I can't help but notice that you don't have a copyright page. I would consider adding one. This seems like a creation you should protect. Also, I love the alphabet page you did at the end. Perfect!
Hi Cathy, I have wanted to write a children's book forever but could never come up with a good storyline until now. I need your advice on how to do my own illustrations. Finding the right digital medium is my problem. Firstly, there are hundreds to choose from with ranging prices from $$ To $$$$. I'm not an artist, but surly I can trace. Looking for a digital form/software to learn to develop my characters. Not sure if I can do it myself so i don't want to jump into real expense. I have an android phone, a nice laptop (I never use). What advice do you have? BTW...nice video on your journey to publishing your ABC book.
Beautiful book, great achievement ! It would have been nice to see the Chinese as contrast as well as seeing the English just as you have illustrated on the video.
So, how long does it usually take to make one children book from scratch? It seems like it takes a long time to draw even one character on procreate...
it took me about 2 months to draw everything for my book, but my illustrations are quite simple in that theres no background and its one or two objects
You did awesome on your first book!! I wish I had your foresight to not make my first book so complex with characters, a full narrative, and hand painting combined with photoshop edits, but we all have a different process :). My second book is a more simple format with digital illustration only and I am enjoying the process so much more - I think you nailed it on the first try!
That's so nice of you to say. Ya, my first try was definitely very complex and had a narrative as well. I just got so overwhelmed. Kudos to you for doing that on your first try!
I think it would have been a cool addition to include the name of each vegetable or fruit written in Chinese characters for an additional cultural education. Congrats on the book!
I absolutely love your editing style and how creative you are! Seeing your whole process and how much work you put into this project was super super cool. Will definitely be purchasing one and congrats on your publication! :)
Thank you for writing this book! I love the illustrations. Would be perfect if the pin yin and Chinese characters were on there in addition to making it a board book. Thank you
Adorable book! Lovely illustrations and colours in general. This book is so cool and bright 💛 Thanks for telling us about process, it was so interesting to learn about your experience. 💛💛💛
This is so cool! :D I drew and published four coloring books so far, and now I am working on a fifth. A picture book is in conception as well, hopefully I can make it eventually as well :)
I’m not Asian but I am fascinated by your Culture. I like to learn and cook authentic Asian food. My sister-in-law is Thai and has taught me some of her recipes. And my kids are quite a custom to eating these types of Foods. I’m totally buying your book. LOVE THIS IDEA! Also I hope to be a Published children’s author as well. That’s how I found this video.
Thanks for the video Cathy. I’m a primary chinese teacher in Australia I and found this very interesting and easy to follow. I also love your book and will purchase to read to the children in my classes.
Girlll!!! Love your book! You should double your price. 15.99 at least. Parents aren’t worried about an extra $10 if they think the book is good for their kids. But $10 times 100 might help with books for school, student loans, down payment on a house. Double your price. And if you still don’t want to make money then use the profit to market your book and donate all the proceeds to help ABCs.
