a book, I will draw it for her, then print it out at Big W. So this is our little project we can work on together. ❤ Anyway, Today I am just looking up on TH-cam to learn a bit about how to make and sell illustrated books 📚 and found your video. Just subbed.😊
Hello there,a clueless girl here,I have my manuscript ready, illustrations done, now I don't know how to go about it saving it and publishing it either through a publicist or Amazon I'm literally stuck not knowing what to do next is super frustrating,I've looked up videos I'm yet to find one that actually explain the entire process please help.
If you want to be traditional published (through a publishing company) then you'll need to send out letters to publishers asking if you can send them your book for consideration for publishing. If you want to self-publish through Amazon, then you do this through KDP. You will get the book all set up according to Amazon's requirements (all info for this is on their support page) and them publish it to Amazon.
OMG!! Happy to be passed this information by a relative who has published their own children's book; I'm a total dinosaur with books on hold for over 30 years!! I have the titles of interest, ideas of how the stories are to be written, illustration ideas, book size characters and more. It's time to roll up my sleeves, become focused, make the time and put the goal off no more and become entrenched focused & busy writing; now that I am retired. I am totally excited to start the course with Nuria. ; )
I'm interested to take the course
Have you heard that you can’t use Canva Pro images for comercial use? I keep hearing warnings from several people that teach about publishing and making money with printables that you can’t use Canva pro clipart for products-you can get in trouble. Others encourage using them. And you used them in your book. I’m so confused. Even when I read the comercial rights on Canva I feel like I’m missing something. Have you heard about this?
When I created the book in Canva a year or so ago, the license said you can use Canvo Pro images in commercial products as long as the image wasn't the main focus of the selling point of the product (or something along those lines anyway) I used a few small images that I put into the backgrounds of my pages and too fill in some of the space. The images I used were not the main focus of the book. Also, you can't continue to use the images if you cancel your Canva subscription.
@@MyFreedomEmpire Thank you so much for your reply and helping me make sense of this. I’m going to have to look into it more and see if the license changed since a year ago before I publish. It seems like if you pay for Pro you should be able to use things commercial otherwise what would be the point of having Canva Pro? BTW-I love your book!😍
How adorable you must really like sheep almost like one fish two fish red fish blue fish.
"You just need to do it" thank you, that is the best advice I've had about writing my children's book
You are awesome!
Question about the printing of the book. It looks like there are many pages that meet the spine that have a rather large white space. See time stamp 11:13, for example - is this common for Amazon books as I see many reviews of Amazon books stating their book was like this. It's a real shame if that is the case.
Hey can you explain the KDP settings? Like page size, paper type, etc., that you use for children’s books?
The book looks great. I feel that you should do a video where you read the book from cover to cover for children so they can listen to you read. Then at the end of the video you can tell parents to buy a copy of your book for their children. I believe this video will bring much needed publicity for you as a new author. And you will develop a fan base too. "Give and it shall be given unto you..." I wish you all the best. The illustrations look stunning. Thank you for sharing this video.
Hello, I know we are in different countries, but I'm curious about the price of printing one of your books through amazon. How many pages in your book, and how much does Amazon take out of your payment/royalties for each book? Hope that made sense. Thanks!
This is amazing. Your book looks SO cute! I paid over $3000 for my illustrations. Don’t get me wrong, my illustrator has a Master’s in Children’s Book Illustration, and is VERY talented. The cost though has held me back from publishing the number of books that I would like to be releasing. I will definitely check out the course. Thanks so much for putting this information out there. I have three manuscripts ready to go! (Well, ready for the editor anyway) 😂
Oh wow that is amazing to hear, thank you! I was worried at first my illustrations were going to hold me back but actually a lot of the feedback I receive from customers is about how they love the illustrations! Go figure! I'm just glad that there is another way to do this for if we can't afford a professional illustrator.
Just out of curiosity. What is the name of the illustrator who has a Masters degree in children's illustration? I draw and am always interested in seeing other illustrators drawing style.
@@claytonbouldin9381 My illustrator is Rebecca Sinclair. My book is Oliver West! It's Time to Get Dressed! She has amazing talent and a terrific personality.
@@kellylouiseauthor8806 I just checked out her online portfolio. Her work is amazing! It inspires me to work on my illustrations.
Hi Caroline, thank you for the information! Your book is so lovely! I've had an idea for a children's book in my head for some 3 months or so and am getting more and more inspired to actually start writing and drawing it after seeing this and other similar videos on making picture books. I was thinking about self publishing but didn't know it's actually really that easy which is great as it takes off a lot of pressure of finding a publisher etc.