You did very beautiful artwork. Illustrating food that looks good enough to eat is a rare gift. Congratulations! 🎉 I hope you keep it up, even just for fun and thank you for sharing about the process. ☺️
I really love this book! It may be beneficial to apply for writer/ illustrator grants and get your books printed through a manufacturer. I noticed that most books are made in China. You can easily search online for a book manufacturer. Grant money, if you win, could pay for your prints....just a thought :)
I love this! I know it’s been 2 years but could you show the upload process? I have been trying to make a children’s book but getting it from procreate to Amazon is seeming to be a challenge…
Great concept book. Why did you not employ someone Stylize your Signature and make it much bigger and Blacker ink so people can read it? To build a brand having a very readable stylized signature would helpful for you.... imho of course
I am curious about how to become a childrens book author and the pros and cons on publishing traditionally through someone else and how to do that besides Amazon. Or how to self publish. I have heard from other Authors that it is extremely important to market and promote your book BEFORE you publish it. Now as kid before i could read zi loved being read to and heaeing stories so much that I started drawing picture books that told a story. As time went on as a kid I use to draw and sketch alot but I eventually stop drawing as much and got rusty. Ive never been to art school or had studied art. I dont know the first thing aboit how to pursue it. Im an 80s baby and I spent the first 20 years of my life with no internet. There is alot I just dont know about computers. To be honest, Ive never even seen somebody do digital art until you showed a small clip of you doing it. That looked so cool! I am curious on what ipads and what peograms are best to download for digital art for childrens books. I would like to start drawing again. But Im no professional and Im in the dark on all the tools out there. But I would really like to leadn more information and tool's and advice for both writing and illustrating your own childrens picture book. I dont know what all you need as a new author other than a good editor after you write the book. Infact there is a chikdrens book author who is a professional editor, yet she always has somebody else edit her books because shes too close to the project and might niss something. For example, she thought she was doje with her book and she sent it off to have it edited howevwr the editor said the book was good but there was no conflict. And so the author forgot and had to had that in. So I know you need an editor and a illutrator unless you are educated and know how to do it yourself. I am curious on what education you have to have helped you gain these skills. I nean I have heard most illustrators go to college to gain more art skills etc. But the thought of going to college and paying alot of money just to write and illustrate a book when I hear yoir not going to be paid alot for writing a childrens novel. Your basically just doing it for fun and to help kids. Not to get rich. Unkess your super talented and become famous and go on to write romance novels or something. But I want to learn about what I need mainly as beginnger childrens author and what I should study and how I can check out books today too see what kids are into today and see if there is an area and subject matter that I feel passionate about talking about. I also dont know how much money it will cost me to have the right type of ipad and programs etc that I need to write the book but also how to learn techniques for illustration. Im looking at this as a side hobby. Since I dont see a stable career path and income. So can somebody point me in the right direction on how to create not only a childrens book, but also a cookbook? Maybe even a cook book for kids? And how to go aboit leadning the art skills needed to become a childrens illustrator. And perhaps not have to share your work with a actual illustrator or traditional publisher. And how do you go aboit copyrighting it so nohody steals it? Im so in the daek because ive never known anybody personally who was an author. Nor have I ever thought Id have the guts to even look into it. I never had alot of faith in myself. But Id like to try to step out of my comfort zone and maybe write some childrens books.
The colours are really beautiful in this too! Did you use RGB in procreate? I've heard KDP needs CMYK but when I print a test at home with RGB the colours are much more dull than they appear on screen. Would really appreciate your advice on this!
i'm trying to do the same but i live in jamaica and they do not allow us to sell on there i was so excited because i already started i was so disappointed because i was like ok this is the perfect opportunity for me to actually make money to help me financially while im in college idk where else to sell on any advice pls respond EDIT: i love the book
that's a good point. it definitely took me a while to figure out the numbers for the sizing for margin, and i went through many variations of uploading it, checking the format and margins, and fixing it. it was also important to know whether your publisher accepts double pages or single. let me know if i can answer any questions you have here.
I hope you can find someone the next time you publish a book that you can get more profit that's a shame that you only made that much money and they made the most great book by the way
Thank you for making this video! I am looking to create a kid's ABC book and it was helpful to see your process. I hope you hear back from the traditional publishers!
This may have been commented on already, but it would be wonderful if you included Chinese above, below our on the left of the page. Not only are you providing your heritage, this could also help who ever is reading your book tho learn another language. If not, then consider doing your book in Chinese as well. Great job, wonderful graphics, LOVE your idea and congratulations!!
I don't know how to use fancy art technology. So I am proud of you. My ebooks are on Amazon. For some reason, I cannot get past the stage of transforming my ebook into an actual book. So I say congratulations
Hi Cathy! I love this! My name is Ruby and I am a freelance illustrator trying to break into children’s literature! I’m also currently working on writing my first book as well! I used to teach preschool and I always thought it would be so cool if one of my books was read during circle time! I love how detailed and organized your process is and i’m definitely taking notes on that! I will for sure be picking up your book! (Saw a lot of my favorite foods in there as well! 😊) Thanks again for sharing! 💜
I’m not an ABC and I absolutely love this! Teaching Chinese kids using their cultural foods and educating non-Chinese kids about another culture. All around excellent idea!
Your book is lovely. Congratulations on your first!!! I can’t pick my favourite food, they’re all too yummy. The cover is probably my favourite art wise.
I'm getting lots of questions of people interested in even more specifics about the process of writing, illustrating, and publishing your own book. If you're interested, you can now book 1-on-1 counseling session where I share all my secrets: ko-fi.com/gotcathy/shop
In the $30 session do you answer the question…what did you use to move your images from procreate into KDP? My two daughters and I have done illustrations for a female astronaut book we’ve done and we’re ready to move it into KDP but I’m lost on the next step, help with this would be great! Thank you! It’s a lot of work to build a book, yours is beautiful I love it! I also want to make board books, I love how little kids can learn and still have a lot of movement with them.
@@gotcathy I think I figured it out, just need to do a test run. Thank you for being willing to answer questions! I think my next concept to work through is layout. To test to see if the how the pages layout when I move the content/images from procreate to KDP I’m Going to buy your book Because I want a closer look at your work and I love books!;0)
I just loved the book, and the whole idea and creative process! Congratulations! You just helped me a lot right now, I was stuck in my profession, and this gave me a new breath! Keep ir up!
I wish I had this book when I did my student teaching. I did a week on Asian history for kindergartens and it was hard to find Asian literature for 5 year olds.
oo that's a good idea, I personally just emailed them samples of the digital art, but physical copies would be cool if you have the time and budget for it
What s the format of the book 8 × 8 inch ? I wonder how to make one s drawing fit in a specific format template and what is the best way as I made illustrations of several different sizes however they gonna be in the same book
Here from AHN! Congratulations on completing this project, Cathy. I will admit that when I first saw the post I was like oh man another person out here trying to capitalize on Asian identity 🙄🙄 but I see now through your video that this was truly an artistic project for you and you absolutely deserve to be published traditionally!! I am going to be starting as an elementary school teacher next year, and I will definitely save this to use as a resource and hopefully recommend to parents. (hope by that time you're available more widely too) look forward to seeing where else you go, and amazing job with the video too!!
Hey again Christine! Oh interesting that you thought that, ya definitely not trying to capitalize it, just trying to share what I know, what I grew up eating. And an elementary school teacher? That's awesome! I'm sure you'll be able to impart a lot of your own identity and culture onto your kids!
Wondering what kind of books would be nice to give to kids? a custom version of educational books such as *personalised childrens books* - something to pique their interest more into learning w/out dropping the fun factor too much especially when themed for the recipient
Thanks so much for the support! My latest video is all about how to setup a pop up shop to sell my book!
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I can't help but notice that you don't have a copyright page. I would consider adding one. This seems like a creation you should protect. Also, I love the alphabet page you did at the end. Perfect!
I actually did add a copyright on the back cover!
@@gotcathy And it's essentially automatically copyrighted by default anyway.
What a thoughtful overview and a huge congrats, quite the accomplishment!
thanks so much!
Hi Cathy,
I have wanted to write a children's book forever but could never come up with a good storyline until now. I need your advice on how to do my own illustrations. Finding the right digital medium is my problem. Firstly, there are hundreds to choose from with ranging prices from $$ To $$$$. I'm not an artist, but surly I can trace. Looking for a digital form/software to learn to develop my characters. Not sure if I can do it myself so i don't want to jump into real expense. I have an android phone, a nice laptop (I never use). What advice do you have? BTW...nice video on your journey to publishing your ABC book.
I love that, I am going to structure my art style. 🎨
Beautiful book, great achievement !
It would have been nice to see the Chinese as contrast as well as seeing the English just as you have illustrated on the video.
So, how long does it usually take to make one children book from scratch? It seems like it takes a long time to draw even one character on procreate...
it took me about 2 months to draw everything for my book, but my illustrations are quite simple in that theres no background and its one or two objects
Thanks that is inspiring. Could you tell us more about what software you used and how did you export to pdf¿
I used the app Procreate, and through that you can export to pdf.