P.s. just found you today, will keep watching 😊!
What was the writing course you did please Caroline? Thank you!!
I’m loving your videos!!
So interesting! Im working on a book but never thought to use Canva. How do you give credit to Canva illustrations and fonts etc in your book? Is it necessary? I know you mentioned pro version, but still, i heard somewhere you must acknowledge somehow those font and picture creators. Is it true?
I wish I knew all of this sooner. It took 2 years and $2000 to create and publish my 2 children's books, and I don't have a single review. I've made about $75 total from sales, and Amazon for whatever reason is not even offering my ebook version. :(
Oh no sorry to hear about your experience. Maybe give it another go this way where your risk money wise is a lot less!
Your book looks amazing. I did my first children’s picture book in canva also, but I did pay an illustrator to do the illustrations but I add extra elements myself to make it more interesting, as I discovered the illustrator used some clip art as well.. I did spend a lot of time tweaking but loved creating it.
My book is Wings For Christmas
Thanks so much! And congrats on getting your book out there too!
I can help you out with your children book trailer
hi there! Im having trouble using canva for making kids books. What part in canva did you use to make the books?
@@1990onyyy I used all of Canva. I created a custom sized design then used their graphics and elements.,
How many copies have you sold out of curiosity? Do people actually find it on Amazon?
Hi I appreciate your input and the way you simplified it however I would like to know how the book actually came out in 3D? Where did you print it?
Congrats on the book! Looks beautiful.
Just wanted to ask what size it is, is it paperback and did you go for matt or glossy finish on the cover? Thanks x
Thank you! It's 8.5"x8.5" paperback and I went for matte cover. Currently, KDP required you to have 75 pages to print in hardcover.
I don’t think you should say that you illustrated this book yourself when you go on to say that you purchased pictures and just pieced it together. I think that’s totally unfair to put yourself on the level of people who do actually illustrate books by drawing and coloring/painting the pictures themselves!
I used Canva for mine, but I have been rejected each time since May this year for margin errors. My boss, who has faithfully used KDP for all of her and her kids' books, is also struggling with this error continuation. We are stumped, even after making every effort to change sizes appropriately. What might we be doing wrong?
Hello... I have published more than 400 books so far. But very few books are on sale. So I just checked my books in the search results. I checked all the pages under the relevant keywords but my books are not in them. But in my account bookshelf, they show that they are alive. What should I do about this? Please advice me
Hello! So you mean when you search on Amazon your books are not coming up in the search results? Perhaps the niche you are in is too competitive so your books are way down in the search results? If you think it's an error you could always contact KDP support and ask them to review your books.
Excellent honest video, Canva is great, sometimes you do want to hire cover artist.
Are you an artist. I tried to find images for a series I have written on canva. What I need is specific.
This is beautiful!
Where did you buy your illustrations? (The ones that are not from Canva)
Congrats Lizzie! This is a beautiful book and I wish you nothing but the best on your sales.
Thank you!
Congratulations ! . We preach to avoid being copycats, then we copy and win an award also. Hmmmmm
The Little Duck Who Lost His Quack Quack Paperback - January 23, 2015
by Mr. Rick H Drew (Author), Iris Baker (Editor), Marcos Conde (Illustrator)
PLEASE! Do make future videos about all your children's books (this one & future books) and how they're doing! Great video. Many thanks!
What an adorable looking book....I've just created my first children's book with canva and its awesome!
Congratulations BEAUTIFUL GOD RICHLY BLESSED YOU. You book look GREAT.
I just did my first CHILDREN Book but I am stuck I don't know how to get it on Amazon. I will do the course with your friend.
Thank you so much I WOULD DO I GET MY CHILDREN BOOK LIFE ON AMAZON.
Thanks so much! You can also find lots of video's on TH-cam about how to upload your book to Amazon.
Dear Caroline, thank you for such a great story! But I see now that the book doesn't sell... What do you think the reason is? Why did it stop growing?
How do you set up your manuscript on canva? Did you use a frame element?
*bump*
Did you have the duck drawn by an artist?
It was drawn by an illustrator that I purchased through Creative Market.
I am trying to publish my first children's book and it keeps saying I have to have 72 pages. I want a physical book not an ebook. Please help. I did illustrations through canva.
If you haven chosen to publish a hardcover you have to have a minimum of 72 pages. You can upload it as a paperback if you have less pages than that.
@@MyFreedomEmpire thank you. I will keep trying to figure it out.
do you have a video on how you put it all together in canva?
I don't, but I can do something like this.
Ok but how do you get it to sell? I have keepa software on my computer for Amazon which says you're only selling about 4 copies per month. Not exactly amazing.
To anyone who hasn’t heard of The Wonky Donkey, search here for some videos of grandparents reading it and they themselves losing it in laughter.
You will laugh right alongside them!
How does Amazon do the printing? do I have to create the first and last page together, then second and second to last page and so on because of printing across two pages and then folded in the middle or just keep creating new pages to desgin and not worry about that? I wouldn't want the story to be all over the place due to the page order.
Do we need copyright for Amazon? If so, how do we obtain one?
You don't need it specifically because you are publishing on Amazon. From what I understand, once you write a book, it's automatically copyrighted. In saying that i know alot of self-published authors join Alliance of Independent Authors.
@@MyFreedomEmpire thank you!
I hate that KDP makes your book be at least 24 pages. That’s too long for a children’s book. That’s what making me stall on my book.
I have problem . All my interior pages prints are over saturated. Especialy blue colors. In photoshop i tried to reproduce in color proof the same print result. Nothing goes close to it. What are the exact parameters in color proof custom setup for kdp ?
Lovely, unaffected, clean Australian voice. Outstanding, lucid preparation ands steady camera work. Smart illustrations. If this charmer isn't a teacher, she should be. She nailed it with this book.
I did my two using Canva to KDP have 10 more to be released. This was a great tutorial
Oh my goodness 🤣🤣 we LOVE Wonky Donkey!! Heeee-HAWWWW!! 😂😂
I can't get that song out of my head whenever I see the cover of that book. When I read it, in my head I'm doing the same accent as the song 😂
Thank you so much for this video. I have three children’s books in my computer and had no idea how I was going to get them done with illustrating being so expensive. I am going to check out your friend’s course right now. I love how you showed examples of books your child loves. I am going to get them as well as yours too. Thanks again! I’ve subscribed! 🎉
What monies do you need to pay for the physical printing and what is the minimum print run? What is your cut (%). Thx
Can you share more on how you used Canva for the book? how did you make sure it was the right quality and size? And the different facial expressions for the characters?
Where did you buy the illustration packs?
Creative Market.
Thank you!
I'm would like to make the whole book on Canva. I plan to buy fonts and backgrounds on Canva, but my child wants to include a few of his drawings/art people in my book. Will I be able to add his drawings he handed me as personal touches using Canva? It's important to me to include some of my child's drawings (even if they seem out of place). Should I proceed with Canva Pro?
I am writing a series of children's books based on the Parables of the bible. I am having trouble finding an illustrator I can afford. I am thinking of farming it out to the children's group at my local church.
Dear Caroline, I hope you are well. Thank you for your fantastic channel! Would you recommend advertising a picture book through a private Facebook account so that my Facebook friends could comment on it? Do you know if this is in line with Amazon KDP's guidelines?
Thank you for your outstanding videos. Professional, concise, and informative. 5 out of 5 stars! My grandsons call me, "Pops." Your videos and direction are making it possible for Pops to create a series of children's books for my grandsons. Thanks again!
Great video and such adorable illustrations!- Thanks so much for sharing this info! Just wondering about the rules with using images from Canva to sell products on Amazon? Are there any legal licensure issues with using those images for a product to sell?
Thank you!! Though you should check all licenses for every image to make sure you can use it, in general you can use the graphic as long as it isn't the main feature, you can use to it create something else. (If that makes sense). So if I took a graphic from Canva and used it as the main thing on the cover and it was the selling point and what the whole product was about, I can't do that but using it like I did, where I took a little flower and added it to one page which included lots of other graphics in a book that has over 40 pages, then thats ok. Hope that makes sense.
@@MyFreedomEmpire Could you explain further? If for example the duck came from Canva isn't that the "main thing on the cover" or the "selling point"? Or do you mean you'd basically have to use the duck all by itself completely unaltered (you've basically created new artwork through the layering) for that to be an issue? Thank you this video was very helpful
Great characters with the correct personalities, a large cast. Paired with super cool, interesting, choreographed fights and awesome moments.
I have a question though for you, @Godzilla Geek
Were you born this cool or you had to work for it? I highly doubt the second case. 😎 👍🏻
Hi dear, I have a question. Once you finished the whole book, illustrations and all, how did you physically print it? Did you pay a printing company to do so or did it in KDP Amazon or how does that work? I didn´t get it..... Thank you for your video!
Do you still publish Low content books My Freedom Empire or is the risk to high to get banned ?
I haven't published any since my account was terminated but I have decided in 2022 to start publishing them again. There isn't a high risk of getting banned as long as you follow the KDP rules.
From where did you purchase the images? I am looking to purchase a group of the same image.