@@gotcathy Thanks Cathy :) can I ask one more thing_ Do you actually create 1 image per page or create 1 image for a spread (2 pages)?
@@yallalearnarabic1677 1 image per page
@@gotcathy thanks a lot, you are a star :)
You did awesome on your first book!! I wish I had your foresight to not make my first book so complex with characters, a full narrative, and hand painting combined with photoshop edits, but we all have a different process :). My second book is a more simple format with digital illustration only and I am enjoying the process so much more - I think you nailed it on the first try!
That's so nice of you to say. Ya, my first try was definitely very complex and had a narrative as well. I just got so overwhelmed. Kudos to you for doing that on your first try!
I think it would have been a cool addition to include the name of each vegetable or fruit written in Chinese characters for an additional cultural education.
Congrats on the book!
That's a great suggestion. Maybe for a future edition of the book!
I was going to say the same !
Yes my brother would love that
@@gotcathy Ooo and another addition would be to add your favorite recipes for each letter.
Learned about your book through Asian Hustle Network! 🥰 this is sooo cute :)
I'm glad you liked it!!
Print it on Ingram Sparks. I want to do a board book and they are the only option.
Awesome, I live in China and this book is a great melding of our cultures. My kids will love this.
Comment below your favorite food from the book, is there one I should have added?
I'd love to know
Personally would have loved B is for BOBA hehehe 🥰
My favorite is the Xiao Long Bao! Bao is also the name of my dog lol. 🐶
@@rubymichelle omg love that for a dog name!
I absolutely love your editing style and how creative you are! Seeing your whole process and how much work you put into this project was super super cool. Will definitely be purchasing one and congrats on your publication! :)
Aw thank you for all your kind words!! 😊
Thank you for writing this book! I love the illustrations. Would be perfect if the pin yin and Chinese characters were on there in addition to making it a board book. Thank you
Adorable book!
Lovely illustrations and colours in general. This book is so cool and bright 💛
Thanks for telling us about process, it was so interesting to learn about your experience.
💛💛💛
I am so impressed! I just thought about actually being an illustrator myself.. so much to learn!
definitely, i hope you learned a little bit about illustrating!
This is so cool! :D I drew and published four coloring books so far, and now I am working on a fifth. A picture book is in conception as well, hopefully I can make it eventually as well :)
congratulations for you book, it's wonderful !! I think $ 1.14 is not enough for all the job that you made 😕
I’m not Asian but I am fascinated by your
Culture. I like to learn and cook authentic Asian food. My sister-in-law is Thai and has taught me some of her recipes. And my kids are quite a custom to eating these types of
Foods. I’m totally buying your book. LOVE
THIS IDEA!
Also I hope to be a Published children’s author as well. That’s how I found this video.
Very nice and inspiring! I would like to try out the Xiao Long Bao.
You definitely should, even Trader Joe's has some good ones now
Awesome JOB. Congratulations 🎉🎊
Well done on your publication. It sounds like an awesome book.
Thanks for the video Cathy. I’m a primary chinese teacher in Australia I and found this very interesting and easy to follow. I also love your book and will purchase to read to the children in my classes.
Great to hear! Go ABCs (Australian Born Chinese)!
Girlll!!! Love your book!
You should double your price. 15.99 at least. Parents aren’t worried about an extra $10 if they think the book is good for their kids. But $10 times 100 might help with books for school, student loans, down payment on a house.
Double your price. And if you still don’t want to make money then use the profit to market your book and donate all the proceeds to help ABCs.
Thanks for the suggestion! I'm definitely not in it for the money haha. I just want people like lower income families to be able to purchase it.