As in a little boy in several poses to match the story.
Thank you for this video.
Thank you. So encouraging and helpful! Love your presentation and your book is beautifully put together. I could not believe you did it all by yourself and in 7 days. Great job! 👍
Thank you so much!
Thanks for this info. i just started narrating childrens stories fairy tales, poems etc. My problem ATM is subscribers, but i'm hanging in. And canva is a god send! especialy for thumbnails. Great video
So many children’s stories are lurking in the depths of my computer and brain. One has even made it with illustrations to my iPad! But I really didn’t know what to do next. Thank you so much for sharing your process and inspiring me to go the next step. I’ll be checking out the course! I also love that you are Australian as I am too. I feel more confident that I can actually do it too!
this would take me more than 7 days because you give a general idea, but not a really step by step. if you have a step by step instructional...that would be awesome!
I'm so sad that KDPs minimum page count for hardback is 70 pages. My children's book is 26 pages including the cover and back
So the fact that you mentioned funny, I home school both my kids and I realized that when I teach to make them laugh they remember it better. If I say it in funny ways or make them laugh somehow in the process they love it. So if you are writing a book you want to be educational but sell mixing the two is still doable and should be done more. Kids need to know life is funny and learning is enjoyable.
Yes, learning isn't always serious, kids do best when learning is fun I think!
Very good job for a $50 investment. I’m assuming you wrote it yourself and did the formatting your self. $50 investment for an $800 return with no ads.
What size format on KDP is the book you're holding? The other book I published on KDP was the 6x9 but I want to do picture books like that one I'm just not sure what size it is. Thanks for all your help.
Thank you for the interesting insights. One question please: how much did you earn with the 649 Kindle sales? Thank you :)
I really want to know more about writing children's book.
Can I get the link for the course about writing children's book?
Thank you
I am sure you don't mean it but you do sound like the illustrators don't deser what they charge. You get what you pay for.
Thank you.
"I llustrated the book myself" no you didn't, you bought mismatched assets off a website and glued them together, and it shows.
Great information, so I can use pictures from Canva, create my book in Canva and publish on KDP without any copyright issues?
Bull. You can put 100 books on KDP Amazon but there is so much competition that unless you're willing to put a lot of money into advertising you will get nothing out of it. I guess it's time somebody do a video about the truth of KDP rather than trying to earn money themselves because they can LOL help you
"Direct Publishing". Is there such a thing as "Indirect Publishing". The world is chock full of stupid people, and I am getting tired of being forced to look at them continue to make fools of themselves.
"I didn't pay anyone to help me with any aspects of the book whatsoever"
"I spent around $50 in total for all the illustrations that I purchased."
I don’t mean to be rude, but your book looks really bad in my opinion. The fact that you used the same duck cutout in the same pose on several pages looks like the photoshop chop job it is. I mean I guess it’s for babies, but I as an artist I would never buy this for my kid. If you’re dead set on not bothering to learn how to draw super simple illustrations then maybe try learning how to use AI image generators like midjourney. You’ll get much better results, but you have to learn how to get consistent character results across pages.
As a writer/artist and aspiring illustrator, the whole concept of replacing a professional with what essentially amounts to clip art makes my skin crawl. I’m not for Ai generated either though. Granted I was a writer first and started learning to draw years ago with the intention of illustrating. I mean, good for her for finding something that works for her, but I’m praying the harder road I chose is more fruitful and produces more artistic results.
Thank you for the info , I am sorry I know nothing about this topic so I have a question,,,, does Canva print your book then mail you copies that you have to mail out when one is purchased on Amazon or ?? How does that part work???
This book is literally a Little Bear episode "Duck Looses her Quack".....
Can I use Canva elements/ pictures for my book on KDP?????
Thank you so much for sharing your insights, and book, with us, Caroline! It is greatly valued and appreciated. Lolly looks absolutely adorable. I wish you success with your book, and all your endeavours otherwise :)
Thank you so much!
I started to illustrate my book in Canva but now I read that it is difficult to get KDP to accept the CANVA pdfs. Is Canva accepted by KDP easily? Thank you for any information you can share. Congratulations on your book!!!
Sorry that you're having issues with the Canva PDF's, does it say what the issue is? I've never had issues using Canva PDF's - Amazon doesn't know where the file is saved from when you upload it. And thanks so much!!
I think you can change the layout mode from reflow able text to print mode if you have a set format.
Where do you purchase the illustrations I have canva pro not quite good enough your illustrations are fabulous thank you
Can I use my own photos from my phone to make a simple short book for my family/friends? What program would be best to use my own digital images?
What is the minimum page requirement for an Amazon children book?