You did very beautiful artwork. Illustrating food that looks good enough to eat is a rare gift. Congratulations! 🎉 I hope you keep it up, even just for fun and thank you for sharing about the process. ☺️
I really love this book! It may be beneficial to apply for writer/ illustrator grants and get your books printed through a manufacturer. I noticed that most books are made in China. You can easily search online for a book manufacturer. Grant money, if you win, could pay for your prints....just a thought :)
I love this! I know it’s been 2 years but could you show the upload process? I have been trying to make a children’s book but getting it from procreate to Amazon is seeming to be a challenge…
Great concept book. Why did you not employ someone Stylize your Signature and make it much bigger and Blacker ink so people can read it? To build a brand having a very readable stylized signature would helpful for you.... imho of course
love the idea! hope you get published somewhere else as well
yee that'd be cool
i want to write a book and i’m gonna tell my mom after i get a physical copy to surprise her. but sadly i can’t draw so wish me luck
I am curious about how to become a childrens book author and the pros and cons on publishing traditionally through someone else and how to do that besides Amazon. Or how to self publish.
I have heard from other Authors that it is extremely important to market and promote your book BEFORE you publish it.
Now as kid before i could read zi loved being read to and heaeing stories so much that I started drawing picture books that told a story. As time went on as a kid I use to draw and sketch alot but I eventually stop drawing as much and got rusty. Ive never been to art school or had studied art.
I dont know the first thing aboit how to pursue it.
Im an 80s baby and I spent the first 20 years of my life with no internet. There is alot I just dont know about computers.
To be honest, Ive never even seen somebody do digital art until you showed a small clip of you doing it. That looked so cool! I am curious on what ipads and what peograms are best to download for digital art for childrens books.
I would like to start drawing again.
But Im no professional and Im in the dark on all the tools out there.
But I would really like to leadn more information and tool's and advice for both writing and illustrating your own childrens picture book. I dont know what all you need as a new author other than a good editor after you write the book. Infact there is a chikdrens book author who is a professional editor, yet she always has somebody else edit her books because shes too close to the project and might niss something.
For example, she thought she was doje with her book and she sent it off to have it edited howevwr the editor said the book was good but there was no conflict. And so the author forgot and had to had that in.
So I know you need an editor and a illutrator unless you are educated and know how to do it yourself.
I am curious on what education you have to have helped you gain these skills.
I nean I have heard most illustrators go to college to gain more art skills etc.
But the thought of going to college and paying alot of money just to write and illustrate a book when I hear yoir not going to be paid alot for writing a childrens novel.
Your basically just doing it for fun and to help kids. Not to get rich.
Unkess your super talented and become famous and go on to write romance novels or something.
But I want to learn about what I need mainly as beginnger childrens author and what I should study and how I can check out books today too see what kids are into today and see if there is an area and subject matter that I feel passionate about talking about.
I also dont know how much money it will cost me to have the right type of ipad and programs etc that I need to write the book but also how to learn techniques for illustration.
Im looking at this as a side hobby.
Since I dont see a stable career path and income.
So can somebody point me in the right direction on how to create not only a childrens book, but also a cookbook? Maybe even a cook book for kids? And how to go aboit leadning the art skills needed to become a childrens illustrator. And perhaps not have to share your work with a actual illustrator or traditional publisher.
And how do you go aboit copyrighting it so nohody steals it?
Im so in the daek because ive never known anybody personally who was an author. Nor have I ever thought Id have the guts to even look into it. I never had alot of faith in myself. But Id like to try to step out of my comfort zone and maybe write some childrens books.
Love this! I saw Michelle's instagram post and stalked you and binged your vids 😂 love the way you film and edit 👌 subscribedddd
Aw thank you! That's so nice, glad you like my videos
The colours are really beautiful in this too! Did you use RGB in procreate? I've heard KDP needs CMYK but when I print a test at home with RGB the colours are much more dull than they appear on screen. Would really appreciate your advice on this!
I love your illustrations!!! Which vector drawing app did you use for your published book?
I didn't use any vectors, just hand-drawn on the ipad with the app procreate
i'm trying to do the same but i live in jamaica and they do not allow us to sell on there i was so excited because i already started i was so disappointed because i was like ok this is the perfect opportunity for me to actually make money to help me financially while im in college idk where else to sell on any advice pls respond
EDIT: i love the book
Also, the idea of Chinese and English is a good one(I know if someone who does board books successfully). Whey not put that in the book as well? .
I looooooooove this. I’m making a children’s board book. I’m pumped and excited...
That is absolutely amazing!! Love the idea and the execution 😍
Thank you so much!!
I’m working on an alphabet book and x, y, z have me stumped 😂
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This video was phenomenal. Thank you so much for sharing your process with such beautiful presentation. This really impressed me
Kinda wish you made a tutorial on putting the pages together from procreate to then formatting it to publish. Every video I find skips that step.
that's a good point. it definitely took me a while to figure out the numbers for the sizing for margin, and i went through many variations of uploading it, checking the format and margins, and fixing it. it was also important to know whether your publisher accepts double pages or single. let me know if i can answer any questions you have here.
I hope you can find someone the next time you publish a book that you can get more profit that's a shame that you only made that much money and they made the most great book by the way
Thank you for making this video! I am looking to create a kid's ABC book and it was helpful to see your process. I hope you hear back from the traditional publishers!
This may have been commented on already, but it would be wonderful if you included Chinese above, below our on the left of the page. Not only are you providing your heritage, this could also help who ever is reading your book tho learn another language.
If not, then consider doing your book in Chinese as well.
Great job, wonderful graphics, LOVE your idea and congratulations!!
That's a great idea, I've been thinking about doing it but haven't gotten around to it.
Love your book! You are an amazing illustrator!
Thank you very much!
I don't know how to use fancy art technology. So I am proud of you. My ebooks are on Amazon. For some reason, I cannot get past the stage of transforming my ebook into an actual book. So I say congratulations
what is the name of your ebook?
omg ur so awesome, n ur book is cool!!! thanks hun
can you email a tutorial of how to make a book and helpful tips
Congrats! I love your book! Wish you could make more money from it than what Amazon let's you have. - much success to you!
Yes I suggest increasing the price at least by $2 ;0) your work is worth it
great job and thanks for all the info, good luck
Found you through the children's book Facebook group--this is incredible and I loved watching the process! Congratulations!!
I'm glad you enjoyed watching the process!
This was wonderful-I listened to the entire video! Great advise too
Hi Cathy! I love this! My name is Ruby and I am a freelance illustrator trying to break into children’s literature! I’m also currently working on writing my first book as well! I used to teach preschool and I always thought it would be so cool if one of my books was read during circle time! I love how detailed and organized your process is and i’m definitely taking notes on that! I will for sure be picking up your book! (Saw a lot of my favorite foods in there as well! 😊) Thanks again for sharing! 💜
I agree, that would be so cool to read your own book to kids! Best of luck!
I’m not an ABC and I absolutely love this! Teaching Chinese kids using their cultural foods and educating non-Chinese kids about another culture. All around excellent idea!
Your book is lovely. Congratulations on your first!!! I can’t pick my favourite food, they’re all too yummy. The cover is probably my favourite art wise.
Aw thank you! I'm glad you like the cover, it was tough to pick which foods to put on the front!
What software/app did you use for your illustrations?
procreate!
Never heard of some of these fruits interesting
You are so talented and this is such a creative fun book!! I'm a children's author/illustrator too :) I'm glad you made this video!
Congratulations Lexi on the book!!
The book is very beautiful ❤
Where to get free illustrations for ebooks?
Hi what device did you use to draw? Thx
I'm getting lots of questions of people interested in even more specifics about the process of writing, illustrating, and publishing your own book. If you're interested, you can now book 1-on-1 counseling session where I share all my secrets: ko-fi.com/gotcathy/shop
Hello Cathy! Trying to get in contact with you.
In the $30 session do you answer the question…what did you use to move your images from procreate into KDP?
My two daughters and I have done illustrations for a female astronaut book we’ve done and we’re ready to move it into KDP but I’m lost on the next step, help with this would be great! Thank you!
It’s a lot of work to build a book, yours is beautiful I love it! I also want to make board books, I love how little kids can learn and still have a lot of movement with them.
@@elainewduree Absolutely, I'll answer how to move your images from procreate into KDP, as well as any other questions you have!
@@gotcathy I think I figured it out, just need to do a test run. Thank you for being willing to answer questions!
I think my next concept to work through is layout. To test to see if the how the pages layout when I move the content/images from procreate to KDP
I’m
Going to buy your book
Because I want a closer look at your work and I love books!;0)
@@elainewduree Sound good! Best of luck
looking for a latino illustrator for a book i am working on!
Thank you for sharing!!! :))
You go girl!
Hello, I hope you don't mind me asking but what illustrator program do you use? I also see a storyboard program?
I just use procreate!
I just loved the book, and the whole idea and creative process!
Congratulations! You just helped me a lot right now, I was stuck in my profession, and this gave me a new breath!
Keep ir up!
Glad I could help!
I wish I had this book when I did my student teaching. I did a week on Asian history for kindergartens and it was hard to find Asian literature for 5 year olds.
Absolutely adorable ❤
So should I get it made through Amazon and then send publishing companies copies of the final product?
oo that's a good idea, I personally just emailed them samples of the digital art, but physical copies would be cool if you have the time and budget for it
Hi Cathy, what are the dimensions to publish the children’s book? 🌹🌷💐
8.5 inches by 8.5 inches!
What s the format of the book 8 × 8 inch ? I wonder how to make one s drawing fit in a specific format template and what is the best way as I made illustrations of several different sizes however they gonna be in the same book
its 8.5 by 8.5!
What is the size of this book?
3:30 Skyline Chili lets goooo
i still have yet to eat the 2 cans i bought 6 months ago
Amazing idea!!!!!
That’s awesome !!
Oh...great book!
Hi, what program do you use for drawing the illustrations etc?
I use procreate!
damn amazon takes so much
ya rip
Did you need to get a business license or resale license in order to publish your children's book?
nope, i didn't need either
I love this ❤
This book is brilliant! I am so happy I came across your channel. I really liked G ginger and O octopus. Thank you for sharing your skill. 😀👍🏾
Here from AHN! Congratulations on completing this project, Cathy. I will admit that when I first saw the post I was like oh man another person out here trying to capitalize on Asian identity 🙄🙄 but I see now through your video that this was truly an artistic project for you and you absolutely deserve to be published traditionally!! I am going to be starting as an elementary school teacher next year, and I will definitely save this to use as a resource and hopefully recommend to parents. (hope by that time you're available more widely too) look forward to seeing where else you go, and amazing job with the video too!!
Hey again Christine! Oh interesting that you thought that, ya definitely not trying to capitalize it, just trying to share what I know, what I grew up eating. And an elementary school teacher? That's awesome! I'm sure you'll be able to impart a lot of your own identity and culture onto your kids!
wow, thanks so much for that candid insight into publishing! we bought the book for our little girl. love it!
You are so welcome! Thanks for buying it!
I love this!!
great idea
whats the software you use to keep all the pages together, i have a book but idk how to put the illustrations together
you can use an online converter, png -> pdf, to assemble all your images into one file. hope that helps!
What program did you use for the illustrations?
procreate!
i love this!!!!!
Did you have to print the book yourself or does Amazon do that ?
amazon does it!
Good idea !!! What digital format did you use for your art work?
I use png files mostly on the Procreate app
Where or what platform do you use to do your drawings?
procreate!
did any publishers get back to you?
unfortunately no
This is amazing!
My biggest problem is I’m not a artist 😭 I have no idea how to make my children’s book a real physical book without spending a small fortune
Wondering what kind of books would be nice to give to kids? a custom version of educational books such as *personalised childrens books* - something to pique their interest more into learning w/out dropping the fun factor too much especially when themed for the recipient
Hi Cathy! Would you recommend buying your own ISBN number or just getting the free one through amazon? Thank you for your great content. 🙏
If you want to sell elsewhere besides Amazon, you should buy your own. But I used the free one
@@gotcathy ❤ thank you Cathy